Blue Daisy
Cup and Saucer
1991 (designed), 1992 (introduced)
1991 (designed), 1992 (introduced)
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Large cup and saucer of red earthenware, with a cream slip and decorated with a handpainted design of daisies and foliage in blue, yellow, green and black or brown. The saucer is slipped on the upper surface only, and glazed on both sides with a clear glaze.
According to Suzanne Katkhuda, the pieces were slipped when leather hard. They were biscuit fired to 1020 degrees C, then painted and glazed and fired again to 1120 degrees C, with a 10 minute soak to avoid crazing.
According to Suzanne Katkhuda, the pieces were slipped when leather hard. They were biscuit fired to 1020 degrees C, then painted and glazed and fired again to 1120 degrees C, with a 10 minute soak to avoid crazing.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Blue Daisy (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Red earthenware, hand-painted underglaze decoration on a cream slip |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer, hand-painted earthenware, 'Blue Daisy', designed by Suzanne Katkhuda, England, 1991. |
| Physical description | Large cup and saucer of red earthenware, with a cream slip and decorated with a handpainted design of daisies and foliage in blue, yellow, green and black or brown. The saucer is slipped on the upper surface only, and glazed on both sides with a clear glaze. According to Suzanne Katkhuda, the pieces were slipped when leather hard. They were biscuit fired to 1020 degrees C, then painted and glazed and fired again to 1120 degrees C, with a 10 minute soak to avoid crazing. |
| Credit line | Given by Suzanne Katkhuda |
| Object history | Tableware in the Blue Daisy pattern was originally designed in 1988 and launched at the NEC, Birmingham, in February 1989. The large cup and saucer was designed in 1991 and added to the range in 1992, being launched at the NEC in February that year. Unlike the earlier items in the range, the large cup and saucer was made from the outset at Brixworth, near Northampton. Holdenby Designs was established by Suzanne Katkhuda and Jim Powell in 1987 to manufacture and sell Katkhuda's designs. The company was first based in the stable yard of Holdenby House, a stately home in Northamptonshire. These premises were rapidly outgrown, and at the end of 1991 the company moved to the nearby village of Brixworth. In 1993, further premises were acquired in Parsonage Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, where white earthenware was produced. |
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| Accession number | C.44:1, 2-2011 |
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| Record created | June 20, 2011 |
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