Tankard Form 'Lighthouse' (P411)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
John Maltby
Title
Tankard Form 'Lighthouse'
Made in
Devon
Date
1991
Description
Stoneware tankard with solid handle and ethed representation of a lighthouse.
Materials and techniques
Oxidised stoneware, fired to 1300 deg. C (bright colours are not enamels but high temperature colours). Re-fired at 740 deg.C with a matt enamel rubbed into the texture.
Dimensions
height: 13.5cm
depth: 5cm
width: 24cm
Object number
P411
Category
Maker's statement
This piece is typical of current work: the firing of the work 3 times - biscuit, stoneware, enamel texture - is I think unique.