Details

Object type

plate

Title

Home & Hospitality - a City Crockery Set

Artist/Maker

Najma Hussein Abukar photographer

Ruth Impey potter

Place Associated

Scotland, Glasgow (place made)

Date

2019

Materials

earthenware, underglaze transfer images and underglaze pigment

Dimensions

overall (diam rim): 250 mm x 250 mm; overall (diam base): 215 mm x 215 mm; overall (height): 28 mm

Description

Round plate with a flat shallow well and a low concave lip. Wheel-thrown glazed red earthenware decorated with black and white image transfers and a circular band of triangular geometric decoration in white pigment under the glaze. The base is unglazed, marked with ‘NA’ in white and embossed with the potter’s mark “RP” in a square shape. This plate bears a transfer of a black and white photograph of a woman and baby, Mirella and her baby son. Mirella is from Bari in southern Italy; she is married to a Scottish man; and she works as a heritage coordinator at the Gated Theatre in Ayr.

ID Number

PP.2023.9.13.a

Location

Gallery of Modern Art Gallery 4