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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Summit

Plant Pot Holder
1961 (designed), 1961 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
TitleSummit (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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
  • Diameter: 13.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HORNSEA POTTERY REGD MADE IN ENGLAND' and a horn and two waves (Printed in green)
  • '388' (Impressed)
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.
Collection
Accession number
C.257-1986

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Record createdOctober 22, 2008
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