Normandie Pitcher
Designer: Peter Müller-Munk (active in America, 1904-1967)
Manufacturer: Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated (American)
Date: Designed 1935, manufactured 1935-1941
Dimensions:
12 x 9 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (30.5 x 24.1 x 7.0 cm)
Medium: Chrome-plated brass
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
Object number: 1991.86
Label Text:The sleek lines, slant, sharp angles, and even the name of this pitcher are intended to suggest the smokestacks of the French luxury ocean liner S. S. Normandie, which launched the year that this pitcher was designed (1935). The vessel’s resemblance to the Normandie, a symbol of progress as the largest and fastest passenger ship of its time, is a particularly appealing example of the streamlined aesthetic of American industrial design in the 1930s with its evocation of the speed and excitement of modern life.
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