Earthenware Rose Bowl with Slipware Decoration
MakerMade by
Michael Cardew
(Wimbledon, London, England, 1901 - 1983)
MakerMade at
Winchcombe Pottery
(Winchcombe, England, founded 1926)
StudentTaught by
Bernard Leach
(Hong Kong, 1887 - 1979)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date1926-1938
Object NameBowl
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 152 × 228mm
Base (Diameter): 115mm
Base (Diameter): 115mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
Copyright© the copyright holder
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.3
About MeAn earthenware bowl, standing on a short foot, with a white slip decoration of horizontal bands and vertical lines under a greenish galena (lead mineral) glaze. The inside is glazed in a combination of blue, green and brown glazes.
This is an early piece of Michael Cardew's work, made at Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire. Cardew took over the disused Greet Pottery at Winchcombe in 1926, running it as a rural pottery producing domestic wares. At Winchcombe Cardew also was instrumental in reviving the English slipware tradition, decorating his earthenware pottery with a creamy liquid clay known as slip. He employed Elijah Comfort, who had previously worked as a thrower at Greet Pottery and Sidney Tustin, who learned how to throw at the Winchcombe. They were later joined by Ray Finch who eventually took over Winchcombe Pottery after Cardew returned to Cornwall in 1939.
