Enid Seeney ‘Homemaker’ Plate

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Enid Seeney Homemaker plate
Manufacturer	(unknown)
Production years	1958 - 1970
Production location	(unknown)

Enid Seeney Homemaker plate

The Homemaker range of tableware was mass produced by Ridgway Potteries Ltd, of Stoke-on-Trent, especially for the Woolworths chain of retail stores. Enid Seeley’s design of 1956-7 depicted other design classics of the period: an armchair designed by Robin Day, a sofa by Sigvard Bernadotte and a sideboard resembling one by Bernard Russell. The range had a long production run, between 1958 and 1970, and is now seen as a 1950s design classic.

[edit] How it works

This plate is glazed using the transfer method, where a thin film of printed tissue paper is applied with water to the surface of the plate before a clear glaze seals it to the porcelain. The plate is then fired again in the kiln to harden the glaze and protect the pattern.

[edit] Memories

[edit] In the Science Museum

Source: Design Museum

Entry. No: E2007.321.1

Inv: L2008-4070

This object is currently on display in the Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum, London.