Carleton xDX Collection
Luncheon Plate
Sovereign Potters Luncheon Plate (pink)
Identifier
2019.CU.DX.00021b
Former Accession Number
5023.b
Date
1949-1957 (manufacture)
Date Source
Design in Canada (2004), p. 179
Material/Technique
slip cast pink glazed earthenware
Measurement
2.5cm (height)
luncheon plate
,
23cm (diameter)
luncheon plate
Physical Description
Pink ceramic luncheon plate.
AAT Culture
Canadian
Style or Period
Post-1945
Work Type AAT
luncheon plates
Description
"Sovereign Potters served as the major manufacturer of white-ware china in Ontario. Between 1949-1957, the company produced modern design pottery by architect A. Bruce Etherington and manufactured (reinterpreted) designs by Mary and Russel Wright. It was the second Canadian commercial pottery of ironstone china, the first was St. Johns Stone Chinaware Company, 1873-1896, of St. John, Quebec."
Description Source
DX Carleton Transfer List Filemaker PDF
Provenance
By transfer from Design Exchange, originally gift of Ricky McNulty, Toronto