Butterfly & Flowers Platter
Dish
ca. 1997 (designed (shape)), 2001 (made)
ca. 1997 (designed (shape)), 2001 (made)
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Large flangeless stoneware dish of oval form, covered in a white glaze. Reduction fired. Painted with a white sketchily-drawn plant and flower form, and a flying insect, all in black.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Butterfly & Flowers Platter (assigned by artist) |
| Brief description | Large white oval stoneware dish painted with an insect and a plant, designed by Tavs Jorgensen and Roger Law, made at Dartington Pottery, England, 2001. |
| Physical description | Large flangeless stoneware dish of oval form, covered in a white glaze. Reduction fired. Painted with a white sketchily-drawn plant and flower form, and a flying insect, all in black. |
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| Credit line | Given by Roger Law |
| Production | According to Stephen Course, the managing director of Dartington Pottery, the decoration of the dish is based on drawings made by Roger Law when he went to Australia on a trip sponsored by the Sunday Telegraph, and so has Aboriginal influences. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.126-2001 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2002 |
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