Studio pottery lidded canister by Walter Keeler
A well-made stoneware storage jar with a distinctive conical lid, made by Walter Keeler (1942 - present), probably at his studio pottery at Penallt, Wales. It is glazed with dark brown dripped glaze and decorated with an inscribed spiral on the lid. His maker's mark is impressed in the side, and reads 'Walter Keeler' (which he used between 1974 and 1979).
Walter Keeler (1942 - ) established his first pottery in 1965 at Bledlow Bridge, Buckinghamshire, having attended Harrow School of Art, London (1958 - 1963) and trained under Michael Casson. In 1976, he moved to Penallt, Wales, and continued to run a studio pottery. He became Professor of Ceramics at the University of the West of England in 1994 and was named Welsh Artist of the Year in 2007.
Writer Oliver Watson described him as "one of the most important and influential potters of the 1980s"
- Height approx. 15cm including lid
- Diameter of jar approx. 10cm
- Diameter of lid approx. 11cm
