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Plaque: C.3-2012

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Decorator: Piper, John
Potter: Eastop, Geoffrey

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Description

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

Legal notes

Given by Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 43 cm
Height: 3.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Fawley Bottom ⪼ Buckinghamshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2012-04-30) by Humphrey, Caroline, Professor Dame

Dating

Elizabeth II
Circa 1968 CE - 1985 CE

Note

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.

School or Style

Modernism

Components of the work

Decoration composed of glaze ( opaque white, turquoise-green, and very dark brownish-black glazes)

Materials used in production

red; probably stoneware Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3-2012
Primary reference Number: 187538
Entry Form Number: 1060
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 May 2012 Updated: Friday 14 August 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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