Stoneware Plate with Ash Glaze
MakerMade by
Ray Finch
(London, England, 1914 - 2012)
MakerMade at
Winchcombe Pottery
(Winchcombe, England, founded 1926)
StudentTaught by
Michael Cardew
(Wimbledon, London, England, 1901 - 1983)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
StudentTaught by
Dora Billington
(Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, 1890 - 1968)
Datebefore 1996
Object NamePlate
Mediumstoneware, ash glaze and iron glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 40 x 313 mm,
Base (Diameter): 185 mm
Base (Diameter): 185 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.324
About MeThis stoneware large plate with flattened rim is glazed all over in a speckled pale blue ash glaze over iron red slip (liquid clay). The underside is glazed in pale beige-green ash slip except for the foot ring which is unglazed.
Decorated with combed wave in the centre of the plate and a combed wave border around the rim.
Ray Finch was one of the UK's leading makers of tableware at the Winchcombe Pottery near Cheltenham, where he led a team of talented potters. He embedded his own work within the standard domestic ware made at the workshop, making a limited number of distinctive larger pieces, including platters and plates. These are marked with his personal modified mark of WP (Winchcombe Pottery) followed by a small dot.
