Potter: Braden, Norah
Pitcher, unglazed stoneware, ovoid body with long handle and cup-shaped upper section, the whole covered with swirling iron decoration.
History note: Purchased by the Museum at the sale of studio ceramics at Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers, Macclesfield, 29 October 2021, lot 443; purchased by that vendor from the sale of Contemporary Ceramics, Bonhams,13 July 1994, lot 138; Norah Braden's personal collection
Purchased with the Shakeshaft Acquisition Fund
Height: 33.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2022-04-29) by Adam Partridge Ltd
Production date: circa AD 1935
Although this is an unusual form by Braden, recent research has shown that it was not an entirely unique work but part of a small series in which Braden experimented with this form and with swirling decoration, which may have been after the kind popularised by William Staite Murray. Braden chose to keep this work herself, only selling it when she was about to enter a residential care home (her collection was sold at Bonhams, July 1994, lot 138).
Part
Inscription present: Impressed 'NB' mark within hexagonal cartouche
Inscription present: 'Sweets' handwritten in pencil on either side of the handle
Accession number: C.1-2022
Primary reference Number: 311377
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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