Mary Henderson
This is our center display table inside the tent on the first day of Pennsic, 2010. Lets see… clockwise from the upper left: summer and winter tree jar, large jar, and large pitcher; tree flask; 2 summer/winter tree tankards; 2 tudor green lobed cup; a soda fired flask (flat on table); leaf (diagonal) stew plate, dinner plate, and small bowl; 3-leaf sugar and creamer, diagonal leaf teapot, 3-leaf mug and Iznik dinner plate. |
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Medieval recreations:
Soda fired tankard with wheat-ear sprigs (applied, raised decoration). Based on medieval English form and decoration. |
Cup shape based on late Medieval/ early Renaissance English cup. Soda fired. Less that 3” tall. |
Painted Beasties
albarello (pharmacy jar) with hound and oak leaf decoration; 7.5-9” tall. |
decorated mug with boar & oak tree design; 4.5 – 5” tall. |
decorated mug with hedgehog & oak tree design; 4.5 – 5” tall. |
decorated mug with bunny & oak tree design; 4.5 – 5” tall. |
These design can also be painted on tankards (6.5-7.5” tall), dinner plates (9 – 10” diameter), stew plates (8.5-9.5” d.), various sizes of lidded jars, also sometimes creamers, sugar jars or even a teapot.
More painted designs
Tankard with tree design: winter tree w/moon on one face, summer tree w/ sun on the opposite side. * |
dinner plate with summer tree and leaf border |
dinner plate with winter tree & moon center and snowflake & yellow leaf border |
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Soda fired spa bottle with small winter tree, moon & stars.
Tankard with Iznik inspired floral decoration |
Dinner plate with Iznik inspired floral decoration. |
3 stew plates with sun in splendor; approximately 9” diameter. |
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These designs can be painted on tankards (6.5-7.5” tall), dinner plates (9 – 10” diameter), stew plates (8.5-9.5” d.), various sizes of lidded jars, also sometimes a teapot.
More Designs
Green and gold scroll mug with purple/gold, and red/black color samples below. |
Tankards on the left, mugs on the right. Mostly scroll design, but there is a bit of a tankard with a celestial design in the lower left-hand corner. These were spread all over the table at Craft Alliance, waiting to be packed up for the St. Louis Renaissance Fair. |
Lotus flower shaped teabowl. 3-4” tall. This is a little different from my other wares, but I really love the form, and I developed the tinted transparent glaze especially to show off this sort of fine surface detail. |