Punch bowl
Alan Caiger-Smith (1930 - 2020)
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1979
Materials
Earthenware
Place of origin
Aldermaston
Collection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 198175
Summary
Earthenware punch bowl. White glaze with painted decoration, inside the bowl a pile of rubbish and in green around the edges 'KEEP BRITAIN TIDY'. On the outside, three scenes depicting the British Isles. The first showing woodland and a fox, another a town with houses and the third a lake surrounded by mountains. Alan Caiger-Smith, Aldermaston Pottery, around 1979.
Provenance
Commissioned by Lady Elizabeth Brunner, c.1979 and assigned to the National Trust from her estate, 2022.
Makers and roles
Alan Caiger-Smith (1930 - 2020), maker Aldermaston Pottery, maker