School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk

Display artist/maker:

I. & W. Powell

Born: UK, Wales, Buckley, Flintshire   Active: 1841-1930s

Ceramicist. Isaac Powell built a new pottery in Buckley in 1841. It closed down as a result of economic difficulties in the late 1930s. A collection of his wares is now at the Grosvenor Museum in Chester. The area around Buckley has been associated with the production of pottery from the medieval period up to the closure of the last pottery in 1946. The most productive time was from the late 17th through to the late 18th century, although there was still an extensive market for the Buckley slipware in the 19th century when most of the pieces in the collection were made. Characteristic of Buckley ware are all kinds of large thrown storage vessels for household and dairy use, along with press moulded baking dishes with bold slip decoration. Towards the end of the 19th century, with the decline in the market for brown household pottery, the potters diversified and produced more small decorative pieces

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Baking dish] C545 Ceramics



 
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