Lot 234
ELLEN MARY ROPE
DESIGN FOR A CHARGER, DATED 1899
Auction: 11 November 2009 at 11:00 GMT
£438
Description
watercolour, circular, stuck down, inscribed in pencil to the reverse 'West Nursery Paper (or Poster) 1899 E.M. Rope'
Dimensions
54cm diameter
Footnote
Note; Ellen Mary Rope designed for the Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, from 1886 until its closure in 1906 and so the present work would have been produced by her during this period. Her work was very much in the Arts and Crafts Movement tradition and was seen at each Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society exhibition from 1889. She showed panels for ceiling, wall, mantelpiece and nursery decoration and it may be that this design was an entry to such an exhibition.