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His innovative collaboration with Royal Crown Derby saw his characteristic forms translated into slip-cast bone china and decorated with designs inspired by the factory’s historic patterns. Here, Eastman has appropriated the popular ‘Olde Avesbury’ pattern, introduced in 1932.\r\n\r\nMuseum no. C.310-2009\r\nGiven by Royal Crown Derby","date":{"text":"31/01/2015-03/01/2016","earliest":"2015-01-31","latest":"2016-01-03"}},{"text":"Vases\r\nEngland, Derby, 2009\r\nDesigned by Ken Eastman\r\nMade by Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Co.\r\nBone china, transfer-printed\r\n\r\nKen Eastman is a studio potter who\r\nspecialises in slab-built stoneware vessels.\r\nHis innovative collaboration with Royal\r\nCrown Derby sees his characteristic\r\nforms translated into bone china, which is\r\nnotoriously difficult to control during firing.\r\nThe pieces were decorated with designs\r\ninspired by the factory’s historic patterns,\r\nincluding the famous ‘Imari’ design in\r\ngold, red and blue. 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