1960s Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal Continental China Charcoal Porcelain Creamer and Bowl, 2 Piece Set

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Offered is a 1950s-1960s Creamer and Open Sugar Bowl designed by French American industrial designer Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal-Continental China. … Read more Offered is a 1950s-1960s Creamer and Open Sugar Bowl designed by French American industrial designer Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal-Continental China. The exterior is a matte charcoal black in perfect contrast to the interior white porcelain.

Creamer measures 4" tall, 4.25" spout to handle, 3" diameter, 1.75" base diameter
Bowl measures 4" diameter, 2.75" base diameter, 3.25" tall, 2.75" tall at lower curve

"The industrial design firm of Raymond Loewy, a pioneer in the field with offices in the U.S. and France, designed the Continental China line in 1952 for Rosenthal-Block China Corporation, founded the same year by Joseph Block, Rosenthal's distributor in the United States. It truly was an international transaction on many levels: Loewy was given shares in the corporation in exchange for his design services to create tablewares that would appeal to the American public and also sell well in Europe. Continental, known as Exquisit in Europe, was a huge seller in the United States and overseas until it was discontinued in 1975. It was clearly modern without being avant-garde, dared to include black, but was available in white or in one of twenty-three patterns." See less