Restyled Water Pitcher Pair – Ivy Vine Pattern – Sterling China – Designed by Russel Wright
I am not complaining but it seems as though we just can’t stop running into dinnerware pieces by Russel Wright. Our find this weekend was the gorgeous pair of restyled water pitchers made by Sterling China. Finding one of these beauties is exciting but locating a matching pair was a real treat!
Produced largely for restaurant, hotel and institutional use, Wright’s designs for Sterling were produced beginning in 1949 and continued through the 1950’s. The decal design was not Russel Wright’s and use of this and other applied designs led to disputes between the designer and the manufacturer.
The Ivy Vine design is also referred to as Palm Leaf in some reference books such as Ann Kerr’s Collector’s Encyclopedia of Russel Wright. I must say that I am not a great fan of Ms. Kerr’s books as they have a fair number of factual errors and questionable design attributions. As for this pattern, we just feel that Ivy Vine is the more accurate description. However, our searching has produced no definitive documentation either way.
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