Home Tableware & Barware | Edith Cockcroft Handpainted Floral Dishes - Set of 10 - TL32686

This set of 10 handpainted floral dishes are set on a metallic platinum silver ceramic backdrop and a turquoise underside. All are signed Cockcroft on the base. Edith Cockcroft was an incredibly accomplished woman. (b.1881 – d.1962) According to wikipedia, she was a Brooklyn-born painter, designer, inventor and ceramist, who exhibited at venues including the Paris Salon, National Academy of Design and Art Institute of Chicago. Known for portraits of nudes posed against vibrant fabric backdrops as well as landscape paintings, often depicting European seacoasts. She patented and exhibited silks and velvets, produced ceramic dinnerware and designed clothing and theater sets