Vase With Lugs, Shell Remains 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)
Date2000
Object NameVase
Mediumstoneware, celadon and wood ash glazes
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 163 × 165mm
Base (Diameter): 75mm
Base (Diameter): 75mm
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 numberABDMS095708.251
About MeThis stoneware bulbous vase with open top has four lugs on the shoulders. The exterior is glazed in a wood ash glaze, creating a mottled beige and brown effect. The interior has a celadon glaze, ranging in colour from pale green to olive green. Iron oxide is added to the glaze to achieve a range of colours - the greater amount of iron oxide added, the darker the colour achieved.
The vase was fired twice and laid on its side on shells during the second firing, creating partial imprints of the shells on the vase.
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.
