In the late 1940s, Hall China approached Eva Zeisel about creating a line of dishes. Zeisel produced two lines: Tomorrow's Classic and Century. These lines went on to become among the most successful china patterns of the 1950s. The Tomorrow's Classic pattern included this exuberant gravy boat and spoon, which are the most daring designs in the pattern and show contemporary interests in organic design. To Zeisel's form was added Fantasy decoration, a swirl of lines punctuated by gold dots. Although the design's name is vague, it clearly draws from nuclear imagery of atoms swirling around a core.