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Homemaker, cup and saucer

Homemaker, cup and saucer
designed (1956); manufactured 1963

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
(a-b) 7.6 × 14.3 cm diameter (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John Hinds, 2017

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Inscription
(b) printed in black on base c: * RIDGWAY POTTERIES LTD * / (potted plant) / HOMEMAKER / (spoon) (knife) (pepper grinder) (corkscrew) / MADE IN STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND / ALL COLOURS GUARANTEED / 1 UNDERGLAZE 63 / AND DETERGENT PROOF

Accession Number
2017.564.a-b

Department
International Decorative Arts

Physical description
A cup and saucer decorated in black and white. The cup is black glazed out and white glazed in and the saucer is decorated with five vignettes of domestic furniture and objects, the background filled in with roughly drawn horizontal lines.