Re: Lucie Rie

by **ppcollectables** July 2nd 2021, 8:46 pm

Apologies for being a pedant

by **22 Crawford St.** July 2nd 2021, 9:46 pm

Well.. I think a real pedant would point out that by using the Bank of England inflation calculation that £10 in 1966 was actually worth, in real terms now £190.51

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator

by **philpot** September 24th 2021, 7:01 am

Going through old photos. A Licue Rie bowl from an auction in 2017. It has a couple of chips.

by **philpot** June 2nd 2022, 7:35 am

A tall wide lipped vase with a pink spiral. She made this type of vase in the late 70's/early 80's when she would have been in her Mid 70's. Atypical of that period.

by **croker** June 2nd 2022, 3:14 pm

Hi Philpot, nice to see a good piece of pottery being posted, these spiral mixed clay pieces have great appeal and it has been said that this particular technique inspired Ewen Henderson (although i doubt that he would have admitted it). I think all of these tall flared rim pieces for me are probably her best work .

by **philpot** June 2nd 2022, 4:09 pm

Interestingly enough, that one is on show in the Wakefield Hepworth Gallery. Where of course they have a large selection of John Ward. Not one of which was on show!
The spiral process is very difficult apparently, and the spiral is different in each of this type of vase.

by **croker** June 2nd 2022, 5:20 pm

Like many museums they make a big fuss about gifts and say how extremely grateful they are about the collections that are given and then put them into storage . In the case of the John Ward pots i think they might possibly show a few in the future Happy

, they recently bought an Odundo pot for £85,000 but i am not sure if this is on show yet.

by **philpot** June 25th 2022, 11:03 am

It was not when I visited .

by **philpot** June 27th 2023, 6:15 pm

The pink glaze on this small vase is very attractive. It is a glaze that Lucie Rie found difficult to get right. When she did, it made for lovely results.
From the Bill Ismay collection COCO York.

by **philpot** June 27th 2023, 6:18 pm

The reverse of the previous vase. Slightly less pink.
A the Bill Ismay collection COCA York.

by **philpot** June 29th 2023, 10:33 am

A letter from Lucie Rie to Bill Ismay which was on show at the at COCA York as part of the Bill Ismay collection. Its rather sweet,

by **philpot** June 30th 2023, 2:37 pm

During World War 2 Lucie Rie made a living by making and designing buttons, Often for Bimini, There were a large number of different styles, The following are a few which were on show at COCA York.