Product code: Moby Dick Vernon Kilns hotsell 1939 Sugar and Creamer Set Walnut Brown RARE
1939 Vernon Kilns Moby Dick dinnerware was designed by artist Rockwell Kent. Hired by Faye Bennison, the owner of Vernon Kilns, he designed a series of decorated dinnerware. Moby Dick, was based on Kent's 280 illustrations for the 1930 edition of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Kent's dinnerware used the Vernon Kilns Ultra dinnerware shape. Ultra was designed by Vernon Kiln's art director Gale Turnbull; its controversial downturned handles were designed by Jane Bennison, daughter of Vernon Kiln's president Faye Bennison. Lidded sugar and creamer set. The design was only produced for two years. t• Ultra, Downturned Handles, Lid t• Moby Dick Illustrations t• Made in California, USA t• Hand Wash tSugar Diameter 4.5 in / 11 cm tSugar Width 6 in / hotsell 15 cm tSugar Height 3 in / 8 cm tCreamer Diameter 4.5 in / 11 cm tCreamer Width 5.5 in / 14 cm tCreamer Height 2.25 in / 6 cm The sugar bowl's lid has a small chip in the handle. The creamer has crazing and discoloration around the pour spout.
1939 Vernon Kilns Moby Dick dinnerware was designed by artist Rockwell Kent. Hired by Faye Bennison, the owner of Vernon Kilns, he designed a series of decorated dinnerware. Moby Dick, was based on Kent's 280 illustrations for the 1930 edition of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Kent's dinnerware used the Vernon Kilns Ultra dinnerware shape. Ultra was designed by Vernon Kiln's art director Gale Turnbull; its controversial downturned handles were designed by Jane Bennison, daughter of Vernon Kiln's president Faye Bennison. Lidded sugar and creamer set. The design was only produced for two years. t• Ultra, Downturned Handles, Lid t• Moby Dick Illustrations t• Made in California, USA t• Hand Wash tSugar Diameter 4.5 in / 11 cm tSugar Width 6 in / hotsell 15 cm tSugar Height 3 in / 8 cm tCreamer Diameter 4.5 in / 11 cm tCreamer Width 5.5 in / 14 cm tCreamer Height 2.25 in / 6 cm The sugar bowl's lid has a small chip in the handle. The creamer has crazing and discoloration around the pour spout.