Punch bowl
Alan Caiger-Smith (1930 - 2020)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1981
Materials
Earthenware
Place of origin
Aldermaston
Collection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 198176
Summary
Earthenware punch bowl. White glaze, decorated with painted designs. Inside bowl a red-coloured labyrinth with a cross in the centre and the inscription 'NOT BY NAVIGATION BUT BY LOVE' - a quote from St Augustine. Decorated on the outside of views of Greys Court house and gardens. Alan Caiger-Smith, Aldermaston Pottery, 1981. Lady Elizabeth Brunner commissioned this bowl to commemorate the opening of the maze at Greys Court in 1981.
Provenance
Commissioned by Lady Elizabeth Brunner, 1981 and assigned to the National Trust from her estate, 2022.
Makers and roles
Alan Caiger-Smith (1930 - 2020), maker Aldermaston Pottery, maker