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Ceramics, Room 146

Artist/Maker	Rie, Lucie (maker)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Stoneware bottle by Lucie Rie; Britain; 1967.

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Categories	Images Online Studio Pottery Ceramics
Object type	Bottle
Materials and techniques	Stoneware, with streaked purple-brownish glaze Stoneware
Brief description	Stoneware bottle by Lucie Rie; Britain; 1967.
Dimensions	Depth: 15.40cm Height: 38.10cm
Marks and inscriptions	'LR' in monogram, applied
Gallery label	'9. Bottle 1967 Lucie Rie's work was informed by the full range of ceramic history, from oriental porcelain to prehistoric pots, yet it was utterly individual. She showed how an entirely new language could be generated without jettisoning some of pottery's most basic traditions - practical shapes formed on the wheel. Britain Designed and made by Lucie Rie (Austrian, 1902-95), London Stoneware with streaked glaze Museum no. Circ.1226-1967'
Object history	Acquisition details: Arts Council of Great Britain (Lucie Rie retrospective exhibition RF number: 67/2363
Bibliographic references	Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 Lucie Rie: A Retrospective. Tokyo: Nikkei Inc, 2010 p.148
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	CIRC.1226-1967

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Record created	January 14, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19649/bottle-rie-lucie/

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