An English slipware pottery colander or strainer dish. Late ...

Hammer

£2,200

An English slipware pottery colander or strainer dish. Late 18th century, the chocolate ground with a simple straw coloured slip decoration, diameter 34.5cm. The collection of the late potter Peter Smith of Bojewyan Pottery in West Cornwall. Fellow of the Craftsman Potters Association, member of Newlyn Society of Artists and later chairman of Newlyn Gallery. Peter was also an influential teacher of ceramics at Falmouth University, where he encouraged a spontaneous and improvised approach based on developing technique and an understanding of the medium of clay as an expressive and practical form. Peter originally started as a research chemist before turning to pottery after attending evening classes. He started his own pottery at Bojewyan in West Cornwall in 1974. As well as being a renowned and experimental potter and tutor, he was also a keen collector of medieval and later pottery from the UK and further afield. His Guardian obituary can be read here:https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/aug/13/peter-smith-obituary Examined under UV and no signs of damage or restoration. Various tiny knocks and nibbles running around the unglazed rim, a larger triangle of loss has been photographed. In all, a fine piece with no obvious areas of concern.