Stoneware Medium Jug with Ash Glaze
MakerMade by
Ray Finch
(London, England, 1914 - 2012)
MakerMade by
Winchcombe Pottery
(Winchcombe, England, founded 1926)
StudentTaught by
Michael Cardew
(Wimbledon, London, England, 1901 - 1983)
StudentTaught by
Dora Billington
(Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, 1890 - 1968)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Datelate 20th-early 21th Century
Object NameJug
Mediumstoneware, ash glaze and slip
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width incl Handle): 253 x 204 mm,
Base (Diameter): 106 mm
Rim (Diameter): 112 mm
Base (Diameter): 106 mm
Rim (Diameter): 112 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.351
About MeThis traditional-shaped stoneware jug with round bellied body and pulled strap handle with thumb piece is a form based on North Devon jugs which was commonly made at Winchcombe.
It is fully glazed in a brown speckled grey-white slip (liquid clay) with splashes of black with a matt grey-green ash glaze over the outside. The jug is decorated with light roulette banding around the shoulder and belly of the pot with 5 pads, which have been shaped by the potter's thumb pushing clay upwards, spaced around the middle section.
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, marking his pieces with his personal modified mark of WP (Winchcombe Pottery) followed by a small dot.
