Freda Beardmore - A.E. Brain & Co - Foley China - A cup ...

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Hammer

£60

Freda Beardmore - A.E. Brain & Co - Foley China - A cup and saucer for the 1934 Harrods Modern Art for the Table exhibition (Art in Industry), hand painted with a large stylised flower and foliage, Freda Beardmore and Foley mark, together with a Milner Gray trio transfer printed with a convolvulus. (2)

NB - This was designed by Freda Beardmore for the 1934 Harrods and Art in Industry 'Modern Art for the Table' exhibitions. Marked 'First Edition'. In 1934 Foley China and Clarice Cliff were asked to produce a range of table wares for the exhibitions and notable artists of the day such as Paul Nash, Laura Knight, Duncan Grant, Graham Sutherland, Gordon Forsyth, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth were invited to submit designs. Due to poor marketing, the public were largely unaware of the designs and after an initial twelve sets were commissioned of each, further production was halted.