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Plato

Plate
2009
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White bone china plate made by isostatic pressing. Designed by Martin Hunt, on-glaze enamel decoration by Hitomi Hosono for the retirement of Christopher Frayling; Rector, Professor and Tutor at the RCA. The decoration depicts a stylised phoenix on the flat edges of the front of the plate, and the head of a dodo on the back, symbols representing the new and old College.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePlato (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Bone china, glazed, printed with black enamel
Brief description
Plate, large, square, bone china, 'Plato' tableware designed by Martin Hunt for Queensbury Hunt, 2004, made by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, enamel decoration by Hitomi Hosono, London, 2009
Physical description
White bone china plate made by isostatic pressing. Designed by Martin Hunt, on-glaze enamel decoration by Hitomi Hosono for the retirement of Christopher Frayling; Rector, Professor and Tutor at the RCA. The decoration depicts a stylised phoenix on the flat edges of the front of the plate, and the head of a dodo on the back, symbols representing the new and old College.
Dimensions
  • Width: 26.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Wedgwood symbol / WEDGWOOD /ENGLAND 1759 / PLATO / BONE CHINA /©WEDGWOOD', printed in black. (On base of plate.)
  • 'Presented to / Christopher Frayling / ~by Martin Smith, David Hamilton, David Queensberry and the staff and students of the Ceramics and Glass Department~ / To celebrate his time as Rector, Professor and Tutor at the Royal college of Art, from 1972 to 2009 / September 2009 / Plate designed by Martin Hunt MA RCA, and Pattern by Hitomi Hosono MA RCA', printed in black. (On base of plate)
Credit line
Given by Martin Smith, David Hamilton, David Queensberry, and the staff and students of the Ceramics & Glass Department of the Royal College of Art
Object history
The plate is a duplicate of that commissioned as a gift for Sir Christopher Frayling by Martin Smith, David Hamilton, David Queensberry and the staff and students of the Ceramics and Glass Department of the Royal College of Art, to celebrate his time as Rector, Professor and Tutor at the College, from 1972 to 2009. The decoration draws on imagery associated with the college, the Phoenix and the Dodo being symbols adopted by former Rector Robin Darwin to represent the new and the old College. The blank plate was produced by Wedgwood as part of the Plato range designed by Martin Hunt for Queensberry Hunt.
Associations
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
C.141-2012

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Record createdJanuary 31, 2013
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