Margaret Hine (1927–1987) was a British

studio potter Studio pottery is pottery made by professional and amateur ceramists working alone or in small groups, making unique items or short runs, especially those that are not intended for daily use as crockery. Typically, all stages of manufacture are ...

. She was known in the 1950s for her animal figures but also produced painted dishes and ceramic murals.Oliver Watson, ''Studio Pottery'', London: Phaidon Press, 1993

Life

She studied at Derby School of Art and then went to the

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, where she studied pottery under

Dora Billington Dora May Billington (1890–1968) was an English teacher of Ceramic art, pottery, a writer and a studio pottery, studio potter. Her own work explored the possibilities of painting on pottery. As head of the pottery department at the Central Sc ...

, and the

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, where she studied under William R. Newland. From 1949 to 1954 she had a studio in

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, London, with Newland and Nicolas Vergette. She married Newland in 1950, with whom she had two children, and in 1954 set up a studio with him in

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, Buckinghamshire. Their archive is held by the

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References

1927 births 1987 deaths Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design Alumni of the University of Derby British potters Women potters 20th-century British ceramists British women ceramicists {{UK-artist-stub