Vase
Classification(s):
Pottery
Date: c.1951 - 1976
Maker: Helen Pincombe (English, 1908 - 2004)
Dimensions:
130 × 160 mm (13 × 16 cm)
Medium: Stoneware
Object number: P1371A
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DescriptionGlazed stoneware vase by Helen Pincombe. The vase is decorated with a repeating criss-cross pattern.
The ILEA number painted on the base of the pot is P1371A. This is different to the ILEA number on the handwritten label. The large handwritten label gives the ILEA number as P1371B (as the ‘A’ has been crossed out). The large label also gives the price (£3.15) and potter’s name. The smaller label reads “HP 22/480 3qus”. A potters stamp is impressed on the base “HP”.
The ILEA number painted on the base of the pot is P1371A. This is different to the ILEA number on the handwritten label. The large handwritten label gives the ILEA number as P1371B (as the ‘A’ has been crossed out). The large label also gives the price (£3.15) and potter’s name. The smaller label reads “HP 22/480 3qus”. A potters stamp is impressed on the base “HP”.
ProvenanceThis object was originally acquired for the Inner London Education Authority’s (ILEA) ‘Circulating Design Scheme’ collection.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
NotesTrained at the Royal College of Art, Helen Pincombe ran her own pottery for a period of 30 years. Pincombe was influenced by English traditional and Eastern pottery. She worked with the wheel, and used a Pueblo coiling technique but also hand-built. Pincombe exhibited at Primavera Gallery in 1956. She taught at the Guildford School of Art and set up a pottery in Oxshott, in close proximity to potter Denise Wren.
