Jug

Classification(s):
Pottery
Date: c. 1951-1976
Dimensions:
206 × 185 mm (20.6 × 18.5 cm)
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: P801A
DescriptionGlazed ceramic jug by Gwyn Hanssen. The jug has a green glaze with thin horizontal banding to the body, and small blemishes in the glaze. The jug may once have had a lid (possibly missing).

There is a potter’s mark stamped to the bottom of the jug body featuring three concentric circles. The jug was retailed at £3.15.


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The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation.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.
NotesGwyn Hanssen is regarded as Australia’s most distinguished potter. Having trained mostly in England, in 1960 Gwyn and her first husband Louis Hanssen set up a workshop in Notting Hill, London. It was here that Gywn produced tableware for outlets including Heal's and Primavera, and she established a working relationship with renowned potter Lucie Rie.