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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Homemaker

Dish
1957-1968 (made), 1957 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Ridgway Potteries Ltd. (manufacturers)
Seeney, Enid (designer)
Arnold, Tom (designer)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

White earthenware dish, oval-shaped and rimless. Decorated with "Homemaker" pattern, elements of 1950s furniture and furnishings, on a ground of crossed black lines.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Tableware & Cutlery
Eating
Access_to_Images 2003
SCRAN
Object type
Dish
TitleHomemaker (series title)
Materials and techniques
White earthenware with transfer-printed decoration and glazed
Earthenware
Glazed
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
"Homemaker" dish, white earthenware with transfer-printed decoration and glazed, decoration designed by Enid Seeney, shape designed by Tom Arnold, made by Ridgway Potteries Ltd., England, 1957-68.
Physical description
White earthenware dish, oval-shaped and rimless. Decorated with "Homemaker" pattern, elements of 1950s furniture and furnishings, on a ground of crossed black lines.
Dimensions
  • Length: 33.2cm
  • Width: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
'HOMEMAKER / MADE IN ENGLAND / THESE COLOURS ARE PERMANENT AND DETERGENT PROOF' (Printed in black)
Object history
See C.67-1982, C.54-1990, C.179 to 180-1991 for other wares in this pattern. See C.67-1982 for further information.
Subjects depicted
Furniture
Sofas
Chairs
Tables
Standard Lamps
Cutlery
Plants
Bibliographic reference
Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.52-1991

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Record createdNovember 6, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85244/homemaker-dish-seeney-enid/
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