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Large Vessel: C.13-2018

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Large Vessel

Maker(s)

Potter: Roberts, David (b.1947)

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Description

Coiled clay, raku-fired, crazed white with pale smoke-grey elliptical decoration.

Coil built and raku fired ceramic vessel (porcelain/T-material), near spherical shape but with a high shoulder, a not-quite-circular opening at the top, Biscuit fired to 1050oc, raku fired to c.875-900oc and surface ground after each firing to leave a smooth creamy-white surface with the slight irregularities and tiny pockmarks of natural stone. Designs created by applying layers of slip removed after raku firing to reveal three sets of concentric soft, light ellipses which seem to be almost shadows and in, rather than on, the surface – suggesting the patterns found in eroded pebbles and stones on a beach. The markings shade to deep charcoal on the underside, which is rounded.

Notes

History note: Given by Keith and Patricia Gentle, Cambridge, 2018

Legal notes

Given by Keith and Patricia Gentle, Cambridge, 2018

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 41 cm
Height: 31 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Holmfirth ⪼ West Yorkshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2018-09-25) by Gentle, Keith

Dating

21st Century, Early#
Elizabeth II
Production date: circa AD 1997

Note

David Roberts (b.1947) is a leading practitioner in raku ceramics. He became a full-time potter in 1981, following a decade as an art teacher, and now lives and works at Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. His large vessels are coil built, using a clay mix of ‘T’ material and porcelain. Roberts abandoned glazing in the in the early 1990s and creates his surface effects through smoke, generated byraku firing. aided by slips and resists - evoking the natural surfaces found in landscape and on the sea shore. He is widely acknowledged as responsible for introducing modern large-scale raku in Europe.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of slip ( removed during firing)

Materials used in production

clay mix 'T' material
clay mix Porcelain

Techniques used in production

Hand building : Coiled clay, raku-fired, crazed white with pale smoke-grey elliptical decoration.

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: DR
  • Location: Underside of base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.13-2018
Primary reference Number: 225682
Entry form: 1364
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 20 November 2018 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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