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Jug
Angular Salt-glazed Jug
Jug
Jug

Angular Salt-glazed Jug

Potter (London, England, born 1942)
Date1996
Object NameJug
Mediumsalt glaze stoneware
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsHeight: 29.7 cm
Rim Width: 21.4cm
Foot Width: 31.5cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1996 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
Copyright© Walter Keeler (2002)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 05
Object numberABDAG011028
About MeBorn in 1942, Walter (Wally) Keeler produces mainly domestic and functional wares in saltglazed stoneware. He studied at Harrow School of Art, later teaching there. His wares have been influenced by 18th century Staffordshire moulded forms, old fashioned milk churns and oil cans. This jug has been cut from a thrown cylinder pasted at an angle on to a flat base with a simple extruded handle and flamboyant spout. Saltglazed in a blue glaze giving texture and an element of unpredictability.


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This piece has the look of an old-fashioned metal jug, but the texture goes well beyond this. Does it achieve the artist's desire to "…bring with it seriousness, some humour and sensual pleasure"?
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