Angular Salt-glazed Jug
Potter
Walter Keeler
(London, England, born 1942)
Date1996
Object NameJug
Mediumstoneware, salt glaze
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height): 297 mm
Overall (Height to Rim): 214 mm
Overall (Foot Width): 315 mm
Overall (Height to Rim): 214 mm
Overall (Foot Width): 315 mm
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 salt-glazed 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. Salt-glazed in a blue glaze giving texture and an element of unpredictability.More About Me
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"?
Exhibitions
Walter Keeler
late 20th-early 21th Century
