Carleton xDX Collection
Dinner Plates
Sovereign Potters 'Las Vegas' Dinner Plates
Related Entites
Identifier
2019.CU.DX.00023
Former Accession Number
5026
Date
circa 1954
Date Source
DX Carleton Transfer List Filemaker PDF
Measurement
1.9cm (height)
Plate
,
24cm (length)
Plate
,
24cm (width)
plate
Physical Description
speckled faint grey and white plate, featuring an abstract three-stemmed plant with three flowers.
Number of Components
2
Component Part Name
Plate (x2)
Model ID
1268-55
Pattern
Las Vegas
AAT Culture
Canadian
Style or Period
Post-1945
Work Type AAT
dinnerware, dishes (vessels for food), dinner plates
Description
"Sovereign Potters' 'all-Canadian dinnerware' design blended American and British influences. [...] Sets were sold in solid and mottled colours, including Bermuda coral, daffodil yellow, sprout green, dove grey and pine green. [...] Las Vegas features abstract foliage on a speckled grey-and-white background."
Description Source
Design in Canada (2004), p. 179
Provenance
By transfer from Design Exchange, originally purchased from DX Acquisition fund
Notes
Research needed to substantiate attribution to Russel and Mary Wright. Likely source of slip-cast mould.