Description
An adorable stylised vintage pottery hedgehog… by David Sharp at Rye Pottery (East Sussex, England).
Unusually, this example is not a money box, more an art figure or sculpture. Handmade with white clay, and circa 1970s era. Typical of David Sharp’s shape, style, technique, decor and colouring. The glaze is wax resist, glossy and matt, in a dusky brown and lighter beige tone with white.
Good size – apx 15.5cm long x 9.5cm tall x 11cm wide. Cute face with small eyes, cute turned up nose, and ears all painted on. Hole to bottom, hollow. A lovely collectable example of a British Studio Pottery hedgehog art sculpture.
Very good condition. Stamped to base with ‘made in England’ and hand signed with a ‘V’. The base hole is big and wonky with imperfections, all as produced.
