Stoneware Plate with Five Sgraffito Fish and Green Celadon and Wood Ash Glaze
MakerMade by
Svend Bayer
(Uganda, born 1946)
StudentTaught by
Michael Cardew
(Wimbledon, London, England, 1901 - 1983)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Date1999
Object NamePlate
Mediumstoneware, celadon and wood ash glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 43 × 210mm
Base (Diameter): 105mm
Base (Diameter): 105mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
Copyright© Svend Bayer
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.177
About MeStoneware plate decorated with five sgraffito (scratched) fish around the sides of the interior. The plate is glazed all over in a pale green celadon, a type of glaze which originated in China. Wood ash has also been added to the glaze, creating a mottled effect.
Svend Bayer was an apprentice at Michael Cardew's Wenford Bridge Pottery before travelling widely throughout Japan, Korea and South East Asia, studying wood-fired kilns. In 1975 he established his own pottery at Sheepwash in Devon, making wood-fired stoneware, incorporating local clays.
