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Eric Ravilious (designer)
Wedgwood, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer)
Persephone pattern, cup and saucer designed 1936; manufactured (1940s)
earthenware
(a-b) 7.4 × 16.7 cm diameter
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Persephone pattern, cup and saucer
designed 1936; manufactured (1940s)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 7.4 × 16.7 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England
Inscription
(a) printed in black on base c.: PERSEPHONE. (E underlined / DESIGNED BY / RAVILIOUS. (VILIO underlined) / WEDGWOOD (DGW underlined) / ETRURIA, ENGLAND.
painted in red on base l.c.: AL 9983 / T
printed in black on base u.c.: (...illeg.)
impressed in base u.c.: ^ / •
(b) printed in black on base c.: PERSEPHONE. (E underlined) / DESIGNED BY / RAVILIOUS. (VILIO underlined) / WEDGWOOD (DGW underlined) / ETRURIA, ENGLAND.
painted in red on base l.c.: AL 9983 / T
impressed in base l.c.: WEDGWOOD
impressed in base l.l.: 1K (...illeg.) 39
Accession Number
916.a-b-D4
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Yellow breakfast cup and saucer.