CARTER, Truda. ~ "Kensington Gardens" Designs for a Nursery Set for Poole Pottery.
1934-35
One sheet of paper with three designs in pen and ink and watercolour in brown and black, with calligraphic title and lettering. At the bottom is the instruction “Glaze inside mugs & outside bowls and plates” 33 x 33 cms. There are later notes on the page dated 1/10/48 which states that these designs are no longer used “see coloured versions on next page”.
Truda Carter designed some nursery ware for Poole Pottery including this one “Kensington Gardens” as well as “Nursery Toys” and “London Characters” all between 1934 and 1936.
Carter (1890-1958) was a designer who with her husband John Adams, created the Art Deco pottery which characterised Poole Pottery in the 1920s and 1930s.
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