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Ribbed Ovoid Vase by Keith Murray
Ribbed Ovoid Vase
Ribbed Ovoid Vase by Keith Murray
Ribbed Ovoid Vase by Keith Murray

Ribbed Ovoid Vase

Designer (Auckland, New Zealand, 1892 - 1981)
Manufacturer (Stoke-on-Trent, England, founded 1759)
Date1932 - 1934
Object NameVase
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationsCeramics
Dimensions16 × 13cm
AcquisitionRobinson-Young Collection, purchased in 1998 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and with income from the John Black Trust and the Hamilton Bequest.
LocationOn Display - Gallery 12
Object numberABDMS030586
About MeBorn in New Zealand, Murray qualified as an architect in London in 1921. Unable to find architectural employment, he turned his attention instead to the design of silver, ceramics and glass. He visited the 1925 Paris exhibition where he admired the sleek Swedish glass designs and by 1932 he was designing glass for Stevens and Williams of Brierley Hill. He was also employed on a freelance basis by Wedgwood, working for the company for three months each year. Enhanced by the matt glazes of Norman Wilson, Murray’s stark modernist style was very different from the usual traditional Wedgwood designs, although he made used of the company’s black basalt body for some shapes. Unusually for Wedgwood pieces, the designer’s name appears on the backstamp until 1940. Murray left the company in 1946 but his designs continued in production until 1950. Keith Murray and his partner, CS White, were also architects of the new Wedgwood factory.

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Doesn't it remind of the iconic scene in 'Ghost'? It almost looks to be still in the process of being moulded.
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