Medium Salt Glaze Gun Barrel Teapot
MakerMade by
Walter Keeler
(London, England, born 1942)
StudentTaught by
Michael Casson
(London, England, 1925 - 2003)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Datec. 1996
Object NameTeapot
Mediumstoneware, salt-glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Depth): 235 x 137 mm,
Handle to Spout (Width): 220 mm
Base (Width x Depth): 177 x 127 mm
Handle to Spout (Width): 220 mm
Base (Width x Depth): 177 x 127 mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
Copyright© Walter Keeler
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.439
About MeThis teapot has a salt glaze created by introducing salt (usually common salt) into the kiln fire. This creates the characteristic orange-peel, mottled or pin-holed surface.
Walter Keeler's salt glaze pottery is influenced by early Staffordshire creamware.
This stoneware blue and white salt-glaze teapot has a squeezed oval base rising to a circular shoulder. There is an impressed line to each face surmounted with a roundel which is Walter Keeler's maker's mark.
This teapot has a double gun barrel spout and looping strap handle.
