Mug
ca. 1900 (made)
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Around 1900 Finland's awareness of its national identity found expression in a burgeoning of design and the arts in general. The Iris Workshops were part of this movement. The potter (and painter), Alfred William.Finch (1854-1930), an Englishman brought up and educated in Brussels, had an international training and experience which he brought to Finland at the invitation of Louis Sparre, the founder in 1897 of the Workshops in Porvoo. The Workshops also produced furniture, textiles and glass, all of it radical and influential, despite the Workshops' short existence. After its closure in 1902, Finch went on to head the ceramics department at the Central School of Industrial Arts in Helsinki.
Finch's deceptively simple utilitarian earthenwares were part of th Iris Workshops' pioneering attempt to establish a new, essentially Finnish culture, breaking free from former Swedish influence. His ceramics were plain with simple elegant decorations reflecting his association with contemporaries such as Henri van de Velde (1863-1957).
Finch's deceptively simple utilitarian earthenwares were part of th Iris Workshops' pioneering attempt to establish a new, essentially Finnish culture, breaking free from former Swedish influence. His ceramics were plain with simple elegant decorations reflecting his association with contemporaries such as Henri van de Velde (1863-1957).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware incised with decoration cut through coloured slip and applied dots of white slip |
| Brief description | Earthenware mug, with incised and slip decoration, made by Alfred William Finch at the Iris Workshop, Porvoo, ca. 1900. |
| Physical description | Earthenware mug, incised and with slip decoration in green, blue and white. |
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| Object history | Acquired for the Museum by Barbara Morris, Assistant Keeper, Dept. of Circulation, on a visit to Finland, following the exhibition 'Finlandia' held at the V&A, 1961 |
| Production | Designed for Iris Workshop, Porvoo. |
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| Summary | Around 1900 Finland's awareness of its national identity found expression in a burgeoning of design and the arts in general. The Iris Workshops were part of this movement. The potter (and painter), Alfred William.Finch (1854-1930), an Englishman brought up and educated in Brussels, had an international training and experience which he brought to Finland at the invitation of Louis Sparre, the founder in 1897 of the Workshops in Porvoo. The Workshops also produced furniture, textiles and glass, all of it radical and influential, despite the Workshops' short existence. After its closure in 1902, Finch went on to head the ceramics department at the Central School of Industrial Arts in Helsinki. Finch's deceptively simple utilitarian earthenwares were part of th Iris Workshops' pioneering attempt to establish a new, essentially Finnish culture, breaking free from former Swedish influence. His ceramics were plain with simple elegant decorations reflecting his association with contemporaries such as Henri van de Velde (1863-1957). |
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| Accession number | CIRC.759-1966 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2003 |
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