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Your Price: $ 50.00
Item Number: 7067
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Circa: 1960-1964
Manufacturer: David Gil, Cooperative Design, Bennington Potters Vermont
Here is a whimsical modern stoneware piece from the late David Gil at Bennington Potters in Vermont. started by David Gil in 1948. It is from the the post-1960 time period when Gil began to use the words Bennington Potters on pieces after having used a transition mark which included both the words Design Cooperative and Bennington Vermont.
This fluted 9 5/8 inch diameter plate was advertised in the 1964 catalogue as B 1652 and titled "Jonas and the Whale", an ashtray which could also be hung on the wall as a plaque as it had a built-in wire on the back. Its original 1964 price was $5.00.
It features a very stylized fish in whose belly a man's figure is found. The outline of the fish, its spiral eye and the belly are in relief. There is a brown color added to the belly and a deep green to the eye. The 1964 ad states the this piece was available in white or turquoise with colored accents. The glaze I believe is the early white one which has some texture to it. There is a firing crack on the right side of the plaque. Otherwise, it is in excellent vintage condition.
This is a confirmed David Gil design. It was confirmed by Gloria Gil in May 2012.
The back of the plate/plaque has a wire hanger which was embedded in the pottery. It is signed 1652 and has the spark mark on the forearm. I would guess it is from the 1960-1964 period. It is in excellent condition.
Bennington Potters are among the few American studio potteries that turned into production potteries in the midcentury. It evolved into a co-operative of different art potters.
After 1960, they made their bread and butter by making gorgeous modern styled dinnerware that was distributed throughout the US and sold in fine department stores. In their 1964 catalogue, Gil described their creations as "Art Objects in the Practical Realm" - Museum Honored, Hand-crafted, Modestly Priced," |
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