Art Deco Periwinkle Blue Vintage McCoy Refrigerator Water Jug / Pitcher california ceramics and skiers

and skiers

if you are like me

The backside reveals that it was likely made by a Leonard Aturill Story (whose father

where I loaded up on quintessentially Swedish gifts to bring home to friends and family

a mark found on Czech and other pottery and porcelain made after 1920

Art Deco Periwinkle Blue Vintage McCoy Refrigerator Water Jug / Pitcher california ceramics and skiersThe lines of this vintage McCoy ceramic refrigerator water jug, c. 1920s 30s, are just fantastic a quintessential example of machine age design. The mottled matte periwinkle blue glaze is pretty perfect as well, lending a warmth and homeyness to its dynamic, streamlined form. These sorts of refrigerator jugs pitchers were designed with spatial economy in mind, in order that they fit into the smaller scale ice boxes of the day and they remain handy