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Sterling oven-to-tableware casserole dish and cover - 1965
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Sterling oven-to-tableware casserole dish and cover
© Wedgwood Museum
This Sterling oven-to-tableware casserole dish has a semi-matt aventurine glaze in sparkling brown.
This Sterling oven-to-tableware casserole dish has a semi-matt aventurine glaze in sparkling brown. This iron rich glaze was devised by Dr. Franklin and the Wedgwood Laboratories to be used on oven-to-tableware. The glaze was versatile and resistant to food acids, coffee, washing agents and scratches. The Sterling shape was designed by Chief Designer Robert Minkin in 1967.
- Type of object: Useful ware/game pie and casserole dishes
- Mark: STERLING OVEN TO TABLE WEDGWOOD® MADE IN ENGLAND [Printed in black]
- Year first produced: 1965
- Body: Oven-to-tableware
- Glaze: Semi-matt aventurine glaze
- Material: Ceramic
- Decoration: Glazed
- Accession number: 11813, 11813a
- Dimensions: 112 mm (height), 185 mm (diameter)
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Walter Robert Minkin
Designer
Walter Robert Minkin - Designer
Robert, or Bob, Minkin was born in 1928 and joined Wedgwood as Chief Designer in 1955 after training at the Royal College of Art. Thirteen years later he was appointed Group Designer and moved with his team to the new circular design studio opened in 1968, and in 1979 he became Design Director. A number of distinctive tableware patterns were designed by him during the 1950s, and he also produced designs for basalt. He retired from Wedgwood in September 1989.
Glossary
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Glaze
Glaze
Glaze is a form of ‘glass’ applied to the surface of biscuit and other porous wares to render them impermeable to fluids. Glazes can be in a variety of colours or colourless, transparent or opaque.
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Glazing
Glazing
The process of applying glaze to the ceramic body by either dipping or spraying. The glaze is then ‘fixed’ by firing in bottle ovens or kilns.
