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Venus Love Trap Vessel II

Form
2003-2004 (made)
Artist/Maker
Baldwin, Gordon (maker)
Place of origin
Market Drayton (made)

Rounded yellow form with cross-shaped opening at top. Handbuilt.


Object details

Category
Studio Pottery
Object type
Form
TitleVenus Love Trap Vessel II (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, handbuilt
Brief description
"Venus Love Trap Vessel II", stoneware, Gordon Baldwin, England, 2003-4
Physical description
Rounded yellow form with cross-shaped opening at top. Handbuilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.0cm
  • Width: 52.5cm
  • Depth: 30.8cm
  • Weight: 7.17kg
Ceramics Conservation confirms the above measurements on 16/11/2016.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GB / 2003' in a circle, incised
  • '03/04', written on paper label
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
Given by the artist. The work was selected by Alun Graves from the earlier work available at the Barrett Marsden Gallery in 2005.
Bibliographic reference
Adamson, Glenn, Martina Droth and Simon Olding (ed.s) Things of Beauty Growing British Studio Pottery. New Haven, London, 2017 p. 321
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.81-2005

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Record createdJanuary 10, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O130780/venus-love-trap-vessel-ii-form-baldwin-gordon/
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