Jazz Bowl

USA, 1929
Date acquired:
Materials:
Stoneware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Viktor Schreckengost | 1906 – Present

Viktor Schreckengost is known for designing and creating functional pieces and sculpture.

After college Viktor Schreckengost visited world-renowned ceramic centers in Europe and northern Africa, this trip influenced the animal sculptures he created years later. His training as an artist and ceramist gave him the skills needed to move through the fields of art, design, and craft. In 1933 Schreckengost founded the school of Industrial Design at Cleveland Institute of Design, the first of its kind in the United States

Schreckengost created a number of sculptures but is best known for his 1930 ceramic work, theJazz Bowl. Designed by Schreckengost for Cowan Pottery Studio, the punch bowl depicts imagery of New York's Jazz age capturing thezeitgeist of the era. Schreckengost's works in clay reflect the art deco style popular in the 1930s visible in the figurative sculptures he made after his tenure at Cowan Pottery.

His talents as a sculptor and a potter made him a natural to design forward-looking mid-20th-century China. He worked for Limoges China, in his hometown of Sebring, Ohio, designing industrially produced fine china.

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Last updated: April 22, 2026

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