Eva Zeisel | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Born in Budapest in 1906, Eva Stricker entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at age 17, intending to become a painter, but her mother prevailed upon her to learn some trade whereby she could earn a living, the world of fine art being chancy. Eva apprenticed herself to a traditional potter and began learning her trade. The life of the apprentice in any of the trades was not always easy or pleasant, but Eva persisted and soon graduated to journeyman status. Just a year after that her work was displayed at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial, where she won an honorable mention. By then she was working as a designer in the Kispester Factory in Budapest. She then advertised in the trade papers that she was a... more.

We have 205 objects that Eva Zeisel has been involved with.

Handle Prototype, Prototype for an Iron Handle

Prototype for "Eva" Teaspoon Spoon Prototype

Cup and Saucer (Shape number 3214, "Gobelin 13" decoration) Cup And Saucer

Sugar Bowl from "Hallcraft Tomorrow's Classic" Service (Dawn pattern) Sugar Bowl

Print, Saucepan with Lid for General Mills/Eastern Metal Project

Eva Zeisel has collaborated with
Schramberger Majolikafabrik and
Olivia Barry and
Red Wing Pottery and
Hall China Company and
Yamazaki Tableware, Inc. and
Lomonosov Porcelain Factory and
General Mills and
Shenango Company and
Castleton China Co. and
Varvara Petrovna Freze
and 4 others.

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