Walking Ware
Cup
1974 (designed), 1980 (made)
1974 (designed), 1980 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
After training at the Central School of Art, London, in the early 1960s, Roger Michell and Danka Napiorkowska established Lustre Pottery together. Preoccupied with finely crafted early-industrial English earthenware, they set about developing clays and glazes in imitation of creamware. In 1974 they first made their 'Walking teaset', which became so popular that in order to satisfy demand they organised mass-production of the teaset by the industrial Staffordshire pottery, Carlton Ware. This version was hand-made for the Museum by the potters. Commercial production stopped in 1981. The quirky, Postmodern, and quintessentially English design can be interpreted as a reaction to the stonewares favoured by the studio pottery movement.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Walking Ware (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with painted decoration |
| Brief description | Cup from walking teaset, earthenware with painted decoration, made by Danka Napiorkoswka and Roger Michell, England, 1980 |
| Physical description | Cream coloured earthenware cup, rounded and stand on a pair of ankles and feet, painted with brown shoes and white socks with brown and black checks. It has a simple loop handle. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'LUSTRE ENGLAND 1980 & RSM & DN for ROGER MICHELL & DANKA NAPIORKOWSKA' (In brown enamel beneath feet) |
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| Summary | After training at the Central School of Art, London, in the early 1960s, Roger Michell and Danka Napiorkowska established Lustre Pottery together. Preoccupied with finely crafted early-industrial English earthenware, they set about developing clays and glazes in imitation of creamware. In 1974 they first made their 'Walking teaset', which became so popular that in order to satisfy demand they organised mass-production of the teaset by the industrial Staffordshire pottery, Carlton Ware. This version was hand-made for the Museum by the potters. Commercial production stopped in 1981. The quirky, Postmodern, and quintessentially English design can be interpreted as a reaction to the stonewares favoured by the studio pottery movement. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.78F-1981 |
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| Record created | May 8, 2008 |
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