Sampler Bear, by Vicky Lindo

An image of Sampler Bear. Lindo, Vicky (British). Vicky Lindo Ceramics, Bideford. Earthenware figure of a standing bear. The whole surface is decorated by incision and scraping away of red slip to show the white clay beneath. The head, paws and feet are indicated by moulding and colour, otherwise the figure is covered with a variety of imagery, including feathery-tailed squirrel-like animals on the legs, a flowering plant up the front, arrows, butterflies and birds on the arms and, on the back, a large pair of scissors, two houses and combs. At the back of the legs is the inscription ‘ Sampler / Bear / The Pigeon Club / Pottery, Bideford’ followed by a ‘VL’ monogram. The base has been cast with the figure and is decorated with a criss-cross pattern. The underside is flat with a large central hole. Earthenware, slipcast, coated in red slip, sgraffito decorated and glazed. Height 13.5 cm, width 14 cm, depth 12.7 cm, 2013-2016.

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Sampler Bear. Lindo, Vicky (British). Vicky Lindo Ceramics, Bideford. Earthenware figure of a standing bear. The whole surface is decorated by incision and scraping away of red slip to show the white clay beneath. The head, paws and feet are indicated by moulding and colour, otherwise the figure is covered with a variety of imagery, including feathery-tailed squirrel-like animals on the legs, a flowering plant up the front, arrows, butterflies and birds on the arms and, on the back, a large pair of scissors, two houses and combs. At the back of the legs is the inscription ‘ Sampler / Bear / The Pigeon Club / Pottery, Bideford’ followed by a ‘VL’ monogram. The base has been cast with the figure and is decorated with a criss-cross pattern. The underside is flat with a large central hole. Earthenware, slipcast, coated in red slip, sgraffito decorated and glazed. Height 13.5 cm, width 14 cm, depth 12.7 cm, 2013-2016.

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Accession Number: C.1107-2016
© Vicky Lindo. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3D
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 769 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 489.06kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:02 10:52:30

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21st Century animal animal figure animals art pottery barbers barbershop bears birds British earthenware English figure incised pottery red sgraffito slip slip cast slip-coated slipware squirrels studio ceramics Vicky Lindo

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