Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design - Day Two - 17th March 2022
Lot 543
An interesting Omega Workshops plate by Roger Fry
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £20500
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Description
An interesting Omega Workshops plate by Roger Fry, painted with two cranes in red lustre on a tin-glaze impressed Omega mark, 17cm. diam.
Provenance
Andrew Harriss
Literature
Isabelle Anscombe Omega and After, Bloomsbury and the Decorative Arts, Thames & Hudson, page 117 plate 44 for a printed linen with comparable birds, illustrated. There is also an unattributed design for textile
Mantelpiece Modernism, The Omega Workshops, Bloomsbury, Dorich House Museum, page 15 for a comparable plate decorated with figure, attributed to Duncan Grant.
Catalogue notes
Roger Fry also produced a comparable marquetry table design for an interior, commissioned by Lady Hamilton which featured comparable cranes.