Dish (P77)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Primary Collection

Maker

Michael Cardew

Title

Dish

Made in

Wenford Bridge

Date

1976

Description

Round stoneware dish brown coloured with a blue line drawing of a bird covering the whole dish. Three pieces of vegetation drawn in brown lines are also depicted. The rim of dish is raised with two brown lines and two blue lines around the lip of the dish.

Materials and techniques

Reduced stoneware with brush decoration in iron brown and cobalt blue pigments. Glazed on inside and rim. Thrown. Fired to 1270 deg. C.

Dimensions

height: 8cm

diameter: 33.5cm

Packed Length: 40cm

Packed Width: 40cm

Packed Height: 20cm

Object number

P77

Maker's statement

In the whole range of stoneware I am most interested in those aspects or areas which have affinity with certain kinds of earthenware - majolica, faience and slipware.

Michael OBE Cardew, 16 January 1978