Full Record |
| Collection |
Crafts Study Centre |
| Potter |
Mary White |
| Description |
Circular bowl with wide, flattened, everted rim, porcelain; gold lettering around rim, turquoise mottled glaze and manganese rim. |
| Decoration |
Elongated Roman lettering in gold lustre: Quote from Horace in Latin form: 'Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom. To forget it in due place is sweet' (16.IV.XII.27) (translation) |
| Id Number Current Accession |
P.78.2 |
| Inscription |
MW seal impressed on foot |
| Location Creation Site |
Old Castle Gallery, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK |
| Subject |
ceramics, bowl, literature |
| Measurements |
4 x 22 centimetres |
| Material |
porcelain |
| Glaze |
turquoise |
| Rights Owner |
Mary White/Crafts Study Centre 2004 |
| Style Period Period |
1970s |
| Technique |
throwing |
| Process |
David Leach recipe porcelain. Electric fired 1260 dgrees. Gold lustre lettering 3rd firing. |
