Dish and Capsules
Coors Porcelain Co., Golden, CO
American, est. 1910
1920s
A simple glazed porcelain dish by Coors Porcelain Co. from the 1920s, designed to hold and organize a set of matching small porcelain capsules.
At first glance its austere, perfectly cylindrical silhouette and even white glaze—with a tiny maker’s stamp near the rim—reads more like a precise instrument than a decorative vessel.
It exemplifies the rise of American industrial porcelain and the modernist tendency to favor standardized, unadorned forms where utility defines aesthetic value.
Medium
Glazed porcelain
Dimensions
.1 (dish): 3 x 7 1/8" (7.6 x 18.1 cm)
.2-.11 (capsules): 11/16 x 3" (1.7 x 7.6 cm)
.12-.15 (capsules): 1/2 x 1 3/4" (1.3 x 4.5 cm)
.16-.21 (capsules): 7/16 x 1 7/8" (1.1 x 4.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the manufacturer
Accession
240.1934.1-21
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