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Bottle

1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rie, Lucie (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Stoneware bottle by Lucie Rie; Britain; 1967.

Object details

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