Stoneware Covered Square Box with Red Iron Slip
MakerMade by
Edward Hughes
(1953 - 2006)
StudentTaught by
Ray Finch
(London, England, 1914 - 2012)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date1996-1997
Object NameBox
Mediumstoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width x Depth): 70 × 162 × 162mm
Base (Height x Width (inner rim) x Depth (inner rim)): 50 × 146 × 146mm
Cover (Height): 23mm
Base (Height x Width (inner rim) x Depth (inner rim)): 50 × 146 × 146mm
Cover (Height): 23mm
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 numberABDMS095708.105
About MeThis square stoneware box with cover is slab-built, with the cover sitting snugly on a recessed rim on the base.
It is glazed inside and out in a white slip and dark ochre brown ash glaze with red iron slip trailed over creating a pattern of wavy ribbons on the cover. The box is also decorated with red iron slip on all four sides - two opposite sides feature a cross hatch pattern and the other two sides are decorated with abstract circles. The pattern extends from foot to top of cover on all four sides.
Hughes frequently used ash gathered from various places close to the pottery to achieve rich colours of glaze when the piece was fired at a high temperature in a reduction kiln.
