Not on display

Plate

1974 (made)
Artist/Maker
Doulton Ceramic Factory (manufacturer)
Colverson, Ian (decorator)
Place of origin
Burslem (made)

Shallow and circular dinner plate of bone china with a photographic portrait of pop singer Sylvie Vartan, printed in red, yellow and blue.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Bone China
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Bone china and screen-printed
Bone China
Screen Printed
Brief description
Shallow and circular dinner plate of bone china with a photographic portrait of pop singer Sylvie Vartan, decorated by Ian Colverson, made by Doulton Ceramic Factory, Burslem, 1974.
Physical description
Shallow and circular dinner plate of bone china with a photographic portrait of pop singer Sylvie Vartan, printed in red, yellow and blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2cm
  • Diameter: 26.5cm
Copy number
Set 14 from a limited edition of 14 sets
Marks and inscriptions
  • The Doulton mark [crossed out] (On the back)
  • 'Portrait of Sylvie Vartan' (Added by the artist on the back)
  • '14/14' [edition number] (Added by the artist in platinum on the back)
  • 'Ian Colverson 1974' (Added by the artist in platinum on the back)
Object history
Part of a set of six plates CIRC.494 to 499-1974.
This set of six images is in trichromatic colour-separated screen print on Doulton blanks. The process involved printing on transfer paper in ceramic pigment and transferring the image to the plate which was then fired to 800 degrees C. and maintained at that temperature of one hour. Each plate is signed and numbered on the back in platinum. The technical achievement lies in the use of four superimposed half-tone screen printed colours. The six images are a development of a series of screen prints done over three years and which originated from photographs taken in France and Berlin by the artist.
Subjects depicted
Portrait
Woman
Vartan, Sylvie
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
CIRC.495-1974

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Record createdOctober 31, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O171243/plate-colverson-ian/
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