Salt-glazed Stoneware Small Jug
MakerMade by
Sheila Casson
(1930 - 2012)
Date1996
Object NameJug
Mediumsalt glaze; stoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall Diameter: 109 mm
Overall (Height Maximum): 225 mm
Overall (Height to Rim): 127 mm
Weight: 712 gm
Overall (Height Maximum): 225 mm
Overall (Height to Rim): 127 mm
Weight: 712 gm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1996.
Copyright© Sheila Casson (2002)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 05
Object numberABDAG011018
About MeSalt-glazed stoneware jug, decorated with applied snake-like tubes around the body. The unusual overlapping spout was inspired by a small Minoan jug from Crete. Sheila Casson altered this jug by cutting into it and folding the clay while it was still wet, before firing in the kiln.Sheila and her husband Michael (Mick) Casson established a pottery at Wobage Farm in Herefordshire in 1977. There they blended their own slips (liquid clays) and glazes. They specialised in salt-glazed stoneware which Sheila adopted in 1990. When salt was introduced to the kiln at a high temperature the distinctive colours and orange peel texture were produced.
More About Me
Do you like the unusual shape of this jug? The form was inspired by early Mediterranean wares. Salt gives the mottled texture on the surface.
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