Blue glazed side or fruit plate
Maker
(ceramicist)
1866-1934
(ceramicist)
1866-1934
(ceramicist)
Title
Blue glazed side or fruit plate
Date of Production
1914 - 1918
Medium
Blue-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 2.9 cm
Diameter: 19.4 cm
Diameter: 19.4 cm
Accession Number
O.1935.RF.178
Mode of Acquisition
Roger Fry Trustees, gift, 1935
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Although presumably intended to be used as a service, Omega plates were a rare commodity as intimated by Virginia Woolf who wrote that if one were broken ‘all the shops in London may be searched in vain for its fellow’. Monochromatic glazes, such as this rich cobalt blue, ran counter to the highly decorative ceramics popular in Britain and Europe at the time.
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
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009 ...More
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984 ...Less
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009 ...More
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984 ...Less
Literature
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 57A
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
cat. no. 212 (exhibited)
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 1984
cat. no. C2.c
cat. no. 57A
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
cat. no. 212 (exhibited)
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 1984
cat. no. C2.c
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : mark : impressed into the base : Omega symbol within a square :
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