Ceramic sculpture made by Derek Smith
Object No. A6555
Sculpture, stoneware, Derek Smith, Australia, 1976
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Summary
Physical Description
Pot, discoid form, stoneware, Derek Smith, Australia, 1976. White stoneware discoid supported on a small cylindrical foot, the whole hollow and with a U-shaped piece cut out of the top. Blue areas of cobalt oxide and white glaze on the course surface. An incised linear pattern stained black on each side, incised black line around foot, incised circle on white glaze.
DIMENSIONS
Height
197 mm
Width
160 mm
Depth
54 mm
PRODUCTION
Notes
This pot was made by Derek Smith in Australia. During the 1970s Derek Smith set up pottery production and training studios in Sydney. Blackfriars Pottery, established in Chippendale in 1976, became the largest of its kind in Australia. This pot is rubbed with cobalt oxide to produce the blue colour, and partly covered with white glaze. The brown areas are where natural iron in the clay is not masked by cobalt oxide and the glaze. This pot was made in 1976.
SOURCE
Credit Line
Purchased 1976
Acquisition Date
14 December 1976
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