Vase
(c. 1925)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
23.4 × 14.6 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Anne Rusden, 2019
Gallery location
Mid 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Millicent Taplin began working for Wedgwood in 1917 and trained as a ‘paintress’ under Alfred and Louise Powell, who had established a school of freehand women painters at Wedgwood’s Etruria factory. Taplin often incorporated metallic lustre glazes in her designs, which can be seen in the Islamic-inspired floral decoration on this vase. During the late 1930s she became a prolific designer for Wedgwood, creating both printed and painted patterns for use on bone china as well as Queen’s Ware and other ceramic bodies. Around 1956 Taplin took over the management of the newly combined china and earthenware hand-painting departments, where she remained until her retirement in 1962.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Inscription
impressed (diagonally) in base u.l.: WEDGWOOD
impressed (vertically) in base c.l.: 10129
impressed in base l.l.: (…illeg.)
Accession Number
2019.1108
Department
International Decorative Arts