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Beswick, John (John Beswick is credited with modernising the Beswick factory after the death of his father and company founder, James Wright Beswick, in 1921.)
Hallam, Albert

Kidney-shaped dish, white earthenware with clear glaze, the middle section of the upper and lower edges scalloped, plain rim, kidney-shaped foot-ring; the dish is transfer-printed with the 'Greenfingers' pattern, under the glaze in polychrome colours with three vignettes, at the left side of the dish is a scene with a man and woman in typical 1950s costume beneath a trailing tree in a flower garden, the woman is bending down to pick a flower and the man is standing, holding a shovel and smoking a pipe, at the centre-bottom edge of the plate is a second vignette, composed of a watering can and garden shears amid flowers, the third vignette is at the right side of the plate and comprises a woman with full skirt, raking or hoeing a flower bed.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 39315

Creation/Production

Beswick, John
Hallam, Albert

Acquisition

Purchase, 9/12/2011

Measurements

Length (cm): 24.2
Length (in): 9
Depth (cm): 15.2
Depth (in): 6

Techniques

slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art

Material

earthenware

Location

In store

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