Stoneware Vase with Flattened Sides
MakerMade by
Eddie Hopkins
(1941 - 2007)
MakerMade at
Winchcombe Pottery
(Winchcombe, England, founded 1926)
StudentTaught by
George Manley
StudentTaught by
Ray Finch
(London, England, 1914 - 2012)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Datec. 1995
Object NameVase
Mediumstoneware and slips
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 244 x 109 mm,
Rim (Diameter): 84 mm
Base (Diameter): 67 mm
Rim (Diameter): 84 mm
Base (Diameter): 67 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.331
About MeStoneware medium vase with rounded shoulders, short concave neck and everted rolled rim. Two faces of the vase have been flattened.
The vase is fully glazed in Winchcombe Pottery's AK glaze - a black gloss glaze with iron (rust) brown and yellow green speckles where fly-ash has fallen. Each of the flattened surfaces is decorated with an abstract design in iron slip.
Eddie Hopkins joined Winchcombe Pottery in 1971 and by the 1990s was the pottery's chief thrower. He was able to throw both fast and accurately, becoming the mainstay of Winchcombe's production ware, which rarely carries the individual maker's mark. This vase, marked with his monogram, is a good example of Hopkins' individual style.
