Dish
Michael Cardew (1901 - 1983)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1965
Materials
Glazed stoneware
Measurements
42 mm (H); 175 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
Bodmin
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Greenway, Devon
NT 120515
Summary
Wheel-thrown, shallow, stoneware dish, with flat everted rim, by Michael Cardew of the Wenford Bridge Pottery, Cornwall, probably made c.1965; rich olive green glaze to interior and rim, tenmoku glaze to upper exterior, toasted unglazed lower exterior; impressed personal and pottery marks to basal rim.
Marks and inscriptions
Basal rim: ‘MC’ and ‘WBP’ marks. Paper adhesive price label ‘£2’ to side.
Makers and roles
Michael Cardew (1901 - 1983), potter