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Fluted Stoneware Bowl with Turquoise Blue Ash Glaze
Fluted Stoneware Bowl with Turquoise Blue Ash Glaze
Fluted Stoneware Bowl with Turquoise Blue Ash Glaze

Fluted Stoneware Bowl with Turquoise Blue Ash Glaze

Maker (1953 - 2006)
Student (London, England, 1914 - 2012)
Collector (London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date1995-1996
Object NameBowl
Mediumstoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 54 × 193mm
Base (Diameter): 106mm
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 numberABDMS095708.65
About MeThis shallow fluted bowl which stands on a short foot ring is glazed all over in a turquoise blue and speckled blue wood ash glaze from Dalemain, the country house near Ullswater.

Hughes frequently used ash gathered from various places close to his pottery in Cumbria to achieve rich colours of glaze when the piece was fired at a high temperature in a reduction kiln. Hughes wrote in 1996 that he believed this bowl was a good example of the colour and quality which could be achieved with ash derived from the great fireplace at Dalemain.