Bowl
Artist
Alan Caiger-Smith MBE
(Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1930 - 2020)
Datemid 20th-early 21st Century
Object NameBowl
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall: height 90 × diameter 275mm
Base: diameter 108mm
Base: diameter 108mm
AcquisitionPauline Littlewood Bequest, 2018.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG018002
About MeAlan Caiger-Smith's speciality is tin glazed earthenware and lustre ware and he has written books about these techniques. He studied at the Central School of Art and Design in London and he established the Aldermaston Pottery in 1955.
The striking painted decoration on this tin-glazed earthenware bowl resembles calligraphy and is typical of his work. The bowl has a lustrous surface caused by a layer of pure metal on the surface of the glaze.
