Posted 12 years ago
vetraio50
(756 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?
Many thanks czechman!
Many thanks Bellin!
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!
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
Many thanks mrmajestic!
Many thanks musikchoo too!
lovely set!
Many thanks GlasswareGuy!
Many thanks czechman'
Many thanks marty!
Many thanks ho2cultcha!
Many thanks BOBOGAL, ALDO, GEO26 MSL & SEAN too!
Many thanks GEO26E! & KERRY10456 !
You're very welcome V50, I need to sit down some day and just browse thru your posting and read the description, a lot a neat info and great looking pieces.
Many thanks PETEEONE - PT1!
Many thanks ALDO78 & GEO26e!
Hello Kevin , what does the teapot look like in this model that you have posted?
This is it Sean,
http://www.icollector.com/Art-Deco-Susie-Cooper-kestrel-shaped-teapot_i1007042
And another version
http://www.millersantiquesguide.com/items/72751/susie-cooper-kestrel-teapot/
wow!!! stunning!!!
Many thanks again SEAN & MSL too!
Many thanks AGHCOLLECT, CATTEANN 'n HO2CULTURE.
i've seen this dinnerware before and i really love it. it was in my aunt and uncle's house in pittsburg, pa back in the 70s.
Many thanks HO2CULTCHA!
Many thanks AURA !!!!!!
Many thanks COLLECTABLES59 & ANIK !!!!!
Many thanks ANNAB & DLPETERSEN !!!!!
Many thanks ARISELLON !.!.!!!.!.!