Slipware Beer Jug
MakerMade by
Ray Finch
(London, England, 1914 - 2012)
MakerMade at
Winchcombe Pottery
(Winchcombe, England, founded 1926)
Datec. 1948
Object NameJug
Mediumearthenware, slipware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall: 218 mm
Handle to Spout: 163 mm
Base: 83 mm
Handle to Spout: 163 mm
Base: 83 mm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1996 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
Copyright© Winchcombe Pottery (2002)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 06
Object numberABDAG008897
About MeThis traditional slipware beer jug is typical of Ray Finch's work. The body is hand-thrown and distinct potting rings can be seen where the potter has used a rib to create the shape. The handle of the jug would be made separately by pulling the clay and attaching to the side before firing in the kiln. It is glazed in brown and amber yellow slips, with a repeating pattern of sgraffito (scratched) barley ear motifs between bands which were finger wiped through the amber glaze to reveal the contrasting brown beneath. Ray Finch was born in London in 1914 and joined Michael Cardew at Winchcombe Pottery in 1936. When Cardew moved to Wenford Bridge in 1939 he left Finch in charge of Winchcombe, and in 1946 Finch purchased the pottery which he ran until 1979 when he handed it over to his son Michael. Awarded the MBE in 1980, Ray Finch died in 2012.
More About Me
Slipware pottery is produced when slip, a liquid mixture of clay and other materials suspended in water, is placed onto the leather-hard clay body surface before firing by dipping, painting or splashing.
Exhibitions
Clive Bowen
late 20th-early 21th Century
