Allan Lowe was born in Melbourne in 1907. He originally trained as a painter but taught himself to throw pottery. He researched kilns and glazes using the resources of the State Library. He admired the Chinese pottery collections at the National Gallery of Victoria for their simplicity of form and earthy glazes.

After several part time ventures with his own kiln in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, in 1944 he opened a kiln at Ferntree Gully and worked as a potter there full time.

His work was featured in the Modernist home installation, ‘The House of Tomorrow’ by architect Robin Boyd in 1949 at the Royal Exhibition Buildings. These beakers date to that period and are in the same style as Lowe’s exhibited in that important exhibition.

His work is now held at the NGV. A reproduction of ‘The House of Tomorrow’ at the 2014 NGV exhibition Mid Century Modern: Australian Furniture Design, also featured Lowe’s pottery.

Images show a matching serving dish, listed separately, not for sale in this set.

DIMENSIONS

Height 5.5 cm

Diameter 5 cm

CONDITION

Excellent. No chips, cracks, craqueleur, damage.