{"product_id":"scottish-pottery-cup-saucer-side-plate-by-barbara-davidson-1970s-hand-painted-clouds-pattern","title":"Scottish Pottery. 1970s Barbara Davidson Cup, Saucer \u0026 Side Plate. Hand-Painted \"Clouds\" Decoration","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn offer here is one mug or cup, saucer, and matching side plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey were made by the Scottish potter, Barbara Davidson, and date to the early 1970s when she established her own pottery in Larbert. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work has always featured pretty stoneware bowls decorated with abstract designs relating to the sea, sky, or shoreline. The pattern is called Clouds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer pottery was founded in 1969. This set must date to just after this time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarbara was brought up in Argyll on the West Coast of Scotland, and in 1964 attended Glasgow School of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of her largest commissions was a larger ceramic mural measuring some 7 feet in length and 4 feet in height. This can still be seen in the Ladies' Waiting Room at Queen Street Station in Glasgow. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese fine stoneware pieces by Davidson with a fine abstract pattern, slightly reminiscent of works by Alan Caiger-Smith. They would have originally had a paper label. Her more functional tableware is not usually signed but as quite easily identifiable as her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMugs are 3 ½ inches in height. The saucers have a diameter of 5 ½ inches. The side plates are 6 ½ inches in diameter. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iconic Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39912586608704,"sku":"Sold for £14.95 each","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1902\/6240\/files\/scottish-pottery-1970s-barbara-davidson-cup-saucer-side-plate-hand-painted-clouds-decoration-188.webp?v=1791189425","url":"https:\/\/www.iconicedinburgh.co.uk\/products\/scottish-pottery-cup-saucer-side-plate-by-barbara-davidson-1970s-hand-painted-clouds-pattern","provider":"Iconic Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}