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

Vase

ca. 1956 (designed), ca. 1956 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, white bulbous bottomed body with clear glaze over a pattern of vertical black intersecting lines. Earthenware with painted underglaze decoration.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted underglaze decoration
Brief description
Earthenware vase with painted underglaze decoration, made by W. R. Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, ca. 1956
Physical description
Vase, white bulbous bottomed body with clear glaze over a pattern of vertical black intersecting lines. Earthenware with painted underglaze decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28cm
  • Width: 11.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'designed by / JESSIE TAIT / Midwinter / Modern / Staffordshire England' (Maker's mark printed on base)
  • 'Y' (Signature painted in black on base)
Gallery label
Vase designer Jessie Tait, manufacturer W.R.Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, England about 1956 , shape designed about 1956 Earthenware with painted underglaze decoration C.140-1985 Given by Mrs Jessie Hazelhurst(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Jessie Hazelhurst
Production
Shape designed ca. 1956.
Bibliographic reference
Peat, Alan. Midwinter: A Collector's Guide. 1992. pp. 58-60.
Collection
Accession number
C.140-1985

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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