Fruitbowl with plums & grapes 1935

Clem Ainslie – Harvey School bowl with Grapes & Plums 1935

Fruitbowl with plums & grapes

Large pinch-built vessel with short walls, standing on four squared feet.

Decorated with applied & carved groups of plums, grapes, and leaves, pendant from a raised stem acting as the rim, the fruit picked out in red and purple glaze, the ground a mottled green and brown.

Signed & dated 1935.

Size: 21cm wide

Item #25

“This was used for fruit, always artistically arranged: her favorites were pears, which she arranged in a high mound, along with a few bananas, and a custard apple on top….”

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Clem Ainslie - Harvey School - Mark on Fruitbowl with plums & grapes1935

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