Fish Plate by Carl Cooper, Australia 1955
Carl Cooper, fish plate, 1955 square shallow form with two rounded sides, iron brown glaze with sgraffito decoration of three fish, incised to base 'Australia 1955 Carl Cooper', length 8.66 in., width 8.27 in.
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- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
- 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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