Earthenware Mug with Yellow Ochre Glaze
MakerMade by
Michael Eden
(Blackburn, England, born 1955)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Datec. 2004
Object NameMug
Mediumearthenware and slips
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width incl Handle): 107 x 101 mm,
Rim (Diameter): 80 mm
Base (Diameter): 55 mm
Rim (Diameter): 80 mm
Base (Diameter): 55 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
Copyright© Michael Eden
LocationView by appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.310
About MeEarthenware mug which flares gently towards the rolled rim. It has a simple strap handle with prominent terminal where the potter has fixed the handle to the main body.The mug is glazed in a deep yellow ochre and dark brown slips (liquid clay) giving a mottled appearance. It is decorated in a abstract pattern of of dark brown and black metallic glazes.
Between 1981 and 2006 Michael Eden
made functional slipware for Victoria & Michael Eden Pottery. Since 2007 he has used digital manufacturing to
create works of art.
William Marshall
c. 1999
