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Vase

1954-1957 (designed (shape)), 1956-1957 (designed (pattern)), ca. 1956-1957 (made)
Artist/Maker
Carter, Stabler & Adams Ltd. (maker)
Read, Alfred (designer)
Sydenham, Guy (designer)
Paveley, Ruth (designer)
Place of origin
Poole (made)

Vase of slip cast in white earthenware and shape No.352, with a slightly flattened form with an asymmetrical curved rim, and decorated with a hand-painted pattern of loops on Alpine matt white glaze with a Mushroom Pink interior.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Vases
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
White earthenware with a matt glaze and hand-painted
White Earthenware
Mat Glaze
Hand Painted
Slip Cast
Brief description
Slip cast vase in white earthenware, shape No.352, with a slightly flattened form with an asymmetrical curved rim, shape designed by Alfred Read and Guy Sydenham 1954-57, 'Loops' pattern designed by Ruth Pavely 1956-57, made by Carter, Stabler & Adams Ltd., Poole, ca. 1956-1957.
Physical description
Vase of slip cast in white earthenware and shape No.352, with a slightly flattened form with an asymmetrical curved rim, and decorated with a hand-painted pattern of loops on Alpine matt white glaze with a Mushroom Pink interior.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.5cm
  • Width: 20.2cm
  • Diameter: 16.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Poole / England' and a dolphin [enclosed by a line] (Printed)
  • 'PW / D' (Painted)
  • '155' (Paper label)
Object history
The shape is one of the 'free form' range of shapes. Exhibited at "Poole in the 1950's" at Richard Dennis, London, from where the vase was purchased.
Production
Ruth Pavely designed the loops pattern.
Bibliographic references
  • Hayward, Leslie and Atterbury, Paul, eds. Poole Pottery. Somerset, 1995, pp.99, 100, 106-7.
  • Poole in the 1950's, Somerset, 1995, pp99, 100, 106-7.
  • Poole in the 1950s, London : Richard Dennis Gallery, 1997
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.153-1997

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Record createdOctober 2, 1998
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9275/vase-read-alfred/
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