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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Vase

ca. 1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of cream coloured earthenware, of flattened baluster shape with a wide circular base, and covered with a matt salmon pink glaze both inside and out, and with incised decoration of tear-drop shapes around the hip, and lines form the tips of these drops that extend outwards and upwards in long, curving lines to the rim and tapers to a fine point at the rim, and on the interior just beneath the rim are five parallel incised lines around the inner circumference.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with matt salmon pink glaze and incised
Brief description
Vase of cream coloured earthenware, of flattened baluster shape, designed by Susie Cooper, made by Wood & Sons Ltd. for Susie Cooper Pottery, Burslem, ca. 1936.
Physical description
Vase of cream coloured earthenware, of flattened baluster shape with a wide circular base, and covered with a matt salmon pink glaze both inside and out, and with incised decoration of tear-drop shapes around the hip, and lines form the tips of these drops that extend outwards and upwards in long, curving lines to the rim and tapers to a fine point at the rim, and on the interior just beneath the rim are five parallel incised lines around the inner circumference.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.7cm
  • Maximum diameter: 16cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Susie Cooper' (In script incised into the base)
  • 'England' (In script incised into the base, under 'Susie Cooper' mark)
  • ''REF 346' (Incised into the base)
Credit line
Given by the designer
Bibliographic reference
Hollis, Marianne and Hawkins, Jennifer. Thirties : British art and design before the war. London: Arts Council of Great Britain in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum, c. 1979. 152 p, 4. 95.
Collection
Accession number
C.46-1979

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Record createdNovember 13, 2007
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