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Stoneware Jar with 'Vumé Lily' Motif and Stool Cover
Stoneware Jar with 'Vumé Lily' Motif and Stool Cover
Stoneware Jar with 'Vumé Lily' Motif and Stool Cover

Stoneware Jar with 'Vumé Lily' Motif and Stool Cover

Maker (Wimbledon, London, England, 1901 - 1983)
Maker (Cornwall, founded 1939)
Student (Hong Kong, 1887 - 1979)
Collector (London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date1939-1983
Object NameJar
Mediumstoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Jar with Cover Height x Width x Depth): 380 × 340 × 350mm
Overall (Jar Height x Width x Depth): 360 × 340 × 350mm
Overall (Cover Height x Diameter): 40 × 250 × 235mm
Base (Diameter): 210mm
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 numberABDMS095708.12
About MeThis tall stoneware jar features two lug handles and a flat lid, often known as a stool cover. Fully glazed in a brown glaze on the exterior with a green glaze inside.

The body of the jar is decorated in a sgraffito pattern, made by scratching through the surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting colour. The motif is known as 'Vumé Lily' named after the Vumé Pottery on the Lower Volta River, Ghana.

Made by Michael Cardew at his Wenford Bridge Pottery in Cornwall, England after he returned from working in Africa.
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