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Stoneware Charger with Hand-painted Floral Pattern
Stoneware Charger with Hand-painted Floral Pattern
Stoneware Charger with Hand-painted Floral Pattern

Stoneware Charger with Hand-painted Floral Pattern

Maker (Salisbury, born 1942)
Student (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1930 - 2020)
Student (Sheffield)
Collector (London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date2004
Object NameCharger
Mediumstoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 45 × 405mm
Base (Diameter): 275mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
Copyright© Laurence McGowan
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.80
About MeLaurence McGowan worked with Alan Caiger-Smith at Aldermaston Pottery from 1976-1979 then set up his own studio in Wiltshire.

The design on this charger reflects his interest in William Morris and the aims and influences of the Arts and Crafts Movement. The decorative technique used by McGowan is more usually associated with earthenware, but he has chosen to work with stoneware, which has to be fired at a higher temperature than earthenware. Colourful designs and patterns are brushed onto a glaze made white and opaque by the addition of zirconium silicate. The pots are hand-thrown on the wheel and after drying and biscuit-firing are dipped in the zirconium glaze. The decoration is then applied by brush using various mixtures of metal oxides and stains and fired again.