Vase, Stoneware, George Albert Wade
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Vase, stoneware. C. 1930. Made by George Albert Wade.
George Albert Wade (19 July 1891 – 27 January 1986), was born in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England to a family who ran a pottery business. He was knighted in 1955 for political and public services.Sir George was a pupil at Newcastle High School, which has been amalgamated into the Newcastle-under-Lyme School, and left at age 15 to work at the family's pottery factory. He was a soldier between 1914 and 1919 in World War I, first as a private with the North Staffordshire Regiment, and then as a lieutenant with the South Staffordshire Regiment in the Machine Gun Corps, and he served in France and Egypt. He Married Florrie Johnson in 1915.Sir George became chairman of the family's pottery business, Wade Ceramics Ltd, a manufacturer of porcelain and earthenware, whose main factory was in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. In the 1950s, Sir George and the Wade potteries created and manufactured "Whimsies", small cheap solid porcelain animal figures, which became popular and collectable in Britain and America.Sir George never fully stopped working, but in the early 1980s he gave the routine running of the business to his son George Anthony (Tony) Johnson Wade. His hobbies included painting and ornithology.
Material:
stoneware
Maker/Artist:
George Albert Wade
Date:
c. 1930
Provenance:
Patricia and Dennis Della Penta estate
Size of Artwork:
H. 12 x W. 8
Weight (LBS)
3.2
Condition:
Very good condition.
History:
N/A
Buyer's Premium
- 24.5%
Vase, Stoneware, George Albert Wade
Estimate $100 - $200
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