Covered Vase

Designed by Norman Wilson, Painted by Millicent Taplin, Wedgwood

1950/53

Millicent Taplin joined Wedgwood in 1917 and quickly became associated with Alfred and Louise Powell, who trained a number of ceramic painters at the factory. During the 1930s, Taplin designed several original patterns in the popular Art Deco style that often incorporated the use of lustre decoration. After World War II, Taplin became head of the hand-painting department, where she remained until her retirement in 1962. During this time she painted a number of vases designed by her colleague Norman Wilson.

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Rectangular black jasper plaque with white relief scene of Blind Man's Bluff modelled by John Flaxman. This bas relief was first modelled by John Flaxman Jnr in 1782, as a direct response to Wedgwood's request for: ‘Some groups of children, proper for bas reliefs to decorate the side of Tea pots.’ Four drawings were originally sent to Wedgwood, one of which was entitled ‘Blind Man’s Buff’.
Vase with a waisted form that flares out and then tapers to the base. The exterior is decorated with plain bands circling the form and a central band made up of horizontal, jagged grooves that decrease in size as they move down the vase. The lip of the vase declines inward toward the center of the vase. The vase's interior is glazed gray-blue with a slight green cast to it. The glaze does not extend completely to the bottom of the vase's interior where there are some lumps and areas with no final color glaze. The vase is heavy.
Circular, silver wine coaster, or bottle slider, with a turned walnut base, the sides pierced with at top and bottom a band of wave scroll motif, the central band a modified guilloche pattern, with a square plaque with truncated corners that once held a crest, the upper edge beaded.
Laureate bust in profile right.