Earthenware Oval Dish
MakerMade by
Elijah Comfort
(1863 - 1952)
DecoratorDecorated 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)
Date1926-1939
Object NameDish
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width x Depth): 50 × 216 × 195mm
Base (Width x Depth): 185 × 155mm
Base (Width x Depth): 185 × 155mm
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 numberABDMS095708.27
About MeThis dish was thrown on the potter's wheel as a circle and then reshaped by taking out a leaf-shaped piece of clay and pressing the sides together to form an oval dish.
The decoration was created using trailed white slip on wet black slip and comprises three stripes across the centre and two stripes on either side. This dish has a galena (lead) glaze.
It was fairly common practice for Elijah Comfort to throw these dishes, although most do not carry his EC mark. Michael Cardew decorated them with a creamy liquid clay known as slip and often applied his own MC mark, alongside WP for Winchcombe Pottery. Comfort and Cardew were joined in 1936 by Ray Finch who eventually took over Winchcombe Pottery. First as manager after Cardew returned to Cornwall three years later and then buying the business in 1946 .
