White tin-glazed side plate
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Photo © Courtauld
Photo © Courtauld
Maker
(ceramicist)
1866-1934
1866-1934
(ceramicist)
Title
White tin-glazed side plate
Date of Production
1914 - 1915
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 19.1 cm
Object Number
O.1935.RF.177
Mode of Acquisition
Roger Fry Trustees, gift, 1935
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
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, Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017
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