Fong Chow - Glidden 182, 183, and 184 - Set of Three Bird Beak Spoon Rest Bowls

Description: Estate FindFong Chow (1923-2012)Bird Beak BowlsGlidden We offer a 1950s era set of three bird beak spoon rest bowls designed by Fong Chow for Glidden Pottery.The three bowls are glazed in gray with a blue/aqua well. The bowls show age appropriate crazing. Each bowl is impressed on the base with Glidden 182, Glidden 183, and Glidden 184 respectively.The Glidden 182 bowl measures 8” in length and 5 1/2” in width with a height of 1 3/4”.The Glidden 183 bowl measures 6” in length and 4 1/2” in width with a height of 1 1/2”.The Glidden 184 bowl measures 4 3/8” in length and 3 1/8” in width with a height of 1”.The set of three Glidden bird beak spoon rest bowls designed by Fong Chow are presented in pristine vintage condition with no chips, cracks, breaks or repairs. Fong Chow (1923-2012) Chinese by birth, Fong Chow came to study in the United States at the age of fourteen. In 1951 Fong Chow completed a program at the Boston Museum School, majoring in ceramics, with a minor in painting and photography. He then was accepted into the ceramic program at Alfred University. Around 1952 he was hired by Glidden Pottery in Alfred in the role of designer and glaze developer. Some of his Glidden Pottery designs won him a Museum of Modern Art coveted "Good Design" award. After Glidden Pottery closed in 1958, Chow accepted a job at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as assistant curator of ceramics in the Asian Department. As his career progressed at the Metropolitan, he refrained from ceramic production until his retirement in 1983 at which time he maintained his own ceramic studio in New York.

Price: 450 USD

Location: Corpus Christi, Texas

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