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On display at Young V&A
Imagine Gallery, The Living Room, Case 2

"Fish" bowl

Bowl
1996 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dartington Pottery (maker)

Thrown stoneware bowl with red, blue and white reduction glazes and moulded relief fish 'swimming' inside bowl.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Studio Pottery
Stoneware
Object type
Bowl
Title"Fish" bowl (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, thrown, with applied relief mouldings and reduction glazes
Brief description
Thrown stoneware bowl with red, blue and white reduction glazse and moulded relief fish 'swimming' inside bowl, by Dartington Pottery, 1996
Physical description
Thrown stoneware bowl with red, blue and white reduction glazes and moulded relief fish 'swimming' inside bowl.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm
  • Depth: 31.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DP' in monogram (Impressed.)
  • '13/100' (Numbered in pen.)
  • 'Roger Law', 'Janice Tchalenko' and 'PB' in monogram [Pablo Bach] (Signed.)
Object history
The bowl was bought from the exhibition "Modern Antiques", Richard Dennis, London, 25 June-13 July 1996. It is number 13 in a limited edition of 100 bowls. The glazes for the range were developed by Steve Course of Dartington Pottery. Roger Law [designer with Janice Tchalenko] and Pablo Bach [made original models from which fish cast] are from the "Spitting Image" team.
Production
Designed by Roger Law and Janice Tchalenko, the moulded decoration cast from models by Pablo Bach. Glazes by Stephen Course.
Subject depicted
Fish
Bibliographic reference
Haslam, Malcolm. [Essay]. In: Modern Antiques. Exhibition catalogue.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.75-1996

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Record createdMay 20, 2008
Record URL
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