Alan Caiger-Smith MBE (1930 – 21 February 2020): a twin hand...

Hammer

£100

Alan Caiger-Smith MBE (1930 – 21 February 2020): a twin handled pottery vase of large proportions, the cream ground decorated with pale green tones to form stylized flower decoration, glazed finish, raised on a cast iron stand, 148cm high. [Alan Caiger-Smith was the founder of Aldermaston Pottery, and was noted for his distinctive earthenware forms, evolved through the process of throwing and his understanding of historical Islamic ceramics. He was also a ceramic scholar whose Tin-glaze Pottery in Europe and the Islamic World (1973) and Lustre Pottery (1985) continue to be key texts]