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Stoneware box and cover, by Edward Hughes

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An image of Studio Ceramics. Box and cover. Hughes, Edward (British, 1953-2006). Square, with both halves of almost the same depth. Stoneware, slab-built in two parts, the interior coated with transparent, speckled grey-green glaze; the exterior with dark-brown and red-brown glaze; the cover trailed with diagonal stripes, and feathered. The base, the lower edge of the sides of the cover, and the upper edge of the sides of the box are unglazed. Height, whole, 6.2 cm ,width, base, 15.8 cm, length, base, 15.8 cm, 1989. Production Note: from the last firing at Renwick Pottery before the potter moved to Isel.

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Studio Ceramics. Box and cover. Hughes, Edward (British, 1953-2006). Square, with both halves of almost the same depth. Stoneware, slab-built in two parts, the interior coated with transparent, speckled grey-green glaze; the exterior with dark-brown and red-brown glaze; the cover trailed with diagonal stripes, and feathered. The base, the lower edge of the sides of the cover, and the upper edge of the sides of the box are unglazed. Height, whole, 6.2 cm ,width, base, 15.8 cm, length, base, 15.8 cm, 1989. Production Note: from the last firing at Renwick Pottery before the potter moved to Isel.

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  • Accession Number: C.38 & A-2006
  • © The estate of Edward Hughes. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 72.39kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 19/1

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20th Century _WF_Copyright art pottery box box lid British School brown cover Edward Hughes Fitz_AA glazed lidded pottery receptacle slab built slip trailed slipware square stoneware striped stripes studio ceramics studio pottery

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