6 Pieces Antique Wedgwood Etruria China-British Museum -ca. 1924 for Sale

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6 Pieces Antique Wedgwood Etruria China-British Museum -ca. 1924:
$195.00

DescriptionA set of 3 teacups and 3 saucers that have a blue flower bunch painted on each item with blue and black vertical stripes on the design. Wedgwood backstamp. Dimensions of the teacups: 4"L x 3.25"W x 2.25"H. Dimensions of the saucers: 0.5"H x 5.5" dia.

Manufacturer:Wedgwood
Country of Origin:EnglandAccording to my research a plate of thids pattern is at the British Museum number1986,0508.1DescriptionPlate, 'Catherine' table shape; earthenware with stencilled and hand-painted decoration of a vase of flowers in underglaze colours of blue, green and yellow, surrounded by blue and black stripes on a white ground.Producer nameDesigned by:Marcel Goupy(decoration)Factory of:Wedgwood(as Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd)Production date1915(decoration designed pre)1924(made)Production placeFactory in:Etruria (England)Europe: British Isles: England: Staffordshire: Stoke-on-Trent: Etruria style="overflow-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; list-style: none;">

Inscription type:maker's mark

Inscription position:reverse

Inscription content:WEDGWOOD ETRURIA MADE IN ENGLAND

Inscription note:Printed in black.

Inscription type:maker's mark
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Inscription content:WEDGWOOD
Inscription note:Impressed.

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Inscription content:A64879
Inscription note:Pattern number painted in black with a cross.

Curator's comments
Goupy's work for Wedgwood is further discussed in Batkin, M., 'Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959', London 1982, 120, pls 282-3. This pattern is first recorded in the Wedgwood Factory Estimates Book in December 1915 ; the entry indicates that a leadless glaze was used and that the decoration was stencilled and hand-painted. It also refers to the blue as 'matt', though on this plate it is not. Advertisements for 'Goupy' pattern occur from the 1920s (e.g. Pottery Gazette and Glass Trade Review, 23 June 1923, 72) and the appearance of the pattern in Wedgwood's publicity leaflets at this time suggests that it was not produced in quantity until the 1920s (references kindly supplied by Sharon Gater).
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds a meat plate and covered vegetable dish made in 1925, acquired via the British Institute of Industrial Art (c.478a, 479-1934