MICHAEL CARDEW (ENGLISH, 1901-1983) STUDIO POTTERY STONEWARE JUG
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Description
MICHAEL CARDEW (ENGLISH, 1901-1983) STUDIO POTTERY STONEWARE JUG, bulbous form with a collared rim and an applied strap handle, having top half with yellow slip and brown slip-trailed double parallel line decorations applied both vertically and horizontally. Impressed Winchcombe Pottery and Michael Cardew seal to underside. 20th century. 9" HOA, 3 3/4" D rim.
Catalogue Note: Born in Wimbledon in 1901, Michael Cardew is best known for revitalising the British slipware tradition and re-establishing the pottery at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire in 1926. Not one to settle down, Cardew also spent time at a pottery in Cornwall, and eventually began teaching and potting in West Africa in the second half of his life. His biography A Pioneer Potter was edited by his son Seth and published after his death in 1983.
Provenance:
From the private collection of Tom Cabe, Verona, VA.
Condition
Undamaged. Having some manufacturing flaws including minor glaze skips and stone pop to base edge, as made.
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