Lotus Pottery bowl, blue black + grey white speckled motif. Michael/Elizabeth Skipworth shallow 7.5" shallow dish. Mid century vintage retro

A lovely vintage Lotus Pottery bowl, designed by Michael and Elizabeth Skipworth in the 1960s. Circa 1960/1970s vintage, handmade studio pottery.

It's a shallow, heavy and chunky smooth dish with a more unusual spiral (apple/butterfly) motif to the centre. Dark blue grey outers with a pale speckled/oil resist motif. It is stamped to the base with the 'Lotus, Stoke Gabriel, S. Devon' logo. Beautiful smooth glossy glaze, typically 1970s retro.

19 x 5cm. Very good condition with a few fine surface marks on close inspection. A beautiful vintage gift idea... they're all different!

Price includes P&P to the UK.


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The Lotus Pottery was formed by Michael and Elizabeth Skipworth in 1958. During the twenty-five years or so that Lotus Pottery (Stoke Gabriel, Devon) was in production, Michael and Elizabeth experimented with various techniques, designs, clays, colours and glazes. By 1968, a variety of finishes were available including speckle, Dartside Green.... However, the most characteristic glaze from Lotus was the dark grey/green finish with the daisy motif. It proved one of the top-selling lines for many years, and was known as petal on sage. The most distinctive Lotus piece was a stylised bull, smooth and curvy with barely-there features.
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