Eric Slater Ceramics
In january 1946 eric slater and ralph tatton were elected onto the board of directors to serve with percy norman shelley who became the managing director.
Eric slater ceramics. Walter slater left his own legacy of creative work and today signed walter slater designs are popular with collectors commanding good prices. Eric slater british 1896 1963 anemones woodblock titled and signed below image 21 5 x 16 5cm condition report. When he was eight his father died and he moved with. 22 related articles filter woodcut.
Would recommended replacing the mount. There is cockling seen across this artwork. Another eric slater designed ceramics in the 1930s and the two should not be confused wikipedia. 100 1 1 woodcuts woodblock xylography.
Eric slater should not be confused with another eric slater who designed ceramics in the 1930s. Slight discolouration with age. It was designed in 1930 by shelley art director eric slater who studied under gordon forsyth an advocate of improvement in industrial design. The son of a silversmith he was born in hampstead london.
Eric slater was a colour woodcut artist who had an international reputation in the 1920s and 1930s. Eric slater was a colour woodcut artist who had an international reputation in the 1920s and 1930s. Aud400 aud600 description. This is the first bone china made by shelley potteries to enter our permanent world class collection of ceramics and is one of only a few high quality.
Eric slater was a colour woodcut artist who had an international reputation in the 1920s and 1930s. The pottery made steady progress through the second decade of the 20th century despite ww1. In september 1945 the pottery industry was one of the first areas of manufacture to secure the release of key workers from the armed forces. This pattern was designed by shelley art director eric slater.
A frail only child eric slater was born in 1896 and spent his early years with his parents grandmother and two servants. The geometric shape matched with a bold dynamic pattern was one of their most successful ranges and is now highly collectible. Eric brindley slater 1896 13 march 1963 was an english printmaker. Eric slater was an artist who produced more than 30 colour woodcuts between 1926 and the outbreak of the second world war.
In december 1945 vincent bob suddenly died. Framed in a slim black timber frame measuring 37 x 35 5cm. Slater s vogue shape was very modern and made from finely turned high quality bone china. The design was created by shelley s lead designer eric slater in 1932 and was discovered by accident when eric slater found that after mixing too much thinning turpentine on coloured glazes the paint dripped into random patterns when bands were painted around the flatware.
Eric brindley slater 1896 13 march 1963 was an english printmaker. In 1910 the shelley china mark was officially adopted by shelley.