Posted 3 years ago
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I hope I'm using the word 'ewer' correctly -- it is one word I fully admit I wasn't really aware of until I started hanging around CW...if I'm wrong, well, then its just a small purple and blue *pitcher*. <lol>
Measuring about 7-1/4" tall and 3-ish inches at its widest across the handle, the colorful glaze is on the exterior while the bottom and inside are white. On its bottom it is inscribed with some combination of either "SS", "55", "LL", or "77", depending on which way is up when one looks at it...though pictured here the other way, I'd guess (only!) it was made (?) by an "SS" in [19-]"77" which sorta seems sensible, but I certainly don't know for sure.
I believe it’s a ceramic shop craft piece. I was involved in that craft myself, making all sorts of ceramic pieces. I can’t recall the name of the glazes that produced the finishes like your ewer but they cost more than the standard one-color glazes. In liquid form, the glaze had grit and pebble-like bits in it. The more grit and pebbles you brushed on the object, the more colorful it became when fired in the kiln....those little pieces melted and released their beautiful colors.
I made several pieces with red/orange splotches - one was a tall Turkish tea pot that I gave away .....I’ve hoped to come across one of these days in a thrift shop.
The ceramic craze fizzled out for some reason and all the shops closed, I believe, in the 1970s.
I don’t remember if that special glaze was ‘food-grade’ but everyone used a plain glaze inside vessels, like yours was done.
I would totally agree Watchsearcher -- I too made similar 'ceramics craft' items when I was younger, and absolutely remember how those special chunky glazes worked their magic in the kiln.
Thank you so much for sharing the further info, and more THANKS to you, vetraio50, aura, Vynil33rpm, jscott0363, fortapache, blunderbuss2, & dav2no1 for punching your <love it> buttons!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)