Model of a Potter’s Workshop
Artist: Unknown
On display
This model was probably made by someone who was actually a potter. Two men, the potter and his assistant are in the workshop and they both move when operated by a key from the reverse. The man on the right is turning the flywheel that drives the potter’s wheel, and he raises his left arm intermittently to mop his brow with a rag. This potter, seated at his wheel, is drawing a pot and, when the wheel turns, his arms move up and down to shape the revolving form. At his side is a pile of clay and on the floor is a tray of unfired pottery ready for the kiln. Behind the two men are shelves of white-painted zinc-crockery.
Details
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Model of a Potter’s Workshop
- Date
- About 1900
- Medium
- Wood and metal
- Dimensions
- H: 32 cm
- Reference
- CVCSC:0147.F
- Collection
- Folk Art