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Bird Plate

DesignerDesigned by Scottie Wilson (Glasgow, Scotland, 1888 - 1972)

ManufacturerMade by Royal Worcester (England, founded 1751)

Date1900 - 1949

Object NamePlate

Mediumterracotta

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall: height 2.4cm × diameter 25cm

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 06

Object numberABDMS030628

Keywords

Decorative

About MeBorn in London in 1889, Scottie Wilson became a self-taught artist in Canada. He returned to London in 1945, working alone on drawings using ink and crayons which he sold reluctantly. In the 1960s he was commissioned by Royal Worcester to design a set of dinnerware. His designs include repeating mythical creatures, buildings and geometric patterns and the tableware designs were not popular with the buying public and so production ceased in 1965. Wilson died in 1972.
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This was designed by a Scottish artist, but the pictures and patterns look as if they could be from another land or culture – what do you think of when you look closely at this plate?

Exhibitions

Gallery 06 - Feasting