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Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925

Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925
Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925
Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925
Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925
Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925
Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925
Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925
Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925
Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925

Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925
Size: 23.5 cm in diameter, external depth 3 cm. Condition: Several small chips to the rim, not affecting the display qualities much. Otherwise in very good condition, no cracks, nice “ring”. The rare and delightful piece was made by Henry and Denise Wren at Oxshott Pottery, in Surrey. The shallow dish is hand thrown in a heavily grogged earthenware clay and painted inside with a lighter clay slip. The fish design is tube lined in the old English tradition and also there are sgraffito details scratched back to the clay body. The whole dish is finished in a lovey honey coloured glaze. The fish design is very much in the style of Chinese rural pottery. Oxshott is incised on the base. There is also a stencilled Museum number on the base. The style of the signature, materials used and general feel of the piece strongly suggests a pre WW2 date, probably 1920s. In her early days, Wren was more a designer by inclination than a potter and her work was a bit clumsy, albeit vibrant, like this dish. Oxshott Pottery links the modern British Studio Pottery movement to the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. Denise Wren came to England from Australia in 1900 and trained at the Kingston School of Art from 1907 to 1911 under the great Arts and Crafts designer Archibald Knox. She set up Oxshott pottery with her husband Henry in 1920 and continued to make there until 1978. Provenance: The Derbyshire Museums Service, which from 1936 to about 1980 built a collection of art and other items for mobile use in schools and colleges throughout Derbyshire. The collection was curated for many years by Barbara Winstanley. This item is in the category “Pottery, Ceramics & Glass\Decorative Pottery, Ceramics & Glass\Vases”. The seller is “chester1703″ and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Korea, South, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay.
  • Production Technique: Pottery
  • Colour: Brown
  • Material: Ceramic
  • Theme: Fish
  • Type: Dish
  • Features: Decorative
  • Year Manufactured: 1925
  • Subject: Design
  • Brand: Oxshott
  • Production Style: Art Pottery
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1920-1929

Vintage Oxshott studio pottery slipware dish, Henry & Denise Wren, c1925

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