Item - Teapot
| ID | UNSW CE 1999/0820 (100027) |
| Artist | Gwyn HANSSEN PIGOTT (1935 - 2013) |
| Title | Teapot |
| Alternate Titles | |
| Category | Ceramic |
| Medium | stoneware |
| Materials | stoneware, salt glazed, cane handle |
| Edition Number | |
| Measurements (cms) | |
| Height | 23.00 |
| Width | 19.00 |
| Depth | 15.00 |
| Other | Travelling case: 83 x 49 x 56 cms |
| Marks/Inscriptions | |
| Location | on side of body near base |
| Signed | impressed into body: circle within circular stamp |
| Produced | |
| When | c. 1968 |
| Where | France, (Archeres) Les Grandes Fougeres |
| Style | Sino-Japanese |
| Subject | Vessel |
| Credit Line | Acquired from the School of Architecture, UNSW, 1995 |
| Description/Remarks | Teapot of thrown, salt-glazed stoneware has flat foot, ovoid body and narrow shoulders bearing two applied brackets for attaching semi-circular cane handle; the short straight spout, narrow neck, without flange, is straight sided to hold box-like, flat topped, circular lid pierced with one steam-hole. This pot was made between 1968 and 1973 when Hansen Pigott lived and worked in France where she bought a former bakery in the small hamlet, Les Grandes Fougeres, near Archeres (about 11 kms from La Borne in Brittany.) |
| Exhibition History | Gwyn Hanssen Pigott: A survey 1955-2005 National Gallery of Victoria (04/10/2005 - 19/04/2006) |
| Bibliography | Jason Smith Gwyn Hanssen Pigott: A survey 1955-2005 National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne 2005, Ill.pg.92 ISBN 0 7241 0264 7 (hbk) 0 7241 0264 5 (pbk) |
