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Cup, soup and stand
Queensberry, David (Marquis of Queensberry) (David Queensberry was Professor of Ceramics at the Royal College of Art, London. He is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and a Doctor of the University of Staffordshire.)
Cream soup cup and stand, white earthenware with clear glaze, 'Fine' shape, the cup with an inset base, concave bevelled body immediately above the base, rising to vertical sides with two ledge handles, the stand with a foot ring, broad well and angled sides; transfer-printed with the Op-Art inspired 'Focus' pattern, the stand with a repeating motif border of a black circle on a grey square, followed by a grey-blue circle on a black square, the body of the cup also with a repeating motif pattern comprising a large black circle on a grey square, followed by a square of the same size made up of four smaller squares with overlying circles in the same colour palette as the motifs on the stand.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39365
Creation/Production
Midwinter Ltd, W.R.
Brown, Barbara
Queensberry, David (Marquis of Queensberry)
Midwinter, Roy
Date: 1964 ca –
Acquisition
Gift, 13/12/2011
Given by Les Higgins
Measurements
diam
(cm): 11.4
diam
(in): 4
l(cm) handle to handle:14.4 (cup)
l(cm)
l(in) handle to handle:5 3/4 (cup)
l(in)
Height
(cm): 5.5
Height
(in): 2
diam
(cm): 16.3
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
Location
In store
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