Decorator:
Piper, John
Potter:
Eastop, Geoffrey
Red-brown stoneware (?) decorated on the front with opaque white and turquoise-green, and very dark brownish-black translucent glaze to form an abstract design which leaves some part of the surface bare; the reverse has very dark brownish-black glaze round the outer part and an unglazed circular area in the middle. The plaque is not quite circular and slightly concave on the front
Given by Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey
Diameter: 43 cm
Height: 3.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2012-04-30) by Humphrey, Caroline, Professor Dame
Elizabeth II
Circa
1968
CE
-
1985
CE
Geoffrey Eastop (1921– 2014) studied at the Croydon School of Art and Goldsmiths' College. From 1956-62, he worked with Alan Caiger-Smith at Aldermaston Pottery, then started his own pottery in south Berkshire.
John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903 –1992) was an English painter, printmaker and designer, notably of stained glass at Coventry and other cathedrals. In Cambridge, his stained glass designs can be found at Robinson College and at St Peter’s Church. Babraham. . Piper often worked with others, including John Betjeman and Ben Nicholson. From c.1968-1985 he collaborated with the potter Geoffrey Eastop at Fawley Bottom, near his home, where this plaque was probably made; Eastop made the pots and Piper decorated them. In later life he produced many limited-edition prints.
Decoration composed of glaze ( opaque white, turquoise-green, and very dark brownish-black glazes)
red; probably stoneware Stoneware
Accession number: C.3-2012
Primary reference Number: 187538
Entry Form Number: 1060
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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