Tony Laverick, British studio pottery large porcelain vase with gilt, c1990
Size: 19.5 cm tall, width about 26 cm. Condition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration. The vase is slip cast in porcelain clay and painted in oxides in an antiqued faux marble effect, with the interior of the neck finished in fired on gold. The pot will have undergone multiple firings at different temperatures. The potter’s mark on the bottom is part of the casting. The piece shows the mastery of production techniques which Tony had already gained from working in the ceramic industry in Stoke on Trent (including as a designer for Coalport China, part of the Wedgwood group). Also evident is his debt to some of the studio pottery/factory crossover potters such as Clement Massier in France and William Howson Taylor in England. Since this pot was made, Tony has gained an international reputation for his porcelain work using innovative and brightly coloured glazes and liberal use of gold. Born in Sunderland in 1961, Tony is now based in Staffordshire. He studied ceramics at Preston Polytechnic between 1981 and 1984 before working in the pottery industry in Stoke. He now specialises in fine porcelain decorated with precious metal lustres. The pieces are fired as many as six or seven times initially up to 1260 degrees centigrade. Glazes and lustres are then applied at a later stage with lower temperature firings. He is a member of The Craft Potters Association and is frequently featured in the consumer press. Tony Laverick’s pottery and ceramics are regularly exhibited in galleries all around the world and it is held in both private and public collections including The Ashmoleum Museum, The Gmunden Museum in Austria, Maison de la Ceramique in France and the Deutsches Keramikmuseum in Germany.
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