Kate Rogers and her Vases
Kate was the fifth child of W. Harry Rogers, born August 24, 1861, in Wimbledon, Surrey. She was barely 12 years old when her father died and two years later, her mother died and she went to live with her Aunt Mary Eliza Rogers. She became a china painter at the studio of the Doulton Co. in Lambeth in 1880 and worked there until she married William Hyde in 1895. Examples of her work can be found in Carrara, Impasto and Faience Wares, as well as on Earthenware pottery produced from Lambeth at the time. She seems to have specialized in flowers, fruit and leaves, which she painted onto the pottery with sure unhesitated brush strokes. To assist her in her work, she made many water colour studies of wild and cultivated flowers. Her water colour paintings of flowers and landscapes were exhibited with the Society of British Artists and she was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours from 1883 to 1890.
Kate and William Hyde made their home in the village of Shere, Surrey. They had three children as follows:
Sydney Rogers Hyde, born in 1896; Lydia (Bay) Hyde (1901-1980); Mary Elizabeth Hyde (1905-1983)
Kate and William Hyde made their home in the village of Shere, Surrey. They had three children as follows:
Sydney Rogers Hyde, born in 1896; Lydia (Bay) Hyde (1901-1980); Mary Elizabeth Hyde (1905-1983)