Arts & Crafts gold crackle glaze pitcher
with stylised ‘grotesque’ fish spout and handle
Raised slip decoration with platinum leaf crackle glaze
Sir Edmund Elton
Sunflower Pottery
Painted Elton mark
Circa 1910
Height 22cm. Width 16cm. Depth 11cm
Sir Edmund Elton (1846-1920) was a self-taught artist potter. He established his Sunflower Pottery at Clevedon in 1881. He began experimenting with metallic glazes and developed his famous crackle glaze in 1902 . He began firing liquid gold and platinum over a cracked glaze base. He was mainly inspired by Japanese design and early European ‘grotesque’ pottery.
Arts & Crafts gold crackle glaze pitcher
with stylised ‘grotesque’ fish spout and handle
Raised slip decoration with platinum leaf crackle glaze
Sir Edmund Elton
Sunflower Pottery
Painted Elton mark
Circa 1910
Height 22cm. Width 16cm. Depth 11cm
Sir Edmund Elton (1846-1920) was a self-taught artist potter. He established his Sunflower Pottery at Clevedon in 1881. He began experimenting with metallic glazes and developed his famous crackle glaze in 1902 . He began firing liquid gold and platinum over a cracked glaze base. He was mainly inspired by Japanese design and early European ‘grotesque’ pottery.
