David & Hermit Boyd studio pottery bowl with handle, made in Australia circa 1970s.
Smooth green and brown glaze with hand painted sgraffito lines. Simple bowl form with scooped handle on one side. Signed "D & H Boyd" on base.
Condition:
In excellent vintage condition.
Measurements:
6cm tall x 15cm width (including handle) x 11.5cm depth = approx 2.5" x 6" x 4.5"
Other Boyd studio pottery shown in last image.
David Boyd (1924-2011) was born in Murrumbeena, VIC. In Sydney he met his future wife, Hermia Lloyd-Jones (1931-2000). They set up a pottery with fellow Melbournian Tom Sanders, producing a range called Hermia Ware. In 1950, they went to Europe where they established pottery studios in London and in the South of France. In 1956, they returned to Australia, basing themselves at Murrumbeena and continuing to make and exhibit ceramics. After spending time in Spain and the South of France, they returned permanently to Australia in 1975. In their ceramic work, they used earthenware and terracotta clays to make wheel-thrown functional and sculptural forms glazed and finely decorated using sgraffito techniques and medieval imagery. Marks were painted or incised and include 'Hermia Ware', 'Hermia', 'Boyd / England', 'D + H Boyd' and 'David + Hermia Boyd'.
Smooth green and brown glaze with hand painted sgraffito lines. Simple bowl form with scooped handle on one side. Signed "D & H Boyd" on base.
Condition:
In excellent vintage condition.
Measurements:
6cm tall x 15cm width (including handle) x 11.5cm depth = approx 2.5" x 6" x 4.5"
Other Boyd studio pottery shown in last image.
David Boyd (1924-2011) was born in Murrumbeena, VIC. In Sydney he met his future wife, Hermia Lloyd-Jones (1931-2000). They set up a pottery with fellow Melbournian Tom Sanders, producing a range called Hermia Ware. In 1950, they went to Europe where they established pottery studios in London and in the South of France. In 1956, they returned to Australia, basing themselves at Murrumbeena and continuing to make and exhibit ceramics. After spending time in Spain and the South of France, they returned permanently to Australia in 1975. In their ceramic work, they used earthenware and terracotta clays to make wheel-thrown functional and sculptural forms glazed and finely decorated using sgraffito techniques and medieval imagery. Marks were painted or incised and include 'Hermia Ware', 'Hermia', 'Boyd / England', 'D + H Boyd' and 'David + Hermia Boyd'.
