Margaret Hine (1927–1987) was a British

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. 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 Central School of Arts and Crafts, where she studied pottery under Dora Billington, and the Institute of Education, 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 Prestwood, Buckinghamshire. Their archive is held by the

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