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Posted 3 months ago
vetraio50
(358 items)
A Salvo's purchase a few months ago that I could not resist. It should be a 'trio' but the cup was nowhere to be seen. I hunted around the shelves for the possible cup shapes. I knew the pattern and what they would look like. I'd seen the trio used in so many thirties TV shows. I think that they are Graduating Black Bands pieces linked to the pattern called 'Kestrel'.
Many thanks Phil!
The cup itself might be a curved teacup or one of two different shapes of coffee cup.
Susie Cooper (1902-1995) was an amazing, creative designer.
'Kestrel' tea set, 1933-40.
The National Museum Cardiff describes their set as:
"Susie Cooper was perhaps the most influential and versatile British ceramic designer of the 20th century. In 1929 she left A. E. Gray & Co. of Hanley, Staffordshire, to establish her own company, Susie Cooper Pottery. Wood and Sons of nearby Burslem supplied her with blank wares for her new company to decorate. From 1932 Cooper began to design her own shapes for Wood's to manufacture on her behalf. The first of these was the Kestrel shape, a practical and versatile shape that was introduced in 1932 and remained in production until the late 1950s. This tea set is decorated with pattern E496. It is typical of Susie Cooper's restrained, modernist approach to design, and illustrates perfectly her supreme skill in matching shape and decoration."
The plates are hand enamelled earthenware.
Strangely they work well on their own as Art Deco shapes!
I just love that Tango orange!
I hope it will not take too long to get the missing cup to make up the 'trio'!
The plate has an impressed mark of "V73" or "W73".
I'm not familiar with this numeration.
Can anyone help?
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Many thanks czechman!
THESE stunning vetraio:) such beautiful orange and black:)
when u said taking photos that one day , i had no idea it was going to be like this lol , stunning my friend Kevin:)
Many thanks Bellin!
your very welcome vetraio:)
Love Suzie Cooper! Thanks for posting!
Many thanks Many thanks mustangT and to you too cindyjune!
Did you see my other SusieC pieces?
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/54853-susie-cooper-lion-and-unicorn-1951
Many thanks miKKo!
Many thanks AmberRose!
Many thanks kelkat!
Always loved Susie Cooper..:-)
Many thanks inky!
I've regretted selling one of her studio vases ten years ago.
It was a real beauty!
She has some wonderful stuff...:-)
Many thanks toracat and to you too JayHow!
I regret to say I dont know who Suzie Cooper is, but I love the saucers. Orange and black are my two favorite colors and in that order. I would love to have a set of these in my kitchen any day. Thanks for sharing all the information that you "always" include in your post Vetraio. I get a lesson in something every time I read one of your postings. It has been a joy as always
My pleasure JayHow. Just google images "susie cooper" and see what she was up to. A very long and great ceramic career.
The dishes are really nice, but the stam at the bottom... I simply adore it!
"Leaping Deer
A Susie Cooper Production Crown Works Burslem England. 1932-64. Probably the most familiar of Susie's factory marks.
Variations
In green, pink, blue or black. Pattern name sometimes included."
Http://www.susiecooper.net/marks2.html
Thanks austro!
Woow! it's amazing! :)
these are great
This is from the group called " Graduating Black Bands ", an enormously successful design which ran from c. 1933 to1940 and was exported in large quantities. The coffee pot and cut are from the "Kestrel" range.
There is a photo which goes w/ this description which I can email you if I can find that in your profile.
Many thanks mrmajestic!
Many thanks musikchoo too!
lovely set!
Many thanks GlasswareGuy!
Many thanks czechman'
Many thanks marty!
Many thanks ho2cultcha!