Turk's Head Cake Pan

c. 1937

Edward L. Loper and Gordon Saltar

Associated Names
Edward L. Loper

Artist, American, 1916 - 2011

Gordon Saltar

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image displays an illustration of a copper-colored cast-iron object with a round shape and multiple protruding segments, standing on three legs with rivets and a circular handle attached to its side. The color palette includes warm earthy tones like brown, copper, and gold. At the center of the image, the object is slightly angled with a sketched diagram of the same object in the top left corner, showing dimensions marked in inches. The illustration is within a rectangular border, and there is text in the lower right corner noting, "Edward L Loger, Gordon K. Satser, Del 15c9-1."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.3 x 29.2 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 11" in diameter; 7" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.12630


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 486, no. 1756.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Edward L. Loper Gordon K. Saltar / Del. 156-1

Wikidata ID

Q64557515

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