Stoneware Tall Jug with Ash Glaze
MakerMade by
Edward Hughes
(1953 - 2006)
StudentTaught by
Ray Finch
(London, England, 1914 - 2012)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Datec. 1999
Object NameJug
Mediumstoneware and hawthorn ash glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 238 × 118mm
Handle to Lip (Width): 145mm
Rim (Diameter excluding lip): 72mm
Handle to Lip (Width): 145mm
Rim (Diameter excluding lip): 72mm
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 numberABDMS095708.164
About MeThis stoneware jug is glazed all over with a thick streaked wood ash glaze which changes colour from greeny-white, through flashes of lavender and red to a streaked blue-green, illustrating the variety of colours achieved depending on the thickness of the glaze and the position in the kiln when the pot is fired.
Hughes frequently used ash gathered from various places close to his pottery in Cumbria to achieve rich and flowing colours when the piece was fired at a high temperature in his reduction kiln.
