Description
A vintage studio pottery handmade egg-shaped bowl, by Celtic Pottery, Newlyn, Cornwall from the late 1960s or early 1970s.
Celtic Pottery was Bill and Maggie Fisher. Bill specialised in these paintings of stylised mythical grotesque phoenixes, fish, birds, griffins, patterns etc. Maggie later took on theses ‘Folk’ designs. I believe these character pieces are late 1960s.
It’s beautifully hand painted with a stylised phoenix character, in black, over an ochre and duck-egg speckled background glaze. The oval outline has been defined sgraffito style, see pics. The rim has black spots, and the clay below is a pale off-white colour. It’s unsigned (like most). Probably more suited as an ornamental piece, but could be used.
18cm long x 13cm wide x 4cm tall.
Very good condition with no chips or crazing.
Handmade, so all glazing and painting is deliberate and from at the time.
