Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Vase

Thomas, Gwilym (Maker)

Vase, stoneware, standing on a narrow foot rim that widens into a round bulbous body, and with a tapering neck that ends in a wide mouth with everted lip; the body is moulded with three circular protrusions surrounded by two incised concentric rings from the top of which are three groups of incised and stained vertical lines travelling up the length of the neck, the vase is stained with metal oxides giving the bottom of the vase and the rim a brown wash of colour.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 34354

Creation/Production

1931 scholarship to Swansea School of Art 1935-38 Royal College of Art, London - studied under William Staite Murray 1937-38 taught evening classes for the LCC at Putney School of Art 1939 taught in boys' clubs in London's East End 1946 part-time teaching, Bromley School of Art (to 1949) and Maidstone School of Art 1951 part-time teaching, Hammersmith College of Art 1956 moved to Orpington, Kent; built pottery studio with 24 cu. ft. gas kiln for reduced firings 1970 exhibition at the Commonwealth Institute, London 1973 full-time Head of Ceramics, Hammersmith College of Art 1975 retired from full-time teaching Author of 'Step to Step Guide to Pottery' (Hamlyn)
Role: Production
Role: Maker
Place: Orpington, Kent
Period: 1965 ca

Acquisition

Purchase, 6/9/1999

Measurements

Height (cm): 36.5
Width (cm): 25.8
Height (in): 14
Width (in): 10

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Painted
Decoration
Applied Art
Hand formed
Forming
Applied Art
Sgraffito
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Stoneware
Metal oxides

Location

In store
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