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Earthenware Red and Gold Lustre Bowl
Earthenware Red and Gold Lustre Bowl
Earthenware Red and Gold Lustre Bowl

Earthenware Red and Gold Lustre Bowl

Maker (1930 - 1998)
Maker (Aldermaston, Berkshire, 1955 - 1993)
Collector (London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date1965-1967
Object NameBowl
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 97 × 275mm
Base (Diameter): 93mm
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 numberABDMS095708.76
About MeThis white tin-glazed earthenware bowl by Edgar Campden is decorated with bold abstract design of red and gold lustre brushwork.

Campden worked at Aldermaston Pottery with Alan Caiger-Smith from 1961 until the pottery closed in 1993.
The Aldermaston Pottery, in the Berkshire village of Aldermaston, was known for its tin-glazed and lustre wares. Tin glaze is a plain lead glaze with a small amount of tin oxide added, which gives an opaque glossy white finish. Lustre, a metallic surface on the glaze, is created when small amounts of metallic compounds such as silver of copper are painted over a glaze before the piece is fired for a second time.