Vase
Classification(s):
Pottery
Date: c. 1951 - 1976
Maker: Marianne de Trey (born 1913)
Dimensions:
104 × 102 mm (10.4 × 10.2 cm)
Medium: Stoneware
Object number: P808A
DescriptionGlazed stoneware vase by Marianne de Trey. The nonagon vase has a dark brown glazes and has nine sides. A potter’s stamp is impressed on the base of the body; de Trey’s stamp is a small leaf.
The large handwritten label gives the ILEA number as P808A, it gives the price (£1.50) and the potter’s name. The smaller label reads “M de T 30 L” although the ink has run.
The large handwritten label gives the ILEA number as P808A, it gives the price (£1.50) and the potter’s name. The smaller label reads “M de T 30 L” although the ink has run.
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The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation.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.
NotesMarianne de Trey studied textile design at the Royal College of Art, London. Marianne married potter Sam Haile, who taught her to make pottery. In 1947 the couple took over the tenancy at Shinner's Bridge Pottery at Dartington, from renowned potter Bernard Leach. Marianne’s early output included earthenware domestic wares, and later stoneware from the mid-1950s.