Vogue (shape)

Shelley Potteries are best known for their delicate, attractive and adventurous bone china tea and coffee wares of the 1920s and 1930s. This cup and saucer is in the 'Vogue' shape featuring the 'Red Blocks' pattern. It was designed in 1930 by Shelley Art Director, Eric Slater, who studied under Gordon Forsyth, an advocate of improvement in industrial design. Slater's 'Vogue' shape, was very modern and made from finely-turned high quality bone china, the geometric form--conical cups with solid triangular handles--was well-matched with a range of dynamic Art Deco patterns, such as Red Blocks, which has the appealing addition of silver lustre. Despite the novel appearance of Vogue, some custome

Cup and saucer · Fenton · 1930-1931. Bone china, printed in black and painted in enamel colours and lustre. By Slater, Eric. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.