On display

Bowl

ca.1955 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shallow bone china bowl of rounded form. Decorated with a pattern of sgraffito lines scrathed though a layer of on-glaze colour (black).

Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china with sgraffito decoration
Brief description
Bone china sgraffito bowl, designed by David Queensberry for Crown Staffordshire China, about 1955.
Physical description
Shallow bone china bowl of rounded form. Decorated with a pattern of sgraffito lines scrathed though a layer of on-glaze colour (black).
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27.0cm
  • Height: 6.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Queensberry / TABLEWARE / Fine Bone China / Made by / CROWN / STAFFORDSHIRE CHINA / ENGLAND', printed in black on base
Credit line
Given by David Queensberry
Bibliographic reference
Walker, Susannah, Queensberry Hunt: Creativity and Industry, London, 1992, pp11-13.
Collection
Accession number
C.35-2002

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Record createdAugust 20, 2003
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