White tin-glazed side plate
Maker
(ceramicist)
1866-1934
(ceramicist)
1866-1934
(ceramicist)
Title
White tin-glazed side plate
Date of Production
1914 - 1915
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.1 cm
Accession Number
O.1935.RF.177
Mode of Acquisition
Roger Fry Trustees, gift, 1935
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
Fry believed that mass production meant that ceramics ‘are reduced by machine turning to a dead mechanical exactitude and uniformity’. He lamented the loss of the expressive and imperfect surface modelling found on handmade pottery. The white tin-glaze on this side plate both emphasises and creates the individual irregularities that Fry preferred.
Provenance
Gift of the Roger Fry Trustees, 1935
Exhibition History
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017
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