Graham Sutherland ARA (1903-1980)

White Rose or English Rose

a Foley part service, pattern V626, comprising cake plate, sandwich plate, sugar basin, eight tea cups, seven saucers, nine side plates, four demitasse coffee cups and saucers, and a larger side plate, each printed with a rose in black and grey on a green ground, inside a border of small circles, designed by Graham Sutherland for Modern Art for the Table exhibition, Harrods 1934,

printed factory marks, sugar basin riveted, minor damages,

18cm. diam. (plate), (36)

Provenance

Private collection.

Literature

Ronald Alley GrahamSutherland, 19th May-4th July

1982, Tate Gallery, exhibition catalogue page 66 catalogue number 27 for the original design illustrated, catalogue number 28 for a part service illustrated.

Sue Lunt Age of Jazz British Art Deco Ceramics, National Museums Liverpool, page 88 catalogue number 84 for a comparable side plate illustrated.