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Tea plate

Tea plate

  • Place of origin:

    Longton, England (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1955- ca.1960 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    John Tams Ltd. (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Earthenware with stencilled decoration

  • Museum number:

    C.151-1992

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

Physical description

White earthenware tea plate with rim, and stencilled decoration of large blue squares.

Place of Origin

Longton, England (made)

Date

ca. 1955- ca.1960 (made)

Artist/maker

John Tams Ltd. (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Earthenware with stencilled decoration

Marks and inscriptions

‘Tams / made in / England’

Dimensions

Diameter: 16.4 cm, Height: 1.6 cm

Object history note

Nos. C.131 to 155-1992 form a group of ware selected from Susannah Walker's own collection to show a variety of popular "contemporary" designs in mass-produced tableware. She had collected these from car-boot sales, charity and bric-a-brac shops etc, rarely paying more than a few pence for each.

Descriptive line

Tea plate, earthenware with stencilled decoration, made by John Tams Ltd., England, ca.1955-1960.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Walker, Susannah. Contemporary/Moderne: British Mass-produced Tableware of the 1950s. Thesis (M.A.) - V&A/RCA Course in the History of Design, 1990.

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Stencilled

Categories

Ceramics; Earthenware

Collection code

CER

Qr_O173008
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