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Vogue (shape)

Plate
1930-1931 (designed), 1930-1931 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

SShelley Potteries are best known for their delicate, attractive and adventurous bone china tea and coffee wares of the 1920s and 1930s.

This side plate 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 was well-matched with a range of dynamic Art Deco patterns, such as Red Blocks, which has the appealing addition of silver lustre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Vogue (shape) (manufacturer's title)
  • Red Blocks (pattern) (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Bone china, jiggered, printed in black and painted in enamel colours and lustre
Brief description
Square side plate, bone china, 'Vogue' shape, 'Red Blocks' pattern, designed by Eric Slater, manufactured by Shelley Potteries, Fenton, Staffordshire, England, 1930-1
Physical description
Square side plate, bone china, with wavy curved corners, black printed, with pattern of overlapping blocks in red and black enamel colours and silver lustre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.6cm
  • Width: 16.1cm
  • Length: 16.1cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Shelley' within a cartouche, 'ENGLAND', and indistinct registered mark, printed in green (Maker's identification; printed)
  • '11781', painted in red (pattern number) (painted)
Credit line
Given by Kay Rush
Summary
SShelley Potteries are best known for their delicate, attractive and adventurous bone china tea and coffee wares of the 1920s and 1930s.

This side plate 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 was well-matched with a range of dynamic Art Deco patterns, such as Red Blocks, which has the appealing addition of silver lustre.
Collection
Accession number
C.163-2003

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Record createdNovember 27, 2003
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