Grey Green Vase with Horses

Manufacturer Mr & Mrs Charles Vyse (Staffordshire, England, 1882 - 1971)

Date1936

Object NameVase

Mediumstoneware

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall: Height: 22.8 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1939 by the Contemporary Art Society.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 12

Object numberABDMS006504

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About MeBorn in Staffordshire in 1882, Vyse is considered to be one of the key figures in the development of British studio pottery. After starting his apprenticeship at Doulton in 1896, he studied sculpture at the Royal College of Art between 1905-10, eventually setting up his own studio in Chelsea in 1919 with his wife Nell, a chemist and from then on working as an independent modeller and sculptor. The couple began by making slip-cast figures but later works were inspired by Chinese glazes and decorative styles. Vyse exhibited annually at Walker's Gallery in Bond Street, London, where many of his pots were sold. After the war, Vyse took up a teaching position at Farnham School of Art. He died in 1971. This vase is based on a Chinese method of decoration.
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Charles Vyse worked with his wife Nell, a chemist. Their ceramics were inspired by Chinese glazes and decorative styles like this vase with pads of clay incised with rearing horses.

Exhibitions

Gallery 12 - Art Deco