Vessel

Classification(s):
Pottery
Date: c.1951-1976
Artist: Lucie Rie (Austrian-British, 1902 - 1995)
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: CC172
Place of Production:England
DescriptionCeramic vessel on narrow foot. Brown glaze with a sgraffito pattern of vertical columns made up of small squares.
Made by Lucie Rie.

The potters initials 'LR' are stamped to base.
Adhesive reside of 2 labels are to base, there is the remains of a third label to the bottom of the body.
ProvenanceThe 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The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation.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.

ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.