Jamboree
Tea Plate
ca 1960 (manufactured)
ca 1960 (manufactured)
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White earthenware tea plate, rimless. Decorated with underglaze printed pattern in black, squares with decorative borders cover the plate, and hand-coloured with green and yellow touches.
Object details
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| Title | Jamboree (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with underglaze printed and hand-painted decoration |
| Brief description | 'Jamboree' pattern tea plate, earthenware with underglaze printed decoration, manufactured by James Broadhurst & Sons Ltd., England, ca. 1960. |
| Physical description | White earthenware tea plate, rimless. Decorated with underglaze printed pattern in black, squares with decorative borders cover the plate, and hand-coloured with green and yellow touches. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | ‘Broadhurst / England / Hand painted / Fast Colour / Jamboree’ (Printed in black) |
| 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. |
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| Accession number | C.143-1992 |
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| Record created | November 20, 2008 |
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