Summit
Plant Pot Holder
1961 (designed), 1961 (made)
1961 (designed), 1961 (made)
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Plant pot holder, cast white earthenware, flared with vertical grooves in dark blue, the upper surface lilac and further decorated with applied horizontal lines in white.
Object details
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| Title | Summit (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed earthenware with 'colour inlay' decoration |
| Brief description | Plant pot holder, trial for the 'Summit' series, glazed earthenware with 'colour inlay' decoration, designed by William John Clappison, made by Hornsea Pottery Co. Ltd., England, 1961. |
| Physical description | Plant pot holder, cast white earthenware, flared with vertical grooves in dark blue, the upper surface lilac and further decorated with applied horizontal lines in white. |
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| Credit line | Given by John Clappison and the makers |
| Production | Trial example made in 1961. In production 1961-1965 Attribution note: 'Colour inlay' - the whole pot covered with glaze and the upper surface then cleaned off, lilac and white added after. The technique was claimed as a Hornsea innovation. |
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| Accession number | C.257-1986 |
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| Record created | October 22, 2008 |
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