Langley's Sgraffito Earthenware: Mermaid and Boat
Robert Langley (Australian, b. 1929), Two Pieces, c. 1990, glazed earthenware, comprising one square plaque with sgraffito decoration depicting a mermaid, dated 1987, and a wall plate with sgraffito decoration of a person on a boat grabbing a fish, dated 1991, both signed (2), 6.69 in. x 7.09 in., diameter 7.87 in. Provenance: Private Collection Qld
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- Earthenware - A basic ceramic material that is fired at a low temperature. Earthenware is the basis of almost all ancient, medieval, Middle Eastern and European painted ceramics. After firing, the colour is the colour of the clay when it is dug from the ground: buff, brown and red. It is not waterproof until glazed. Creamware is a type of earthenware covered with a transparent lead glaze. Majolica, faience and delft are also earthenware covered in an opaque white tin glaze.
- Sgraffito - In ceramics, sgraffito is a scratched or incised decoration through the slip, applied to the body of the object before glazing, to reveal the colour of the body underneath.
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