Ewer
Carter, Stabler and Adams Ltd
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1935
Materials
Stoneware, Glaze
Measurements
285 mm (H)
Place of origin
Poole
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651435
Summary
Jug or ewer. Stoneware with large bulbous body, high handle, throwing ridges. Pale green glaze with mauve vertical streaks. Marked 'Sylvan Ware' to base. Glaze 'M24'. Designed by John Adams (1882-1953) and made by Carter, Stabler and Adams Ltd, Poole, England, around 1935.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
inscribed ; on base ; Sylvan Ware M24 ; ; potter's mark
Makers and roles
Carter, Stabler and Adams Ltd, maker John Adams (1882-1953), designer