- c. 1950
This tray features a stereotypical image of a Mexican peasant in sombrero and serape resting against a cactus surrounded by an array of brightly painted pottery, while the glasses (1997.135.2; 1997.135.3) depict Central American figures in native costume. Although these pieces were not created as a set, they nevertheless have closely related imagery.
Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 460, cat. 169.
- U.S. glassmakers and potteries decorated wares with stereotypical images of the American Southwest and Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s. "Mexican" (Mexican) ware was a popular form of casual dinner ware in the 1950s.