Arts & Crafts gold crackle glaze bottle
with stylised three loop handle and three roundels and crimped top
Raised slip decoration with gold crackle glaze
Sir Edmund Elton
Sunflower Pottery
Painted Elton mark
Circa 1910
Height 25cm. Diameter 10cm
This item is currently on display at Liberty, London, 4th Floor Furniture Department
This bottle has had a professional repair to the top 15mm x 4mm
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 bottle
with stylised three loop handle and three roundels and crimped top
Raised slip decoration with gold crackle glaze
Sir Edmund Elton
Sunflower Pottery
Painted Elton mark
Circa 1910
Height 25cm. Diameter 10cm
This item is currently on display at Liberty, London, 4th Floor Furniture Department
This bottle has had a professional repair to the top 15mm x 4mm
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.
