Lot 573
GRACE BARNSLEY (1896-1975)
TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1920
Auction: Day Two inc FL Griggs : A Cotswold Legacy | Lots 334 to 654 | Thursday 16th October from 10am
Description
painted and glazed Wedgwood earthenware, comprising a TEAPOT & COVER, 12cm high; a LARGE MILK JUG, 10.7cm high; a SMALL MILK JUG, 6.7cm high; a SUGAR BOWL, 8cm diameter; and TWO CUPS AND SAUCERS, each with painted monogram GB/ 208; together with a PAIR OF SERVING BOWLS, painted and glazed Wedgwood earthenware, each with painted monogram GB, and impressed Wedgwood marks, 17cm diameter (10)
Provenance
F.L. Griggs, and by family descent, see lot 549 for more details
Footnote
Literature: Carruthers A. and Greensted M. Simplicity or Splendour, Cheltenham 1999, p. 116
Grace Barnsley was the daughter of Sidney and Lucy Barnsley. Her parents were friends with Alfred and Louise Powell, prolific decorators of ceramics both for themselves and for Wedgwood. The Barnsleys will have visited their studio often and Grace probably learned to decorate pottery as a child. She attended Birmingham School of Art and started decorating china from 1915. In 1917 she began ordering blanks from Wedgwood and later collaborated with F. L. Griggs, who owned the current lot, and her future husband Oscar Davies.