Bowl
dated 1909 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
During the 1890s Reginald Wells trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art, and later studied ceramics at Camberwell School of Art (both in London). Around 1900 he set up his own pottery at Coldrum, near Wrotham in Kent, before later moving it to London. Wells was one of the first true studio potters (i.e., a non-factory potter), working on an entirely independent basis. His interests lay in exactly those areas that were to preoccupy studio potters in later decades, namely English slipwares and Chinese stonewares. Wells's work has a somewhat amateur and experimental look when compared to that of the next generation (B. J. Leach, Michael Cardew, William Staite Murray) who were to follow in his path.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, green-brown glaze, decorated with white slip and applied relief |
| Brief description | Bowl with handle, decorated with white slip, Reginald Wells, 1909. |
| Physical description | Small bowl with narrow base flaring to a rounded body and in-curved lip, with a handle at one side, decorated with raised rosettes and spots in white on a green-brown glaze ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'R.F.W', incised and 'COLDRUM 1909', painted in white slip |
| Credit line | Given by Herman Hart, Esq. in memory of his wife |
| Object history | Acquisition details: given by Herman Hert |
| Production | Pottery: Coldrum Pottery, Wrotham, Kent |
| Summary | During the 1890s Reginald Wells trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art, and later studied ceramics at Camberwell School of Art (both in London). Around 1900 he set up his own pottery at Coldrum, near Wrotham in Kent, before later moving it to London. Wells was one of the first true studio potters (i.e., a non-factory potter), working on an entirely independent basis. His interests lay in exactly those areas that were to preoccupy studio potters in later decades, namely English slipwares and Chinese stonewares. Wells's work has a somewhat amateur and experimental look when compared to that of the next generation (B. J. Leach, Michael Cardew, William Staite Murray) who were to follow in his path. |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.952-1917 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2000 |
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