Moby Dick Saucer

Object/Artifact

Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Moby Dick Saucer

Entry/Object ID

2003.170.001

Description

-off-white and blue ceramic saucer -backstamp: "Moby Dick/Designed by Rockwell Kent/Vernon Kilns/ Made in U.S.A." Notes: Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was a book illustrator, card and poster designer and was hired by Vernon Kilns in the late 1930s

Collection

Household and Domestic Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kent, Rockwell

Role

Designer

Manufacturer

Vernon Kilns

Place

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Notes

Date: late 1930s

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Saucer

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dish, Eating

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Eating Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Material

Porcelain