This is probably one of the most celebrated types of bowls produced by Lucie Rie – the dribbly iron glazed rim is a famous design feature of her work. It’s a large bowl (over 28cm in diameter) and has warped slightly due to its size. Rie threw her pots with very thin walls and then made them even thinner by cutting back the pot with a razor.
The bowl, along with 42 other pieces, was given to us by the collector Henry Rothschild (1913 – 2009). Rothschild was a hugely influential figure in the British crafts scene and founded the Primavera gallery in London in 1945.
Rothschild had a particular affection for bowls and described this bowl as his favourite, his “Desert Island Disc pot”.
Lucie Rie (1902 – 1995)
Bowl 1949 is on Display in the new Gallery of Pots at York Art Gallery.
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