Lynne Turner - Porcelain Tea Set, 1982, Signed Functional Studio Pottery

An original six-piece porcelain tea service by American ceramic artist Lynne Turner, dated 1982. The sculptural set comprises a lidded teapot, two small pitchers or cups, two coordinating vessels, and a lidded condiment vessel with spoon. Signed by the artist.  The whimsical service combines softly lobed, gourd-like bodies with elongated bamboo-like handles, spouts, and stems in a muted palette of cream, lavender, green, blue, and ochre. Its playful manipulation of proportion, color, and organic form reflects Turner’s approach to transforming functional pottery into sculptural ceramic objects. Provenance: From a private estate in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Dimensions: 6.5”h x 4”w x 8”d (teapot) / 4”h x 3”w x 3”d (creamer) / 5”h x 3”w x 2.5”d (sugar). In very good condition. Full condition report available upon request. Lynne Turner is an American ceramic artist born in Leavenworth, Kansas, who earned a BA in art from Whitman College and an MFA in Ceramics from Mills College. From 1977 to 1988, she operated Quicksilver Pottery in Berkeley, California, developing distinctive slip-cast porcelain characterized by unusual proportions, juxtaposed forms, and richly colored surfaces. Turner studied with influential ceramic artist Ron Nagle and further refined her slip-casting techniques in Stoke-on-Trent through an NEA-funded research trip. Her work gained national recognition beginning in 1980 through traveling exhibitions sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and American Crafts Museum, followed by exhibitions throughout the United States and Japan. Her porcelain is represented in major private and museum collections, including the Renwick collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 

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