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Vase: C.2-1999

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Jones, Christine

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Description

White clay stained yellowish-cream, coiled, with smooth, scored and pitted surface. Of tall, ovoid form tapering to a very narrow flat base.

Notes

History note: Purchased by the donors at Bonham's, Knightsbridge, 24 November 1998, Contemporary Ceramics including the Richard Curtis Collection, p. 79, lot 249

Legal notes

Gift of Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the National Art Collections Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 54.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1999-01-18) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Production date: AD 1997

Note

Text from object entry in A. Game (2016) ‘Contemporary British Crafts: The Goodison Gift to the Fitzwilliam Museum’. London: Philip Wilson Publishers: Christine Jones is based in Swansea. Her first solo exhibition entitled Clay Circles was at Mission Gallery in 1985. The clay is coloured using stains and oxides. Vessels are built on a pinch pot base with two or three coils added each day, taking up to two or more weeks to complete. The potter often uses silica sand to texture the surface before firing. Jones received the Gold Medal for Craft and Design, National Eisteddfod of Wales 2000, and in 2006 received the Arts Council of Wales Creative Wales Award. Christine Jones: ‘Clay is primary, magical in its transformation from soft clay to hard ceramic. The material and the technique of coiling and the form are central. The colour, light and space of the Welsh coastline are my inspiration and passion.’

The potter uses silica sand to texture the surface

School or Style

Studio Ceramics
Contemporary Craft

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Coiled : White clay, tinted pale yellowish-cream , coiled, smoothed and pitted, probably with silica sand

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Christine/Jones/97
  • Location: Base
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2-1999
Primary reference Number: 28510
Entry form number: 104
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 8 December 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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