Don Carpentier made these two mochaware plates in 2007 and 2008.
Rich colors and bold design give these plates their appeal.
Blue, warm yellow, rust brown, black, and cream form broad bands filled with intricate patterns.
Carpentier created this elaborate decoration by applying colored slips, liquid clays, to plates as they rotated on a lathe.
Through his craftsmanship, he preserved the early methods of making mochaware.
The larger plate, 11.75″ in diameter, recreates Wedgwood’s traditional shell edge.
As part of his research into early British pottery techniques, he built a foot-powered engine-turning lathe modeled on equipment at the Wedgwood Museum in England.
Don Carpentier worked at Eastfield Village in East Nassau, New York, the historic village he assembled from rescued late-18th and early 19th-century buildings.
There, he preserved and taught traditional trades, including pottery making, blacksmithing, tinsmithing, and woodworking.
Maker: Don Carpentier
Marks: The plates are impressed with Don Carpentier 2007 and Don Carpentier 2008
Dimensions: 10″ diameter and 11.75″ diameter
Condition: Excellent
Price: $500
Origin: Eastfield Village, East Nassau, New York
Date: 2007 and 2008
Material: Earthenware
Decoration: Colored slip in concentric bands, with marbled dots, looping motifs, and wavy lines
Technique: Lathe-turned.