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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 142, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Gallery

Runner Duck

Figure
ca. 1923 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Stoneware figure of a duck standing on a plinth, handmodelled and coloured with blue, yellow and green in a transparent glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRunner Duck (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-modelled stoneware, with blue, yellow and green in a transparent glaze
Brief description
Stoneware figure of a duck by Reginald Wells; British; ca.1923.
Physical description
Stoneware figure of a duck standing on a plinth, handmodelled and coloured with blue, yellow and green in a transparent glaze.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 12.00cm
  • Height: 18.90cm
Gallery label
Figure of runner duck Designed by Reginald Wells, made by London Pottery Co., 1923 Stoneware C.438-1934 Given by Reginald Wells via the British Institute of Industrial Art(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by the Secretary of the British Institute of Industrial Art
Object history
Acquisition details: given by the BIIA (gift of the potter in 1923)
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
C.438-1934

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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