tea cup & saucer

Jack F Price 1903 - 1943

Summary

Tea cup of modernistic flared cylindrical form, with sharply angled handle. Deep saucer with high flared sides and central cup recess. Cup painted underglaze around middle with continuous border of pink, brown and blue leaves on a brown stem, surmounted at rim by a border of pale grey and brown washed bands topped by a narrow dark brown band. Interior rim and back of handle picked out with narrow brown bands. Saucer painted with continuous leafy stem in brown, pink and blue around central cup recess, rim edged with pale grey and brown washed bands. Pale honey-coloured 'Amberone' glaze, pooling darker in recesses of saucer. Pattern name Dorland, reference code 6553 & with Amberone glaze.

Display Label

Gallery text panel The Industrial Art Collection In the early 1930s Manchester Art Gallery decided to form a collection of modern design. The Industrial Art Collection was intended to show how artistic qualities could be found in the most humble of everyday objects, from kitchen tableware to bedroom curtains. The collection enabled the Gallery to take part in a growing debate on standards in British design. It was an opportunity to encourage manufacturers to improve the quality of their products, and to show Gallery visitors that good design could and should be available to everyone. With this in mind, curator Lawrence Haward visited trade fairs and department stores, acquiring textiles, ceramics, glass and furniture. His choices are typical of 1930s 'good taste' and many have since become design classics.