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Plate
Scarfe, Laurence, born 1914 - died 1993 - Enlarge image
Plate
- Place of origin:
Shelton (made)
- Date:
ca. 1954 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Scarfe, Laurence, born 1914 - died 1993 (designer)
Ridgway Potteries Ltd. (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware with printed decoration
- Credit Line:
Given by the maker
- Museum number:
C.82-1978
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Plate of cream coloured earthenware, rectangular shape with rounded corners, and printed in the centre in black with two stylised doves in a landscape, and around the inside of the rim is a border of stylised organic shapes.
Place of Origin
Shelton (made)
Date
ca. 1954 (made)
Artist/maker
Scarfe, Laurence, born 1914 - died 1993 (designer)
Ridgway Potteries Ltd. (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Earthenware with printed decoration
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 cm
Object history note
One plate of seven C.79 to 85-1978. The original drawings are in the V&A's Prints and Drawings Department: E.527 to 660-1978 pp 1-5.
The transfer designs were made by Laurence Scarfe from lithographs at the Royal College of Art under Professor Robert Baker, Head of the Ceramics School.
Descriptive line
Plate of earthenware and printed in the centre in black with two stylised doves in a landscape, designed by Laurence Scarfe, made by Ridgway Potteries Ltd., Shelton, ca. 1954.
Materials
Earthenware
Techniques
Printed
Subjects depicted
Doves
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection
Ceramics Collection
