WEDGWOOD Black Basalt Brutalist Vaas uit 1966

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Vaas uit 1966
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Fabrikant: Wedgwood
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Materiaal: Black Basalt + Vergulde Ring
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Model: ‘Brutalist’
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Designer: Robert Minkin (zie hieronder)
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Beschrijving: een gladde nek loopt over naar een smalle vergulde ring waarvan een bewerkt oppervlak loopt naar een glad gevormde basis.
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Op de onderzijde gemerkt: Wedgwood, made in England, 66, s
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Hoogte: 19 centimeter
Diameter: 11 centimeter
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Over de designer (bron: Wedgwood)
Robert Minkin - designer (1928 - 2012)
Robert, or Bob, Minkin was born in Ramsgate in 1928 and joined Wedgwood as chief designer in 1955 after training at the Royal college of art.
Thirteen years later he was appointed group designer and moved with his team into the new circular design studio opened in 1968 by Lord Snowdon, husband at the time of hrh princess Margaret (now demolished as a result of site re-development), and in 1979 he became design director.
A number of distinctive tableware patterns were designed by him during the 1950s, and he also produced designs for basalt.
In 1988, Robert was made an honorary fellow of the Royal college of art. He retired from Wedgwood in september 1989 and died in 2012.