Dame Barbara Hepworth D.B.E. (British 1903-1975) for Foley
Coffee set, circa 1934
£2,000
Auction: 14 November 2019 from 13:00 GMT
Description
First edition, comprising coffee pot, five cups and four saucers, printed manufacturer's marks including facsimile signature
Dimensions
The teapot 17.5cm high (6.87in high)
Footnote
The set was produced as part of an adventurous project devised by Thomas Acland Fennetmore, sales manager of the china manufacturers E. Brain & Co. Ltd., who traded under the name Foley China. It involved the commissioning of a large number of designs for tableware from a range of contemporary artists, each of whom were paid £10 per design plus royalties. The results of the project were displayed alongside many of the original design drawings in the exhibition ‘Modern Art for the Table,’ which opened at Harrods on 22 October 1934 and was subsequently shown at other venues.