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Title
Rabbit
figurine
photograph
Subject
Figurines
;
Cartoon
characters
;
Cartoons
and
comics
;
Ceramics
(objects)
;
Popular
culture
Time Period
1940s
1950s
Place
Zanesville
(Ohio)
;
Muskingum
County
(Ohio)
Description
This
hand-painted
ceramic
figurine
of a
gray
and
white
rabbit
was
manufactured
by the
Imperial
Porcelain
Corporation
in
Zanesville
,
Muskingum
County
,
Ohio
. The
figurine
dates
from
1945-1950
.
According
to the
Zanesville
Art
Museum
, the
Imperial
Porcelain
Corporation
manufactured
functional
and
decorative
ceramics
from
about
1945
to
1960
. The
company
produced
two
series
of
whimsical
figures
that were
based
on
popular
American
cartoon
characters
of the
1930s
and
1940s
. They were the
Dogpatch
Series
,
which
was
based
on
Al
Capp's
“Li'l
Abner
"
cartoons
, and the
Paul
Webb
Mountain
Boys
Series
,
based
on the
“Blue
Ridge
Mountain
Boys”
cartoons
created
for "
Esquire
" and "The
New
Yorker
"
magazine
. The
cartoon
characters
were
translated
into
porcelain
by
P.H
.
Genter
,
general
manager
of
Imperial
. The
figures
were
cast
,
fired
,
hand-painted
, and
packaged
at the
Zanesville
plant
. This
ceramic
rabbit
may
have been
included
in
one
of the
series
.
Mrs
.
Margaret
Lemaster
of
Newberg
,
Oregon
,
donated
this
figurine
to the
Ohio
Historical
Society
in
1984
.
According
to the
Zanesville
Art
Museum
,
Mrs
.
Lemaster
was the
daughter
of
Dr
. and
Mrs
.
Fred
Phillips
,
who
had been
investors
in the
Imperial
Porcelain
Corporation
.
Creator
Imperial
Porcelain
Corporation
(Zanesville
,
Ohio)
Date of Original
1945-1950
Collection
National
Road
Zane
Grey
Source
H
41339
Format
Object
;
Picture
;
Color
photograph
Extent
1 cm x 1 cm x 4 cm
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Type
StillImage
File Name
H41339.tif
Image Height
2597
Image Width
3896
File Size
30366456 Bytes
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