Comments on: London Salt-Glazed Stoneware https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/07/london-salt-glazed-stoneware-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:12:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Rita Roberts https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/07/london-salt-glazed-stoneware-i/#comment-1517754 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:12:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196564#comment-1517754 Oh I simply love these salt glazed jugs but only have 4 to my collection. Thankyou for this great post and photo’s of so many I have never seem before.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/07/london-salt-glazed-stoneware-i/#comment-1517728 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:29:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196564#comment-1517728 You Brits!!!!!! I so enjoyed these distinctive objects, especially due to the fantastic photos. I felt like I could reach out and caress the glazed roundness here.

May I take a moment to exclaim about the new-ish British Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art? I made a memorable visit on the very first DAY, probably the last important exhibit I saw before the pandemic arrived. Many examples of highly-glazed pottery are included, in addition to so many other wonders. Just the galleries themselves are incredibly beautiful, painted in the most fabulous colors (art directors notice such things………) like deep teal, oxblood, cobalt, and a complex shade of grey that defies description. A suitably-baronial environment that celebrates your design legacy. (and did I mention the plexiglass tower that houses at least 100 teapots of every description?)

Thank you, GA, for shining a light.

]]> By: Paul Huckett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/07/london-salt-glazed-stoneware-i/#comment-1517720 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:35:02 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196564#comment-1517720 Wonderful collection . I’ve spent fifty years as a dealer in Melbourne Australia , mainly dealing in antique English furniture and collectibles . So many of these pieces came to Australia in huge numbers . It was some years before we started making our own pottery . I bought and sold dozens like this over the years , mainly 19th commercial ware of many types . Fascinating to see such good examples . Thanks again .

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/07/london-salt-glazed-stoneware-i/#comment-1517718 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:19:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196564#comment-1517718 These are handsome items, I would love to have the boot shaped flask on a shelf.

]]> By: Sarah Waldock https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/08/07/london-salt-glazed-stoneware-i/#comment-1517704 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:25:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196564#comment-1517704 a fascinating article, thank you very much! we have a few items which I believe are salt glazed in Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, and I think the frog in the mug may be one of them. [I think it’s 18thc] I must look when I am next in there. familiarity alas breeds a failure to look closely, as a child it was the feather dolls house furniture in the next cabinet which fascinated me more.

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