This is a lovely, Small Cube Vase made in St Ives and finished in a lightly textured oatmeal colour glaze with incisions and painted with a circle to each face – the same size but each one unique – a subtle nod to the work of Ben Nicholson. The rim is painted dark brown, with white gloss glazing inside and initialled by Benny Sirota.
Small 8cm Cube Vase decorated by Benny Sirota
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This lovely vase was acquired from an online auction and is finished in a lightly textured pale oatmeal glaze, with incisions to each face to add interest. Each face is painted with a circle, each being unique – perhaps a nod to Ben Nicholson, whom the decorator admired. The circles and rim are painted in a burnt sienna colour, each one with a different, subtle loose, abstract pattern. The inside is a gloss white glaze with a couple of areas of minor crazing which feels smooth, so is under and not disrupting the glaze surface – it adds to its visual interest. It has a painted back stamp to the base, Troika St Ives and the initials BS, for one of the three founders, Benny Sirota. Probably dates to the mid-late 1960s. No chips, cracks or restoration showing. Grade 10/10
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