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Ovoid Vase by Margaret Davidson
Ovoid Vase
Ovoid Vase by Margaret Davidson
Ovoid Vase by Margaret Davidson

Ovoid Vase

Manufacturer (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1885 - 1969)
DateLate 1920s
Object NameVase
Mediumpottery
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall: Diameter: 13.4 cm, Height: 10.5 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1983.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS006503
About MeMargaret (or Majel) Davidson set up her own pottery at Bieldside in 1926, after graduating from Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen. She ran the pottery for eight years, with assistance from other potters who produced tableware to her designs. Majel Davidson also gave pottery demonstrations throughout the country. After the closure of the pottery in 1935 she returned to painting and took up the cause of Moral Rearmament.

More About Me

Aberdeen's Davidson was a painter, at one time associated with the Group of Seven in Toronto, and potter, founder of Gushetneuk Pottery which was in Bieldside.