Permanent Collection Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1978.12682d |
Collection |
Ceramics Collection |
Manufacturer |
Gladding, McBean, and Company (1875-Present) |
Title |
Franciscan China Plate |
Date |
Circa 1945 |
Decorator |
Margo Findlay (Active Circa 1945) |
Signature |
Margo Findlay |
Signature Location |
Full china paint signature on front of plate. |
Makers Marks |
The underside has an ink-stamped manufacturer's mark "FRANCISCAN / CHINA / MADE IN CALIFORNIA" and a hand written title ""Egret" / by Margo Findlay / "The Snowy Egret watches the evening river / The water lies level and motionless- / Spring colours are just open to their full / Suddenly a wave carries the moon away / And the tidal water comes with its freight of stars" / Yang-ti / A.D. 605-617. |
Description |
Gladding, McBean, and Company (1875-Present) produced a series of tableware and tile known as Franciscan Ceramics from 1934 to 1962. This is one of five unusual Franciscan decorative plates in the ZMA permanent collection hand decorated by Margo Findlay (Active Circa 1945) with exquisitely detailed bird imagery not associated with a specific Franciscan Ceramics line. Each plate is signed by Findlay on the front with a hand-written title on the back, sometimes accompanied by a related excerpt from a poem. |
Medium |
Porcelain, China Paint, Glaze |
Technique |
Cast, Hand Decorated, Glazed |
Height (in) |
1.000 |
Diameter (in) |
10.500 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Mid-Century Modern |
Place of Origin |
Los Angeles, California, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Mrs. Ruth Gobel Geyer |
People |
Geyer, Ruth Gobel Findlay, Margo |
Search Terms |
American Animals Birds China Dinnerware Egrets Female Artists Franciscan Ceramics Gladding, McBean, and Company Gold Green Hand Decorated Los Angeles, California Mid-Century Modern Pink Plates Porcelain Pottery Artists Pottery Decorators White |
Location |
Not on view |
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