Full Record |
| Collection |
Crafts Study Centre |
| Potter |
Rosemary Wren |
| Description |
Model of bird, stoneware, grey with brown spots; saltglazed, with iron oxide broken through glaze to represent spots. |
| Decoration |
Incised wings and pierced decoration eyes |
| Id Number Current Accession |
P.84.30 |
| Inscription |
Wren bird seal on base |
| Location Creation Site |
Oxshott, Surrey, UK |
| Subject |
ceramics, model, model of bird |
| Measurements |
16.7 x 9.7 centimetres |
| Material |
stoneware |
| Glaze |
saltglaze |
| Relation Exhibition |
´The Oxhott Pottery: Denise and Henry Wren´, Crafts Study Centre at the Holburne Museum of Menstrie, Bath, 1984 |
| Rights Owner |
Rosemary Wren/Crafts Study Centre 2004 |
| Style Period Period |
1950s |
| Technique |
hand-modelling |
| Process |
Fired in the first version of the large coke-fired saltglazing kiln that was perfected in 1959. |
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