Chrome Corn Set – Chase Brass & Copper Co. – 1934 – Designed by Russel Wright
This set and I recently crossed paths and I just couldn’t let it go by. I had seen this often in books and had run across pieces of it over the years but this was the first intact set I had come upon.
Made by by Chase, this chrome pitcher (for drawn butter), salt and pepper shakers and cobalt glass bottomed tray are known collectively as a corn set. Design by Russel Wright this set demonstrates how, even early in his career, Wright was able to join form to utility to create a work of true art.
Parade of New Metals – House & Garden Magazine – April 1934
The corn set can be seen in the excerpt from House & Garden Magazine above in the second row, second from the right.
Chase produced wonderful chrome housewares in the period between the two world wars. After WWII, Chase ceased production of consumer items and focused on industrial items only.
