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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Yellow triangle

Vase
1981 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

High fired buff earthenware vase with a flat almost rectangular base. The front wall is cut in an almost triangular shape, the two side walls curve forward, while the back wall is taller than the front. The rim is flat and leaves a triangular opening to the vase. It is decorated on the outside with roughly drawn triangles, leaf-like shapes, lines and squares, and also splashes of colour in shades of yellow, white, pink, black, brown, grey and blue. The inside is undecorated.


Object details

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Object type
TitleYellow triangle (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Buff earthenware, slab-built with glaze painted decoration
Brief description
"Yellow Triangle" earthenware vase decorated with glaze colours, Alison Britton, England, 1981.
Physical description
High fired buff earthenware vase with a flat almost rectangular base. The front wall is cut in an almost triangular shape, the two side walls curve forward, while the back wall is taller than the front. The rim is flat and leaves a triangular opening to the vase. It is decorated on the outside with roughly drawn triangles, leaf-like shapes, lines and squares, and also splashes of colour in shades of yellow, white, pink, black, brown, grey and blue. The inside is undecorated.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 21.50cm
  • Height: 27.80cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Alison Britton 1981' (incised on base)
Object history
Acquisition details: Prescote Galleries

RF number: 81/857
Bibliographic references
  • Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
  • Breward Christopher and Wood, Ghislaine. British design from 1948:Innovation in the Modern Age . London, V&A publishing, 2012. p174. ISBN 978 1 851776740
Collection
Accession number
C.87-1981

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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