Not currently on display at the V&A

Vase

1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Thrown earthenware vase of bulbous form with a pod like motif in a black medallion on either side, the rest of the exterior is scratched black


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, thrown, with painted and sgraffito decoration
Brief description
Earthenware vase with painted and sgraffito decoration, designed, decorated and possibly made by Thomas Acland Fennemore, England, 1936.
Physical description
Thrown earthenware vase of bulbous form with a pod like motif in a black medallion on either side, the rest of the exterior is scratched black
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.9cm
  • Width: 14.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'TAF/1936' inscribed (above the foot)
  • 'VASE / ONE / OF 12 / & BOWLS / THROWN / AND DESIGNED / BY /T. ACLAND / FENNEMORE / 1936' (Group of handwritten paper labels on base)
  • 'ONLY PIECE / LEFT FROM / BOMBING / 1940' (hand written paper label on base)
  • 'MRS ENID / FENNEMORE' (hand written paper label on base)
  • exhibition label '4.83/Fennimore [sic]' (handwritten paper label on base)
  • 'VL.1' (Inscribed label on the base)
Credit line
Given by Caroline Crozier
Object history
Exhibited in The Thirties, The Hayward Gallery, 25/10/79-13/1/80, cat. 4.83.
Bibliographic reference
Hawkins, Jennifer and Marianne Hollis (ed), Thirties: British art and design before the war London : Arts Council, 1979 no.4.83
Collection
Accession number
C.265-1993

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Record createdDecember 10, 2007
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