Lady Lucie Rie (Vienna 1902 - 1995 London) Seven cups with saucers Fine stoneware, white glazed, silky matte black-brown manganglasur with silvery shimmering parts. Exalted ligature mark LR. Two saucers with edge chips and a crack. Cup H 5.6, UT D approx.13.6 cm. Around 1950/60. After her escape from Vienna in 1938, the ceramic artist Lucie Rie had to start almost from scratch in London. The first years were difficult, as Rie as an Austrian had the status of "enemy alien". She secured her livelihood by building a workshop for ceramic buttons. Through her experiments with glazes, she was able to offer fashion houses colour-matched button series that met great demand. At the same time, she developed her own artistic practice. In the post-war years Lucie Rie concentrated more on the materials stoneware and porcelain. She developed "Tableware", which was durable and could be offered cheaply. Provenance: Rheinische Privatsammlung.