Allan Lowe ceramic jug - Australia 1950s

Vintage ceramic jug with cane wrapped handle made by Allan Lowe in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia circa 1950s.

Lovely speckled blue glossy glaze. Elegant rounded form with wrapped handle. Signed on base by artist.

Condition:
In excellent vintage condition. No chips, cracks or repairs. Some light surface markings.

Measurements:
10cm tall x 12cm wide including handle x 9cm deep = approx 4" x 4.75" x 3.5"

Other Lowe pieces shown in last image.

Allan James George Lowe (1907-2001) was born in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria in 1907. He trained as a painter before setting up a pottery studio and then moving to Hoffman’s Brickworks in Brunswick in 1930. He taught himself pottery and studied glazes, eventually relocating to Ferntree Gully in 1944, where he started his full-time pottery career. Influenced by Chinese pottery and what he saw at the National Gallery of Victoria K.W. Kent Collection, he began creating simple earthenware forms using sophisticated earthy toned glazes and minimal decorations. The National Gallery of Victoria held a retrospective of his work in 1979, the year he retired.