Designer:
Cooper, Susie
Decorator:
Susie Cooper Pottery
Maker:
Wood & Sons Ltd
Earthenware with banded pattern in pale turquoise, orange-brown and brown.
Earthenware with banded pattern in pale turquoise, orange-brown and brown.
Cup with 'Wedding Ring' pattern: earthenware, circular, with straight flaring sides at the base rising vertically. Loop handle. Decorated on the vertical sides with variegated pastel bands of turquoise, orange-brown and brown. Pastel turquoise line down outside of handle. Underside very slightly indented to provide foot-rim, glazed.
Saucer with 'Wedding Ring' pattern: earthenware, wide flat base with central indentation, slightly flared rising sides. Decorated from the indentation to the rim with variegated pastel bands of turquoise, orange-brown and brown. Underside indented to provide foot-rim, glazed.
History note: Formerly in the collection of Susie Cooper; bequeathed to her son, Timothy Barker, who gave it to the Museum.
Given by Timothy Barker, son of Susie Cooper and Cecil Barker
Method of acquisition: Given (2020-04-27) by Barker, Timothy
1935 - 1964
Susie Cooper first introduced banding designs in the early 1930s, as they were quicker and easier to produce than detailed hand-painted patterns. 'Wedding Ring', however, required greater skill to apply smooth application of turpentine-thinned colours smoothly, varying brush strokes to achieve dark and lighter shades within each band. It became one of Susie Cooper’s most popular designs, in production from the early 1930s until the 1960s, available through the department store, John Lewis. Cooper was also one the first designers to introduce straight-sided coffee cans.
Saucer
Diameter 14.5 cm
Height 2.5 cm
Cup
Diameter 7.5 cm
Height 7.2 cm
Accession number: C.14 & A-2020
Primary reference Number: 279159
Entry form number: 511
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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