Millicent Jane Taplin
Born 1902
Died 1980
Active: 1917 - 1962
Country of birth and death: England
Pottery designer, painter
Daughter of John William Taplin, sanitary caster. Student at Stoke School of Art. Began work for Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. at the Etruria Works in 1917, became one of their most prolific designers in the 1930s and between 1956-62 ran the combined china and earthenware handpainting departments. There are a number of her designs in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
(See http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/learning/discovery_packs/pack/pack/2182/chapter/2430 accessed 28 November 2010)
Institutional and Business Connections
Designed for Wedgwood (Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd.)
1937 (Circa) - 1957 (Circa)
Student at Burslem School of Art
1926 (Circa)
Sources
A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 49.
V&A Search the collections
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/name/taplin-millicent/37387/ (accessed 28 November 2010)
Citing this record
'Millicent Jane Taplin', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1219313500, accessed 30 May 2023]
