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Large Stoneware Bowl Inlaid with Cobalt
Large Stoneware Bowl Inlaid with Cobalt
Large Stoneware Bowl Inlaid with Cobalt

Large Stoneware Bowl Inlaid with Cobalt

Maker (born 1959)
Student (Tokyo, Japan, 1919 - 2007)
Collector (London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Datelate 20th Century
Object NameDish
Mediumstoneware, cobalt slip and wood ash glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 95 x 417 mm,
Base (Diameter): 226 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.358
About MeLarge stoneware open bowl with curved sides and broad rim, which is glazed all in a pale green, brown-speckled, wood ash glaze with cobalt slip inlaid decoration in the centre, creating a random striped pattern.

William Plumptre makes decorative stoneware platters, bowls and bottles, often made to a large scale as in this example. His work is inspired by the landscape and Japanese pottery and he specialises in the decorative technique of inlaying coloured slips (liquid clay) into a pattern of impressions made on the surface of the semi dry pot . His glazes are made of local materials, such as wood ash, found near his pottery in Witherslack, Cumbria.