Vase
In 1865, Edwin Beer Fishley inherited the Fishley pottery, which his grandfather George Fishley had established at Fremington, North Devon in 1811. As well as carrying on the Fishley traditions using earthenware and slip decoration, Edwin Beer responded to the popular Art Pottery aesthetics of the time.
Fishley has cut shapes from rolled cream-coloured clay to decorate the surface, rather like pastry decorations. The decoration includes two naval figures (possibly including Nelson), thistles, acorns, bunches of grapes, leaves, and rosettes. Fishley’s name is impressed in the clay around the base. A clear glaze applied over the top of the earthenware.
Edwin Beer Fishley was much admired by the Studio Potters Michael Cardew, Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada. Leach and Hamada called him ‘the Last Peasant Potter’.
Fishley has cut shapes from rolled cream-coloured clay to decorate the surface, rather like pastry decorations. The decoration includes two naval figures (possibly including Nelson), thistles, acorns, bunches of grapes, leaves, and rosettes. Fishley’s name is impressed in the clay around the base. A clear glaze applied over the top of the earthenware.
Edwin Beer Fishley was much admired by the Studio Potters Michael Cardew, Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada. Leach and Hamada called him ‘the Last Peasant Potter’.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 76/1927/3
- Collection Class
- British ceramics
- Material
- earthenware | | | |
- Common Name
- vase
- Simple Name
- vase
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Fremington
- Production County
- N. Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- George
- Production Person Surname
- Fishley
- Production Year Low
- 1840
- Production Year High
- 1860
