Teacup
Classification(s):
Pottery
Date: c. 1951-1976
Organisation: Simpsons (Potters) Ltd (England, 1944 - 1976)
Designer: Colin Haxby
Dimensions:
55 × 140 mm (5.5 × 14 cm)
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: CC067
Place of Production:England
Title:Thistledown
DescriptionGlazed ceramic teacup manufactured by Simpsons (Potteries) Ltd. of Cobridge, England. The teacup has a design by Colin Haxby. The ‘Thistledown’ design is of stylised leaves and seed heads in muted autumnal colours.
Haxby’s design for Johnson, Matthey & Co. Ltd. for Simpsons (Potters) Ltd used a silkscreen transfer, which allowed for precise drawing and flexibility – the pattern was capable of reduction or enlargement to suit difference pieces of the ‘Vogue’ shape range.
Makers mark to base reads “Vogue… Simpsons (Potteries) Ltd. Cobridge England. Design by Colin Haxby 'Thistledown' ”
Simpsons (Potters) Ltd were prominent manufacturers and exporters of mid-range earthenware in the 1950s and 1960s.
There is matching side plate represented in the collection (CC007).
Haxby’s design for Johnson, Matthey & Co. Ltd. for Simpsons (Potters) Ltd used a silkscreen transfer, which allowed for precise drawing and flexibility – the pattern was capable of reduction or enlargement to suit difference pieces of the ‘Vogue’ shape range.
Makers mark to base reads “Vogue… Simpsons (Potteries) Ltd. Cobridge England. Design by Colin Haxby 'Thistledown' ”
Simpsons (Potters) Ltd were prominent manufacturers and exporters of mid-range earthenware in the 1950s and 1960s.
There is matching side plate represented in the collection (CC007).
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.
