Bottle
Classification(s):
Pottery
Date: c. 1951-1976
Maker: Lucie Rie (Austrian-British, 1902 - 1995)
Dimensions:
140 × 80 mm (14 × 8 cm)
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: CC048
See Also
(not assigned):England
DescriptionGlazed ceramic bottle with stopper, made by Lucie Rie. The bottle and stopper has a brown glaze to the body. The mouth has an off-white glaze. The potter’s initials, an intertwined “LR” is stamped to base.
The bottle with stopper has a matching saucer in the collection (P1560).
The bottle with stopper has a matching saucer in the collection (P1560).
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The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation.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.
NotesThis object was circulated to London schools as part of the Inner London Education Authority’s (I.L.E.A) Circulating Design Scheme, which operated from 1951-1976. Operating in its earliest guise as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’ c.1952, the bottle with stopper featured in the initial ‘Pottery’ group. Therefore, this object dates to the inception of the Scheme and was present in the earliest formative displays. Photograph of display © Design Council / University of Brighton Design Archives.
Dame Lucie Rie was one of Britain’s most eminent potters. Born in Vienna, she came to Britain in 1938 as an émigré fleeing the growing influence of Nazism in Europe. Rie’s work is recognised for its elegant flowing forms, simple ribbed patterns or textured glazes and pitted surfaces. Her output was of one-off stoneware vessel forms such as bottles, vases and bowls, made using a muted and pale colour palette.
During the war years when there was little opportunity to produce pottery, Rie ran a ceramic button-making business in her rented London home, and she employed a number of refugees. It was at this time she met the potter Hans Coper who she took on as an employee and would later become a great friend. The pair began to make elegant domestic tableware.
In the post-war years she adopted a Scandinavian, modernist aesthetic. The output was characteristically angular and thin-walled, pieces were decorated with fine, scratched, linear detailing.
During the 1960s Rie taught at Camberwell School of Art.
Dame Lucie Rie was one of Britain’s most eminent potters. Born in Vienna, she came to Britain in 1938 as an émigré fleeing the growing influence of Nazism in Europe. Rie’s work is recognised for its elegant flowing forms, simple ribbed patterns or textured glazes and pitted surfaces. Her output was of one-off stoneware vessel forms such as bottles, vases and bowls, made using a muted and pale colour palette.
During the war years when there was little opportunity to produce pottery, Rie ran a ceramic button-making business in her rented London home, and she employed a number of refugees. It was at this time she met the potter Hans Coper who she took on as an employee and would later become a great friend. The pair began to make elegant domestic tableware.
In the post-war years she adopted a Scandinavian, modernist aesthetic. The output was characteristically angular and thin-walled, pieces were decorated with fine, scratched, linear detailing.
During the 1960s Rie taught at Camberwell School of Art.
