30. Dawson(?), shallow bowl with indented edge

30. Dawson(?), shallow bowl with indented edge

 

I attribute this to Dawson because it has the same butterfly mark on the bottom as item 31 and because I bought it at the same place and time. This was a second. There are three small spots on the interior not covered by the glaze.

White clay, grayish-green and brown glazes, base is unglazed. Weight: 632 g (1.4 lb). Rim diameter (also maximum diameter) 20 cm (8 in); outer foot ring diameter: 14.5 cm (5-3/4 in). Height: 5 cm (2 in).

This has two foot rings. The outer ring has a wide diameter in relation to the rest of the pot.  The inner foot ring is 6.5 cm (2-3/4 in) in diameter. Both are less than 0.2 cm (1/16 in) high on both the outside and the inside. The large area within the rim was left unglazed. The walls rise at a steep angle to the rim. At the rim, the pot was pushed in at three places, perhaps using a thumb. The inside bottom of the bowl is roughly the same size as the base of the pot.

The walls were covered with a light grayish-green glaze. It ran down the outside in irregular blotches, leaving some areas unglazed. The interior bottom was covered irregularly with a brown glaze; some lines were drawn with this glaze. The interior and exterior walls were covered with a transparent glaze; this glaze was so thick on the bottom of the pot that the bottom has a glassy look.

Denting the rim of the pot was a simle way to make it interesting. Sometimes it takes very little to create something unique. It’s a pity about the breaks in the glazing, but that unpredictability also makes pots interesting.

Purchased at Peninsula Potters in Pacific Grove, California, in the early 1990s.