Fontana Box (P222)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Gordon Baldwin
Title
Fontana Box
Made in
Eton
Date
1974
Description
Oxidised stoneware box with pink body stain and white dolomite glaze, with a slot at the top.
Materials and techniques
Oxidised stoneware with pink body stain and white dolomite glaze. Slab-built. Fired to 1240 deg. C more than once.
Dimensions
height: 26.5cm
Object number
P222
Category
Maker's statement
From a series of boxes based on the system 12x12x21/2. About ten in the series. Some concerned with formal exploration, some like this one, a celebration of an event - the casting of the metal lid.Fontana because of the quote on the side.