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Jug

1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

After studying textiles design at the Royal College of Art in London, Marianne de Trey married the potter Sam Haile, from whom she learned to make pottery. The two took over the Shinner's Bridge Pottery at Dartington in Devon, southwest England, in 1947. The following year Haile died in a car accident, leaving de Trey to continue alone. Her earlier productions were domestic wares, either in slip-decorated or tin-glazed earthenware. These were produced in a production pottery that employed several people and established a regular apprentice scheme.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, with painting in blue, brown, green and purple on a white tin glaze
Brief description
E, SP, DE TREY MARIANNE, 20
Physical description
Decoration: leaf
Dimensions
  • Depth: 11.50cm
  • Height: 10.00cm
Marks and inscriptions
scallop shell seal, impressed
Object history
Acquisition details: see Circ.5-1951. Price: 37p
Production
Pottery: Shinners Bridge Pottery, Dartington
Summary
After studying textiles design at the Royal College of Art in London, Marianne de Trey married the potter Sam Haile, from whom she learned to make pottery. The two took over the Shinner's Bridge Pottery at Dartington in Devon, southwest England, in 1947. The following year Haile died in a car accident, leaving de Trey to continue alone. Her earlier productions were domestic wares, either in slip-decorated or tin-glazed earthenware. These were produced in a production pottery that employed several people and established a regular apprentice scheme.
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.6-1951

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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