Jug (P31)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Title
Jug
Made in
London
Date
1977
Description
Red/brown earthenware body painted with cream coloured spots, with green, blue, yellow and orange decoration.
Materials and techniques
Oxidised red earthenware with matt lead sesquisilicate glaze and painted with slips: yellow, blue, green, cream and orange. Slab-built. Earthenware body painted with spots of buff slip before firing at 1100 deg. C. Glaze poured inside and sprayed outside.
Dimensions
height: 26.5cm
length: 240cm
width: 22cm
Object number
P31
Category
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Jug, Alison Britton, 1977. © Alison Britton. Crafts Council Collection: P31. Photo: Jon Stokes.
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Jug, Alison Britton, 1977. © Alison Britton. Crafts Council Collection: P31. Photo: Jon Stokes.
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Jug, Alison Britton, 1977. © Alison Britton. Crafts Council Collection: P31. Photo: Jon Stokes.
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Jug, Alison Britton, 1977. © Alison Britton. Crafts Council Collection: P31. Photo: Jon Stokes.
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Jug, Alison Britton, 1977. © Alison Britton. Crafts Council Collection: P31. Photo: Jon Stokes.
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Jug, Alison Britton, 1977. © Alison Britton. Crafts Council Collection: P31. Photo: Jon Stokes.
Maker's statement
Use of red clay is quite recent, still using areas of buff to get more colour with underglazes. Unusually loose painting was exhilarating.