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Design

1900-1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design, unfinished, for a circular charger with a design of grapes on a vine only a segment of which is painted in green and brown with the rest of the design drawn in pencil. This design by Gabriel Cyril Bunney is for a decorated charger that is an example of hand-coloured, non-commercial ware of the early twentieth century. It is an example of the continuation into the 1900s of work influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. The charger itself is in the Ceramics and Glass Department.

The design reflects the work of an exciting and vibrant artistic community that included Louise Powell, who painted ceramics made by Wedgwood. Bunney's father was the painter J. W. Bunney, a protégé of Ruskin's and both parents were within the outer circle of the Ruskin/Pre-Raphaelite group - Gabriel Bunney (1876-1952) was called after Dante Gabriel Rossetti and also a son of Holman Hunt.

G. C. Bunney was both a designer and teacher, and assistant to the architect W. H. Lethaby, at Camberwell, whose ideas were most influential on the late Arts and Crafts. In addition, Bunney taught at the South Kensington Schools and later at Birmingham Central School.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Design for a circular charger, grapes on a vine, pencil with green and brown watercolour, Gabriel Cyril Bunney, England, 1900-1920
Physical description
Design, unfinished, for a circular charger with a design of grapes on a vine only a segment of which is painted in green and brown with the rest of the design drawn in pencil.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 49.1cm
  • Width: 38.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Outlines F.P.Bl. / Leaves' an arrow pointing down to the right. (In pencil)
  • An arrow pointing down to the left. 'Claret Br[illegible inscription] Purple . Pink . Willow Blue . / Grapes Mixed Green 3 Dlow gr. 1 . / backgrd Purple & Wedgewd Brown = pts' (In pencil)
Credit line
Given by S.E. Bunney
Subjects depicted
Summary
Design, unfinished, for a circular charger with a design of grapes on a vine only a segment of which is painted in green and brown with the rest of the design drawn in pencil. This design by Gabriel Cyril Bunney is for a decorated charger that is an example of hand-coloured, non-commercial ware of the early twentieth century. It is an example of the continuation into the 1900s of work influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. The charger itself is in the Ceramics and Glass Department.

The design reflects the work of an exciting and vibrant artistic community that included Louise Powell, who painted ceramics made by Wedgwood. Bunney's father was the painter J. W. Bunney, a protégé of Ruskin's and both parents were within the outer circle of the Ruskin/Pre-Raphaelite group - Gabriel Bunney (1876-1952) was called after Dante Gabriel Rossetti and also a son of Holman Hunt.

G. C. Bunney was both a designer and teacher, and assistant to the architect W. H. Lethaby, at Camberwell, whose ideas were most influential on the late Arts and Crafts. In addition, Bunney taught at the South Kensington Schools and later at Birmingham Central School.
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
E.564-2007

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Record createdMay 4, 2007
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