Gold Lustre Bottle Pot, 1993

Douglas Davies
Born Edinburgh, 1948
Gold Lustre Bottle Pot, 1993
Thrown stoneware with applied handle and gold lustre
Purchased from the artist, 1993
Museum number 1993-132
The shoulder of the bottle is decorated with a layer of gold lustre. This is painted on after the initial glaze firing then refired at a lower temperature to fuse the lustre to the glaze surface.