Stoneware Bulbous Handled Bottle with 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)
Date1996
Object NameBottle
Mediumstoneware, wood ash glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 195 × 135mm
Base (Diameter): 80mm
Base (Diameter): 80mm
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 numberABDMS095708.250
About MeThis stoneware bulbous bottle has a narrow neck and small loop handle. There are four pairs of small shell imprints evenly spaced around the body just above the base. This bottle is decorated with a brown, orange and grey wood ash glaze.
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.