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Rare Bernard Rooke Vintage Studio Ceramic Vase

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​Born in 1938, Bernard Rooke studied at the Ipswich School of Art before moving on to the Goldsmiths' College, London​ and it was there, in his final year, that he decided to take up pottery. In 1960 he set up his own workshop in Forest Hill, London. Progressive designs were very acceptable in London at that time, and Rooke applied his efforts to making pieces of a sculptural nature. The early pieces were mainly fashioned by hand using coils and blocks. Rooke found that while a work might not find a market as a piece of sculpture​ if made into a lamp base it was more readily acceptable to the public. The lamp bases were, indeed, popular and have proved a mainstay until the present day. This piece is not one of those, however.
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