North Star Dinner Plate, 1957-1967
THF806262 / North Star Dinner Plate, 1957-1967
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Artifact Overview
Industrial designer Victor Schreckengost created "Hopscotch" pattern dinnerware for the Salem China Company in the mid-1950s. Though fashionable, it was expensive to produce, and sales lagged. The Ohio-based company simplified the design and renamed it "North Star." Sold from 1957 to 1967 in retail stores and wholesaled to supermarket chains as a promotional item, "North Star" is emblematic of modern middle-class tastes of the time.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Dinner plate
Date Made
1957-1967
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Greenfield Village in Dr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home
Object ID
2025.71.1.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Color
White (Color)
Blue (Color)
Black (Color)
Brown (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 1 in
Diameter: 10.125 in
Inscriptions
on back:
Salem / ovenproof / NORTH STAR [C] / B
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