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| Jessie Van Hallen Feature by David Chown To Join The International Wade Collectors Club Click Here  You have found the Pink Flamingo, email the
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| As with many other great
people, Jessie van Hallen only really achieved fame after
her death in 1983 when Wade collecting was in its prime.
Since then her name, along with those of her
contemporaries Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper have, like
theirs become synonymous with ceramics. Born Jessie Elaine Brooke in Wolstanton, Stoke -on-Trent in 1902, she attended the Burslem School of Art and later the West Ham Polytechnic in East London, later returning to the Burslem Art School to study pottery. Jessie married Harry Hallen in 1924 whilst working as a freelance modeller for various companies including Moorcroft Pottery, Coalport China, Crown Staffordshire Porcelain and Kents In 1930 she was employed by George Wade who set up a small department for her. initially designing garden gnomes for Carter Seeds which she later expanded into flowers, animals and ladies. It is not known when or why the Van in her name began (it has been suggested that the Hallen name had Dutch origins but a direct link has never been established), Jessie may have felt it sounded more distinguished, if that is the reason it was not necessary, her talent did that in abundance. During a recent visit to Sir George Wade's daughter Iris Carryer, she told me that her father's factory often shadowed Doulton at the lower end of the market. If Doulton produced a figure for £20, Wade made one, usually a Jessie Van Hallen design, for 10/6 (52p). Her first,thought to be Pavlova, was followed by Helga, Cherry, Carole, Pompadour and many others. More than seventy figures were modelled during the period 1930 to 1940 by Jessie Van Hallen for Wade. The majority carry the Leaping Red Dear over a red 'Made in England' stamp on the base, most also carry the 'Wade Figures' logo, stamped or hand-painted on the base.There are also some which carry an owl sitting over a circle made up of the words British scintillate . Later figures such as Joy, Carmen, Argentina, Rhythm, Springtime and many more had a wonderfully distinctive Art Deco flavour. These figures capture perfectly a feeling of movement and delicacy which was the Van Hallen hallmark, which was also much in evidence in her 1938 Disney Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs set of characters, some of which she modelled under Disney supervision in Wardour Street, London. These, like the 'ladies' were produced in earthenware with a cellulose glaze... more |
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