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Cut Branch Dish: C.13-2006

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cut Branch Dish

Maker(s)

Production: Keeler, Walter

Entities

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Description

Cream earthenware, decorated with grey-blue, and yellow-brown coloured glazes

Cream earthenware, thrown, with attached branches, decorated with coloured glazes in ‘Whieldon’ style. The circular dish has a flat base and thick almost vertical sides with a curved rim, impressed with a spiral on the front. Attached to the rim are seven vertical branches formed of tubes of clay, some with projecting thorns. The interior of the dish, and the cut tops of the branches are decorated with brownish-yellow glaze with brown markings, and the rest of the surface, including the base has bluish-grey glaze with purple markings.

Notes

History note: Adrian Sassoon, 16 Rutland Gate, London, SW7 1BB from whom purchased by the donors

Legal notes

Gift of Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the Art Fund

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2006-07-17) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith

Dating

21st Century, Early
Elizabeth II
Production date: AD 2006

Note

Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: This exuberant dish is both a technical tour de force and a playfully impractical masterpiece of domestic pottery, drawing on Keeler’s study of eighteenth-century ceramics and his unrivalled handling of clay form. ‘Keeler’s pots possess a potent modern identity that resonates with all the richness of the English pottery tradition.’ Amanda Fielding (1957–2012), Curator, Crafts Council Collection 1989–2006 A life history interview with Walter Keeler is available at http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Crafts

Walter Keeler's pots decorated with coloured glazes are flamboyant interpretations of mid-18th century North Staffordshire tablewares made by Thomas Whieldon and other potters.

School or Style

Contemporary Craft

Components of the work

Decoration composed of oxide colours ( brown and purple markings)
Dish Diameter 35 cm Height 6 cm
Tallest Branch Height 28.7 cm
Across Branches Width 50.5 cm
Branches

Materials used in production

brownish-yellow, bluish-grey Glaze
cream Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.13-2006
Primary reference Number: 131290
Entry form number: 817

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 12 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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