Harlequinade
Plate
ca. 1955 (designed), ca. 1959 (manufactured)
ca. 1955 (designed), ca. 1959 (manufactured)
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White earthenware plate, rimless. Decorated with underglaze hand-painted pattern of broad gingham-style stripes in green, interwoven with thin black lines.
Object details
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| Title | Harlequinade (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with underglaze hand-painted decoration |
| Brief description | 'Harlequinade' pattern plate, earthenware with underglaze hand-painted decoration, manufactured by Empire Porcelain Co., England, ca. 1959. |
| Physical description | White earthenware plate, rimless. Decorated with underglaze hand-painted pattern of broad gingham-style stripes in green, interwoven with thin black lines. |
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| Object history | Nos. C.131 to 155-1992 form a group of ware selected from Susannah Walker’s own collection to show a variety of popular “contemporary” designs in mass-produced tableware. She had collected these from car-boot sales, charity and bric-a-brac shops etc, rarely paying more than a few pence for each. |
| Bibliographic reference | Walker, Susannah. Contemporary/Moderne: British Mass-produced Tableware of the 1950s. Thesis (M.A.) - V&A/RCA Course in the History of Design, 1990, fig. 45. |
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| Accession number | C.137-1992 |
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| Record created | November 20, 2008 |
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