Not currently on display at the V&A

Butterfly & Flowers Platter

Dish
ca. 1997 (designed (shape)), 2001 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large flangeless stoneware dish of oval form, covered in a white glaze. Reduction fired. Painted with a white sketchily-drawn plant and flower form, and a flying insect, all in black.


Object details

Object type
TitleButterfly & Flowers Platter (assigned by artist)
Brief description
Large white oval stoneware dish painted with an insect and a plant, designed by Tavs Jorgensen and Roger Law, made at Dartington Pottery, England, 2001.
Physical description
Large flangeless stoneware dish of oval form, covered in a white glaze. Reduction fired. Painted with a white sketchily-drawn plant and flower form, and a flying insect, all in black.
Dimensions
  • Length: 40cm
  • Width: 38.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ROGER LAW / AT / DARTINGTON / 2001' (Maker's identification; England; on base; written)
  • 'DP' (Maker's identification; England; on base; impressed)
Credit line
Given by Roger Law
Production
According to Stephen Course, the managing director of Dartington Pottery, the decoration of the dish is based on drawings made by Roger Law when he went to Australia on a trip sponsored by the Sunday Telegraph, and so has Aboriginal influences.
Collection
Accession number
C.126-2001

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Record createdMarch 13, 2002
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