In the early 1960s Hans Coper made three large scale murals, for the first time these are exhibited together here. The first takes the form of the emblem of the Royal Army Pay Corps
and was displayed on an outside wall at their Winchester military base. The other two murals each take the form of a set of pairs of stoneware circular rings placed either side of a wall like eyelets.
One was originally on a wall at Swinton School near Rotherham in South Yorkshire and the other larger mural at the offices of the Powell Duffryn group
in Berkeley Street in London..
The Powell Duffryn mural, originally commissioned to Coper for £600, has been in private ownershipship since 1985 and recently changed hands at auction for 340,000€.
On the image of this mural shown below, an insert shows it in its original position. It appears that at least two of the rings are no longer present and the rings are not displayed in the same way.
It is known that Powell Duffryn moved to Berkeley Square in 1964 and when the mural was relocated the disks were rearranged (Hans Coper by Tony Birks, 1983, p. 44).
Also in the exhibition are showcases of pots made by Coper together with photographs of him at work and explanatory text.