The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 14, 2025

Trojan Plate

1931
(American, 1906–2008)
(America, Rocky River, Ohio, 1920–1931)
America, Ohio, Cleveland
ceramic with underglaze painting and clear glaze
Diameter: 6.4 x 43.2 cm (2 1/2 x 17 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1931.1760
Location: not on view

Description

Viktor Schreckengost decorated this charger for Cowan Pottery shortly after his return from studying in Vienna, where he honed his skills in drawing heroic figures and geometric patterns.
  • Basset, Mark and Naumann, Victoria. Cowan Pottery and the Cleveland School. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997. pp. 283, 285-6.
    Viktor Schreckengost Entry Card to 1931 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Coffin, Sarah D., and Stephen Harrison. The Jazz Age: American style in the 1920s. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017. Reproduced: fig. 112, p. 80; Mentioned: p. 77
  • The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (April 7-August 20, 2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).
    Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 12, 2000-February 4, 2001).
    Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 28-September 10, 1989).
    The May Shows of the Past. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-July 24, 1963).
    The May Show: 13th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-June 7, 1931).
  • {{cite web|title=Trojan Plate|url=false|author=Viktor Schreckengost, Cowan Pottery Studio|year=1931|access-date=14 March 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1931.1760