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It is of Continental rather than British design.  British wheels are set into a basin which serves to protect the potter from being spattered by water or bits of clay.  Continental potters, whose wheels lack the basin component, use less water, cover their clothes with a large protective cloth, and take particular care as they work to reduce spattering.  \r\nThe renowned studio potter, Lucie Rie (1902-95), brought this wheel from Vienna to London when she emigrated. She was a member of the Jewish community and fled the advance of Nazism in 1938. She installed the wheel in her studio on the ground floor of her home,18 Albion Mews, Paddington, London, where she worked until her death in 1995.  At some point, she added an electric motor to the kick wheel to make its operation less strenuous for her.  The contents of Rie's studio were preserved after her death, and moved to the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.  A selection of items from one corner of Rie's studio were redisplayed in gallery 143 of the V&A in 2009 as part of the redevelopment of the ceramics galleries.  The exact positioning of these items was replicated as far as possible from old photographs in order to evoke Rie's working conditions and show some of the equipment and materials she used to produce her pots and buttons.","physicalDescription":"Wheel composed of wood and metal components with electric motor attached as a later addition and protective cloth pinned on with drawing pins.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"},{"text":"metal","id":"AAT10900"},{"text":"cloth","id":"AAT162391"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Wood, metal, cloth","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Tools & Equipment","id":"THES48883"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2009CP8739","2011ER1918","2009CP8748","2009CP8741"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"143 (VA)","id":"THES49867"},"free":"","case":"1","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Potting wheel","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Austria","id":"x28728"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca.1920-1937","earliest":"1915-01-01","latest":"1937-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Transferred from the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"780","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"to wheel top","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"1040","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"1220","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"inc. seat","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"From the studio of the potter Lucie Rie (1902-95), formerly at her home, 18 Albion Mews, Paddington, London between 1938 and 1995.  Following her death, her studio contents were preserved by her executors, and title was transferred by her beneficiaries, Mr Max and Mrs Yvonne Mayer, to the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.  A number of items were transferred from the Potteries Museum to this Museum for long term display in gallery 143 during redevelopment of the ceramics galleries in 2009.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Potting wheel, composed of wood and metal components, with cloth for protecting clothes attached with drawing pins, and with motor attached as a later addition, probably made in Austria, ca. 1920-1937, used by Lucie Rie, London, 1938-1995.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Birks, Tony. <u>Lucie Rie</u>. London : Alphabooks, 1987. ISBN 0906670462."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Cooper, Emmanuel, ed. <u>Lucie Rie : the life and work of Lucie Rie 1902-1995</u>. London : Ceramic Review Publishing Ltd., 2002. ISBN 4860201221."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Coatts, Margot, ed. <u>Lucie Rie and Hans Coper - Potters in Parallel</u>. London : Herbert Press/Barbican Art Gallery, 1997. ISBN 0713646977."}],"production":"Present in the studio of Lucie Rie at the time of her death in 1995.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["C.32-2009"],"accessionNumberNum":"32","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":2009,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-02","recordCreationDate":"2009-11-11","availableToBook":false}}