English Glazed Earthenware Charger by Michael Cardew, circa 1975
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Michael Cardew, English glazed earthenware charger, circa 1975, impressed marks to base, 34 cm diameter. Michael Cardew (1901 - 1983) was an English studio potter who worked in West Africa for twenty years. Through Cardew's contact with Australian potter, Ivan McMeekin, in 1968 he was invited by the University of New South Wales to spend six months in the Northern Territory, introducing pottery to indigenous Australians. He travelled in America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, making pots, demonstrating, writing and teaching.
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- Earthenware - A basic ceramic material that is fired at a low temperature. Earthenware is the basis of almost all ancient, medieval, Middle Eastern and European painted ceramics. After firing, the colour is the colour of the clay when it is dug from the ground: buff, brown and red. It is not waterproof until glazed. Creamware is a type of earthenware covered with a transparent lead glaze. Majolica, faience and delft are also earthenware covered in an opaque white tin glaze.
- Charger - An oversize dish or plate in ceramic, silver, or pewter primarily made for display, but able to be used for serving at the table or on a sideboard.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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