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Focus

Tea Plate
1960 (designed), 1964 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

White round plate with broad rim decorated with panels of single or four circles in brown, black and blue-grey.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Focus (manufacturer's title)
  • Fine (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with printed overglaze decoration
Brief description
Tea plate, 'Focus' pattern, 'Fine' shape, cylindrical body with vertical bands, earthenware, made by W. R. Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, 1964
Physical description
White round plate with broad rim decorated with panels of single or four circles in brown, black and blue-grey.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.9cm
  • Diameter: 17.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Midwinter / FINE TABLEWARE / STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND' (Maker's mark printed on base)
Gallery label
Tea plate 'Focus' 'Fine' designer (decoration) Barbara Brown, designer (shape) David Queensberry, manufacturer W.R.Midwinter Ltd., Burslem, England; 1964, shape designed 1960 Earthenware with printed overglaze decoration C.141-1992
Object history
C.131 to 155-1992 purchased for £30.
Production
Shape designed 1960; decoration designed 1964.
Bibliographic references
  • Walker, Susannah. Contemporary/Moderne: British Mass-Produced Tableware of the 1950s. MA Thesis, V&A/RCA History of Design, 1990.
  • Peat, Alan. Midwinter: A Collector's Guide. 1992.
Other number
3.04
Collection
Accession number
C.141-1992

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Record createdMay 6, 2008
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