Pattern No: 2538
| Pattern Name | Design Type | Designer | Likely Design Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not known | Floral | Not known | 1922 |
Notes
The jug shown here is of particular interest for two reasons.
Firstly, it’s a rare shape – the only example of its kind recorded by this website. It’s a Johnson product and has the usual ‘crown + Johnson Bros, England’ understamp, typical of early (from 1913) Johnson marks. This shape could easily be referred to as ‘fussy’ and not exactly simple and streamlined as might have been expected of modern shapes of the 1920s.
The second reason is based on pure conjecture: is this one of Susie Cooper’s early designs for Gray’s Pottery? The simple floral motif, entirely freehand painted, is what is generally accepted as being in Miss Cooper’s style: the overall design relies as much on what isn’t painted, as what is. A simple but restrained composition.
This jug has a second galleon H1 backstamp and a painted footring, a feature commonly found on Gray’s lustre designs of the 1920s.
Firstly, it’s a rare shape – the only example of its kind recorded by this website. It’s a Johnson product and has the usual ‘crown + Johnson Bros, England’ understamp, typical of early (from 1913) Johnson marks. This shape could easily be referred to as ‘fussy’ and not exactly simple and streamlined as might have been expected of modern shapes of the 1920s.
The second reason is based on pure conjecture: is this one of Susie Cooper’s early designs for Gray’s Pottery? The simple floral motif, entirely freehand painted, is what is generally accepted as being in Miss Cooper’s style: the overall design relies as much on what isn’t painted, as what is. A simple but restrained composition.
This jug has a second galleon H1 backstamp and a painted footring, a feature commonly found on Gray’s lustre designs of the 1920s.
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