On eBay Now...Rare Henry Hammond Scenic Fish Studio Art Pottery • Lidded Vessel • (1941-1980) For Sale
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Rare Henry Hammond Scenic Fish Studio Art Pottery • Lidded Vessel • (1941-1980):
$168.00
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Rare Henry Hammond Scenic Fish Studio Art Pottery • Lidded Vessel • (1941-1980)
a stoneware lidded jar, covered in an oatmeal glaze and decorated in iron-brown and blue brushwork with sea-scape design, impressed marks
**last two photos info only
Approx 5" H X 4.25" W
Very good condition. No chips, cracks, or breaks. Minimal surface wear.
**Please note! Any picture props are NOT included. Just the item described is for sale.
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Short read....
Henry Hammond (1914 - 1989) was one of the most gifted brushwork potters of the 20th century, producing deft and lyrical decoration that richly evoked the English landscape. Taught by William Staite Murray at the Royal College of Art in the 1930s, Hammond (like Murray) owed a debt to Chinese exemplars, but his pots were more thinly potted than Murray’s. They were actually quintessentially English, their brushwork full of the poetry of the countryside in summer, of dragonflies, widgeon and leaping fish, of leaves and grasses blowing in the wind. Hammond was, in some ways, a reluctant potter, his work comparatively rare. Much of his energy was spent in education, most notably as head of the famous pottery department at Farnham, Surrey. The pots were not ‘innovative' or meant to be, but essentially canvasses for his masterly sense of drawing, marking which brought real spirit to his elegant forms
HENRY HAMMOND (1914 - 1989)
Henry Hammond, born 1914, studied for five years at the Croydon School of Art and at the age of twenty won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art where he was taught by, among others, William Staite Murray.
In 1939, he was offered the post of Pottery Instructor at the West Surrey College of Art, but was unable to accept it as he had to serve his country in the second world war. On his return from war service he spent some time with Bernard Leach at St Ives and then went back to Surrey to take up the position at the West Surrey College of Art where he continued until his retirement in 1980.
During the post-war years, he had a studio in Hampshire, which he shared with Paul Barron until Paul's death in 1983. Together, they helped build up the ceramics department at Farnham School of Art. Henry was awarded the MBE in 1980, six years before his death.
He is best known for his brush decorated stoneware, but he also worked in porcelain and in his early days as a potter, exclusively slipware.