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Dark Brown Stoneware Sugar Bowl
Dark Brown Stoneware Sugar Bowl
Dark Brown Stoneware Sugar Bowl
Dark Brown Stoneware Sugar Bowl

Dark Brown Stoneware Sugar Bowl

Manufacturer (Derbyshire, England, founded 1809)
Manufacturer (Belper, England, 1788 - 1860)
Designer (born 1936)
Date1970s
Object Namesugar bowl
Mediumstoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (sugar bowl and lid): height 8.5cm
Base: diameter 8.1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2003.
LocationOn Display - Gallery 06
Object numberABDMS065990
Keywords
About MeThe Arabesque range of tableware was designed by Gill Pemberton 1962-1963 and was in production 1964-1984. Made in stoneware, it was inspired by a visit to Russia, and was originally named Samarkand. This had to be changed because Portmeirion also brought out a range of that name. The pattern was originally hand painted onto the raw unfired glaze by decorator Trish Seal, but the thickness of the colour required created problems in firing, with inconsistencies in colour and with the colour tending to run. Hand painting was replaced by glaze transfers which created a more stable and uniform pattern.
Gill Pemberton studied at Birmingham College of Art and at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s. She worked for Denby for 21 years. She also designed the publicity material for Arabesque.
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It can be difficult dating objects just by the way they look, but this sugar bowl has all the design features and colours that were popular in the 1970s.
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