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High-fired chalice and cover (© Sotheby's)
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© Sotheby's

High-fired chalice and cover

Artist: Ruskin Pottery (1898 - 1933)

Location: Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery

Date: circa 1920s

Materials: glazed & thrown clay

Dimensions: height: 30.5cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,693 (Total: £2,893)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 5161 (2002)

Provenance:
Ferneyhough collection; Albert E Wade collection; Sotheby's, 2002.

Description:
A large chalice and cover with a clouded and mottled glaze over a pale grey and ivory ground. The interior is a similar colouring and glazing. Howson Taylor at the Ruskin Pottery continually responded to changing fashion and the factory produced a large range of glazes and wares, no one of which was alike.

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