Tea Plate
ca 1955- ca.1960 (manufactured)
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White earthenware tea plate, squared and rimless. Decorated with underglaze printed sprays of leaves in grey-black and a scatter of yellow dots.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with underglaze printed decoration |
| Brief description | Tea plate, earthenware with underglaze printed decoration, manufactured by J & G Meakin, England, ca. 1955-1960. |
| Physical description | White earthenware tea plate, squared and rimless. Decorated with underglaze printed sprays of leaves in grey-black and a scatter of yellow dots. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | ‘J & G / Meakin / England’ under a crown (Printed in black (Godden 2610: says used after 1958)) |
| 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.147-1992 |
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| Record created | November 21, 2008 |
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