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Saturday, 27 October 2018

The Bowes Museum - Summer 2018


The Charlotte Rhead: Between Art and Industry display at The Bowes Museum has now been dismantled and the items safely returned home. Sad that it is over, but we have been most fortunate in being able to show off part of our collection to a wider audience especially in such a prestigious location. We say a very big thank you to The Bowes Museum for hosting the display and in particular, Howard Coutts, Keeper of Ceramics, who was instrumental in making it all happen and to Catherine Dickinson and Vincent Shawcross for presenting it so beautifully.

We would also like to thank Howard for encouraging Ian to give a short talk on collecting Charlotte Rhead pottery to the Northern Ceramics Society at their meeting on June 20th in The Bowes Museum. It did feel like gate crashing a 17th to 19th century ceramics party but hope a little 20th century content provided an interesting distraction.

In addition, it was most enjoyable being able to produce the booklet to accompany the event and that will always be a fine souvenir of the display. Many thanks to the team at Curious12 in Bishop Auckland and we have no hesitation in recommending them to those searching for help with a design and print project. They exceeded our expectations with their imaginative design flair, advice on printing format and amiable patience with all the proof reading niggles.

All that remains is to show some pictures of the display especially for Charlotte Rhead enthusiasts who were unable to visit Barnard Castle this summer.

Ian & Margaret

PS  It is only by chance, but the display cabinet being adjacent to the Jacques Gruber stained glass panel is quite striking. The similarities of line and colour between Charlotte’s pottery and Gruber’s leaded glass of a decade earlier, (c.1925) is quite remarkable.

Charlotte Rhead Bowes Museum Exhibition Wisteria Foxglove
Charlotte Rhead Bowes Museum Exhibition Wisteria Foxglove
Charlotte Rhead Bowes Museum Exhibition
Charlotte Rhead Bowes Museum Exhibition chargers
Charlotte Rhead Bowes Museum Exhibition chargers
Charlotte Rhead Bowes Museum Exhibition Stitch
Charlotte Rhead Bowes Museum Exhibition Stitch
Charlotte Rhead Bowes Museum Exhibition Stitch
Charlotte Rhead Bowes Museum Exhibition tableware Cotswold

The Bowes Museum links



Booklet preview link & Curious 12