Vintage Studio Pottery Slipware Blue & Green Striped Pot

This is my perfect piece of slipware! The colours, the brushwork, the shape - everything about it just beautiful. 

It has a warm cream ground with those wonderful loose cobalt blue brushstrokes running vertically around the body, each picked out with the tiniest yellow line and dot details. The olive green glaze around the neck is so good against the blue, and then there’s that soft earthy red-brown band around the base which grounds the whole piece beautifully.

I love how painterly it is. Nothing feels too neat or overworked, but every mark feels deliberate, and the colours have that slightly faded, earthy quality I always look for in studio pottery. The rounded form and gently flared rim make it such a satisfying shape too - perfect as a vase, utensil pot, or planter. 

There is a small round potter’s seal impressed near the base on one side. I haven’t been able to identify the maker, but it’s clearly a beautifully made and very accomplished piece.

A really special one and, for me, pretty much everything I love about slipware in one pot.

Dimensions;
Height: 11.5cm
Top diameter: 11cm
Base diameter: 8cm