Stoneware, slip cast, dry blue and brown glazes to the exterior, the interior curved face with black and white transfer printed foliate design beneath applied reliefs of pears with green, yellow and brown glazes, the curving sculptural form raised on a press-moulded terracotta base, painted signature
H 46.6cm, W 38.4cm, D 40.2cm
PROVENANCE: The Marc & Diane Grainer Collection, Washington DC, United States
Acquired Crafts Council Gallery Shop, London, 2 December 1999
EXHIBITED: Contemporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Collection, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1 October 2010- 13 March 2011
LITERATURE: Tanya Harrod and RoseLee Goldberg, 'Carol McNicoll', The City Gallery, Leicester, 2003; this one-off pot illustrated no.78, p.82.
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