Vase
White vase with mottled decoration in manganese and a turquoise rim

Maker

(ceramicist)
1879-1961

(ceramicist)

Title

Vase
White vase with mottled decoration in manganese and a turquoise rim

Date of Production

(circa) 1914

Medium

Tin-glazed earthenware with mottled manganese and turquoise glazes

Dimensions

Height: 16.2 cm
Diameter: 11.6 cm

Accession Number

O.1935.RF.175.2

Mode of Acquisition

Roger Fry Trustees, gift, 1935

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Estate of Vanessa Bell. All rights reserved, DACS 2023

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords


Label Text

Fry and Bell experimented with throwing under the tuition of George Schenck in his ceramics workshop in Surrey, but only Fry persevered. Instead, Bell preferred to experiment with surface decoration, using a sponge to apply freely the purple glaze to this white vase. This technique was inspired by nineteenth-century English spongeware, where cut sponges were used to create repeat patterns.

Provenance

Gift of the Roger Fry Trustees, 1935

Exhibition History

Post-Impressionist Living: The Omega Workshops, The Wolfson Gallery, Charleston, East Sussex, 14/09/2019-19/01/2020

Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017

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