Plate
ca. 1954 (made)
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Plate decorated with an abstract design, buff earthenware, thrown and turned, with twelve pierced holes around the perimeter; decorated with a white tin glaze, with in-glaze decoration in blue and green, and in manganese black/purple applied over a wax resist; the back of the plate is covered in a thin uneven tin glaze.
Of the plates associated with La Ronde coffee house (Museum nos. C.116 to 122-2011), Museum nos. C.116 and 117-2011 are of closely similar body, technique and profile, as are Museum nos. C.119, 120 & 121-2011, the profiles of which are shallower. Museum no. C.118-2011 is of similar body and profile to Museum nos. C.116 and 117-2011, but the back is differently trimmed and the plate is decorated using different materials and techniques. Museum no. C.122-2011 is distinct from all others in the group in its body, method of forming, and in its decoration, and it has been pierced with larger and fewer round holes.
Of the plates associated with La Ronde coffee house (Museum nos. C.116 to 122-2011), Museum nos. C.116 and 117-2011 are of closely similar body, technique and profile, as are Museum nos. C.119, 120 & 121-2011, the profiles of which are shallower. Museum no. C.118-2011 is of similar body and profile to Museum nos. C.116 and 117-2011, but the back is differently trimmed and the plate is decorated using different materials and techniques. Museum no. C.122-2011 is distinct from all others in the group in its body, method of forming, and in its decoration, and it has been pierced with larger and fewer round holes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, thrown and turned, decorated in colours in a white tin glaze |
| Brief description | Plate, earthenware, thrown and turned, decorated with an abstract design, Nicholas Vergette, London, ca. 1954 |
| Physical description | Plate decorated with an abstract design, buff earthenware, thrown and turned, with twelve pierced holes around the perimeter; decorated with a white tin glaze, with in-glaze decoration in blue and green, and in manganese black/purple applied over a wax resist; the back of the plate is covered in a thin uneven tin glaze. Of the plates associated with La Ronde coffee house (Museum nos. C.116 to 122-2011), Museum nos. C.116 and 117-2011 are of closely similar body, technique and profile, as are Museum nos. C.119, 120 & 121-2011, the profiles of which are shallower. Museum no. C.118-2011 is of similar body and profile to Museum nos. C.116 and 117-2011, but the back is differently trimmed and the plate is decorated using different materials and techniques. Museum no. C.122-2011 is distinct from all others in the group in its body, method of forming, and in its decoration, and it has been pierced with larger and fewer round holes. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'WOOLLEY & WALLIS / 482 / 30th November 2011 /7' Note Auction house sticker on back of plate. |
| Object history | One of a group of plates (Museum nos. C.116 to 122-2011) that formed part of the interior decoration of La Ronde coffee bar in Baker Street, London, in the 1950s. A contemporary photograph of the interior from an architecture journal shows that the plates were wall-mounted and spaced at intervals across the wall surface. One plate from the group (Museum no. C.117-2011) is visible in the photograph. The group includes plates made both by Margeret Hine and by Nicholas Vergette. Vergette is also known to have made sculptural pieces for shelves in La Ronde. The plates are said to have been acquired from a sale at the time of the closure of the coffee bar. They were subsequently sold through Woolley & Wallis in their sale of British Art Pottery, Wednesday 30 November 2011, lot 482, alongside a larger plate by Hine for La Ronde, lot 481. |
| Production | Produced for La Ronde coffee house, Baker Street, London. |
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| Accession number | C.120-2011 |
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| Record created | January 10, 2012 |
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