Vogue (shape)
Cup and Saucer
1930-1931 (designed), 1930-1931 (manufactured)
1930-1931 (designed), 1930-1931 (manufactured)
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Shelley Potteries are best known for their delicate, attractive and adventurous bone china tea and coffee wares of the 1920s and 1930s.
This cup and saucer is in the 'Vogue' shape featuring the 'Red Blocks' pattern. It was designed in 1930 by Shelley Art Director, Eric Slater, who studied under Gordon Forsyth, an advocate of improvement in industrial design. Slater's 'Vogue' shape, was very modern and made from finely-turned high quality bone china, the geometric form--conical cups with solid triangular handles--was well-matched with a range of dynamic Art Deco patterns, such as Red Blocks, which has the appealing addition of silver lustre. Despite the novel appearance of Vogue, some customers criticised the wide-mouthed cups for allowing drinks to cool too quickly, and complained that they could not put a finger through the solid handle, nor hang the cup by the handle for storage.
This cup and saucer is in the 'Vogue' shape featuring the 'Red Blocks' pattern. It was designed in 1930 by Shelley Art Director, Eric Slater, who studied under Gordon Forsyth, an advocate of improvement in industrial design. Slater's 'Vogue' shape, was very modern and made from finely-turned high quality bone china, the geometric form--conical cups with solid triangular handles--was well-matched with a range of dynamic Art Deco patterns, such as Red Blocks, which has the appealing addition of silver lustre. Despite the novel appearance of Vogue, some customers criticised the wide-mouthed cups for allowing drinks to cool too quickly, and complained that they could not put a finger through the solid handle, nor hang the cup by the handle for storage.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china, printed in black and painted in enamel colours and lustre |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer, bone china, 'Vogue' shape, 'Red Blocks' pattern, designed by Eric Slater, manufactured by Shelley Potteries, Fenton, Staffordshire, England, 1930-1 |
| Physical description | Cup and saucer, bone china, geometric shape, black printed, with pattern of overlapping blocks in red and black enamel colours and silver lustre. |
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| Credit line | Given by Kay Rush |
| Summary | Shelley Potteries are best known for their delicate, attractive and adventurous bone china tea and coffee wares of the 1920s and 1930s. This cup and saucer is in the 'Vogue' shape featuring the 'Red Blocks' pattern. It was designed in 1930 by Shelley Art Director, Eric Slater, who studied under Gordon Forsyth, an advocate of improvement in industrial design. Slater's 'Vogue' shape, was very modern and made from finely-turned high quality bone china, the geometric form--conical cups with solid triangular handles--was well-matched with a range of dynamic Art Deco patterns, such as Red Blocks, which has the appealing addition of silver lustre. Despite the novel appearance of Vogue, some customers criticised the wide-mouthed cups for allowing drinks to cool too quickly, and complained that they could not put a finger through the solid handle, nor hang the cup by the handle for storage. |
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| Accession number | C.162:1, 2-2003 |
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| Record created | November 27, 2003 |
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