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Cider Jar

1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large flask with loop handle, painted with a running animal (a horse?) in brown on a grey-green ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, with painted decoration in brown on a grey glaze
Brief description
Jar by Michael Cardew; stoneware; British; 1950.
Physical description
Large flask with loop handle, painted with a running animal (a horse?) in brown on a grey-green ground.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 20.40cm
  • Height: 31.50cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MC' in monogram and Wenford Bridge seal, impressed
Object history
Acquisition details: see Circ.423-1950
Production
Pottery: Wenford Bridge Pottery
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection , Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
  • Breward Christopher and Wood, Ghislaine. British design from 1948:Innovation in the Modern Age . London, V&A publishing, 2012. pp112,121,135,137,141,146,175. ISBN 978 1 851776740
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.426-1950

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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