Vessel

Collection

MC

Brief description

Lidded ceramic vessel with coloured slips and various transfers referencing Classical and Renaissance figures, fields of crosses, and anti-war protests. Stephen Dixon, 2004.

Title

Their Finest Hour

Object number (per part)

18:1-2013
18:2-2013

Object name (per part)

vessel
lid

Location - controlled (per part)

Short Term Loan Out
Short Term Loan Out

Production person

Dixon, Stephen

Production date

2004

Production place

Manchester

Material

clay (all)
earthenware
lead
gold

Physical description

Lidded ceramic vessel with coloured slips and various transfers referencing Classical and Renaissance figures, fields of crosses, and anti-war protests. The lid has an appendix of a 'fallen warrior' referencing Michelangelo's 'Dying Gaul'.

Dimensions

length: 34cm
width: 31cm
height: 66cm

Object history note

Prior to its acquisition by the Crafts Council, this object was displayed at 'The Sleep of Reason' exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery and touring (2005), The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts in Pittsburgh, PA, United States (2008), and at 'Fired Up: Ceramics and Meaning' at Gallery Oldham (2010).