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

Woodlands

Plate
ca. 1938-1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White body with honey glaze. Circular plate with spiral moulding to rim and flat well. In the well is a transfer-printed design of Ash leaves and fruit with two narrow bands in chestnut brown. On the rim, narrow bands in apple green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWoodlands (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, transfer printed
Brief description
Plate, earthenware, spiral shape, transfer-printed with 'Woodlands' pattern, designed by Susie Cooper, decorated by Susie Cooper Pottery Co., made by Wood & Sons, England, ca. 1938-9
Physical description
White body with honey glaze. Circular plate with spiral moulding to rim and flat well. In the well is a transfer-printed design of Ash leaves and fruit with two narrow bands in chestnut brown. On the rim, narrow bands in apple green.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.8cm
  • Height: 2.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Susie Cooper, England'
  • 'Woodlands'
Gallery label
Plate 'Woodlands' Designed by Susie Cooper, decorated by Susie Cooper Pottery Co., made by Wood & Sons, England, about 1938-39 Transfer printed earthenware C.282-1986 Given by Mrs Jenny Thompson(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Jenny Thompson
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Eatwell, Ann. Susie Cooper productions London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1987, p. 66, Cat. No. 155.
Collection
Accession number
C.282-1986

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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