15930002780001579615796000Standard Recordobject-240162170206304883016122714480001702062269648fitz-onlineadlib-object-240162https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/2401628d1154ee-7213-3aca-ad6e-8331226b05d15referenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-42692adlib-term-4269268c2b295-0e5f-3e4e-ac86-2aebb8653b91Studio Ceramicsreferenceterm-32652adlib-term-3265282d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7beglazeExteriorreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)Decorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingApplied ArtsGrey/white stoneware, thrown, glaze coated and decorated in brown.Thrown, near-spherical, stoneware pot, opening to a short, wide neck. Coated inside and out with flecked oatmeal glaze. Decorated on the wider part of the body, in brown, with rhythmic abstract marks between two horizontal bands above and two below. Underside turned to form a foot-rim, undecorated.referenceexhibition-2070adlib-exhibition-2070d97fd91f-0d94-3cc4-95d0-3c440bec2ec3William Staite MurrayC.17-20191accession numberC.17-2019240162priref240162201920192019-08-12entry form number1390urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240162https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240162underside of baseincised/handwrittenW. S. Murray / London / 1923maker's markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased from the Voicke / Mead familyreferenceagent-200646adlib-agent-200646229c9ab2-34da-37b1-90ae-433e65261a1eMead, Jayne201920192019-11-25boughtEntry date: 1947-12-021923CE19231923potterreferenceagent-161068adlib-agent-161068414f75b2-4695-3553-bdb5-7f3c968fb1f0Staite Murray, WilliamThis and another similarly designed pot in the collection (C.18-2019) display some of Murray’s earliest forays into abstraction. C.18-2019 appears in a contemporary photograph of Murray’s stand at the Red Rose Guild Exhibition, Manchester, 1923 (see Haslam 1984).William Staite Murray (1881-1962) was originally a painter who turned to ceramics as way of exploring three dimensional form after attending evening classes at Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts. In a 1930s interview he explained his view that: ‘pottery stands between painting & sculpture in the plastic arts, it inclines to either and includes both.’ He was part of a modernist craft movement that emerged during the 1920s, seeking simplified, directly expressive forms and valuing both design and craft skills. His associates included Ben and Winifred Nicholson; he collaborated for several years with the Vorticist painter Cuthbert Hamilton; and he took part in mixed exhibitions with both painters and sculptors. After WWI he set up his own studio at Rotherhithe and, from 1925, taught ceramics at the Royal College of Art, where his students included Sam Haile, Robert Washington, Heber Matthews and Henry Hammond. From 1939 Staite Murray settled in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) and ceased making pots altogether.referenceterm-107318adlib-term-107318d27559f3-e90c-35cd-b7e4-46eaeb9ac52120th Centuryreferenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0literalEnglandEnglandcountryLondonreferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewareDiametercm16Heightcm12.5referenceterm-42687adlib-term-426877823354c-791a-3aa9-ba6f-1b56ea6c3cdfpotreferenceterm-89389adlib-term-89389c00f24e8-508b-3432-9eec-6ddac5df8732jarhistory notePurchased from the Voicke / Mead family, using the Dr Shakeshaft Acquisitions Fund1referenceobject-240165adlib-object-240165b83db947-17f2-3d1f-8bcc-23d7e4b77c661reference1term-42687adlib-term-426877823354c-791a-3aa9-ba6f-1b56ea6c3cdfpotpotreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. For the potter, see pp. 42-3, and for the mark, see p. 54, fig. 17.42-3, 54referencepublication-5213adlib-publication-5213fef24f96-55ed-336c-bc9d-fb7e517df493Artist Potters in Englandreferencepublication-6324adlib-publication-632405ac54af-25b2-3dc8-9f7d-63f124b9b84bWilliam Staite Murrayreferencepublication-200002241adlib-publication-2000022419bc1f6e2-1142-303c-95ba-6c29a2b56ebeW.S. Murrayreferenceterm-42692adlib-term-4269268c2b295-0e5f-3e4e-ac86-2aebb8653b91Studio Ceramicsreferenceterm-42687adlib-term-426877823354c-791a-3aa9-ba6f-1b56ea6c3cdfpotpotstoneware, thrown, glazed, painted brown.referenceterm-120082adlib-term-120082ea83ed85-6b07-3e7e-83fc-440cfda22f7ethrowingPotobject
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