Betty Woodman Porcelain Art Pottery Cup 70s Copper Red 4

This wonderful porcelain cup was made by well known potter, sculptor, teacher, Betty Woodman. This is a piece of her earlier, more functional work... We purchased a group of them in the mid 1970's from a craft gallery in Haddonfield, NJ, called By Hand. Wheel thrown and altered with indents. Handpainted green brush stokes with pale blushes of copper red (flowers) near the green (leaves). It's 3-1/8" high x 5" diameter at rim where it is slightly oval. They all originally had saucers that went with them but I haven't been able to find the saucer that went with this one. None of the cups were marked. The saucers were all impressed: WOODMAN, around the outside of the foot, but those of you who are familiar with her work will recognize these pieces. Spiral shell cutoff mark on base. There is a pale hairline (1.5" long) starting at the rim near one of the green brush strokes on the outside, when handle is positioned on the right. It shows more on the inside than the outside. It's in very good condition otherwise. We rarely used it... and not for coffee or tea... mostly for fruit and yogurt. Betty has been quoted as saying, "It makes good sense to use clay for pots, vases, pitchers, and platters, but I like to have things both ways.ÊI make things that could be functional, but I really want them to be considered works of art."

Woodman studied at Alfred, 1948-1950. She taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her work has been shown and collected internationally. The Metropolitan Museum in New York presented a retrospective of her work in June 2006.

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