MADGE SPENCER 1970s Large Studio Pottery Vase Jamaican British Fusion
A superb example of fusion studio pottery by Jamaican born potter Madge Spencer. This artist’s history is fascinating and extensive, she was tutored by her renowned uncle Cecil Baugh who himself was a student of Bernard Leach in the late 1940’s. This amazing large vase has clear Leach influence, with five flattened side accentuated by a border of bold brush strokes. There is one very very small chip to the foot, otherwise condition is excellent. Please refer to photos. Madge’s uncle was the Jamaican potter, Cecil Baugh, who had worked at the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwall for two years from 1948 and it was through him that she became interested in pottery. She was the first woman to graduate in ceramics from the Jamaica School of Art and Craft and following that she moved to England in 1967. She originally set up her studio in Nottingham but in recent years has moved to Hunters Bar, one of the oldest stone properties in Sutton-in-Ashfield, where a 30ft well in the kitchen provide the water supply for her pottery. Madge has spent much of her career teaching and demonstrating so that she is perhaps not as well known for her own pots as she might be. This item is in the category “Pottery, Ceramics & Glass\Decorative Pottery, Ceramics & Glass\Vases”. The seller is “lypin-36″ and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.
- Brand: Madge Spencer
- Type: Vase
- Signed: Yes
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Handmade: Yes
- Vintage: Yes
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