On offer here are two stylish pieces of vintage Scottish pottery by Tom Lochhead (1917 - 2005).
These two pieces were made separately and were then put together to form a quirky studio pottery candle holder.
.There is an exterior ring which an aperture in the center. The ring is which is coloured with Lochhead's trademark dark brown satin glaze finish. The duck egg blue candle holder sits in the center of the ring - as photographed. .
Dimensions: The brown base ring is 5 1/4 inches in overall diameter by just under 1 /2 inches in height. The blue central pot is just under 4 inches in diameter and is two inches in height.
I would probably not use this for candles as it is so lovely - but would just have it on display as part of my collection of vintage Scottish art pottery or Kirkcudbright artworks.
The two pieces are in fine vinta ge condition - and look good on display. Both are fully marked on the base, as photographed.
Lochhead was considered the godfather of Scottish studio ceramics.
In 1936 - he attended Edinburgh College of Art. He left college in 1941 and in 1948 he set up his first kiln at the Old Mill in Kirkcudbright. He was attracted to the town's lively artistic community - and he helped set up a summer school in the Royal Burgh which ran for almost 30 years - and attracted many distinguished Scottish artists, such as John Maxwell. Tom was a good friend of the artist Jessie M King, who nicknamed him "the prophet" as he was not only a committed Christian - but also had long, flowing hair and served as a local evangelical preacher.
His work is still much undervalued today - and you can still acquire pieces by this most accomplished Scottish ceramic artist relatively cheaply. This will probably not continue for much longer as more specialist interest is currently being placed on late 20th-century Scottish art and design.
It will be £4.95 to post to you in the UK with Royal Mail Recorded post - this will be applied at the checkout of your order.