Clay Lick Creek Pottery Stoneware Group — Berry Bowls, Graters & Corked Cruet

A five-piece group of hand-thrown studio stoneware by Clay Lick Creek Pottery (Spencer, Indiana), the incised "CLC" cipher to each underside consistent with the studio's long-running mark. The pair of arched-handle pierced berry bowls show the studio's signature regular-grid perforations pushed through from the interior, one in a toasted iron-bearing clay with cream rim band, the other in an oatmeal glaze over toasted body with an olive-celadon handle and rim. A pair of saucepan-form berry graters with extruded pulled handles and pinched pouring spouts complete the working set, one in speckled oatmeal with iron-brown rim accent, the other in a rich tenmoku breaking to rust at the edges.

The corked cruet rounds out the group, carrying a banded glaze of rust, slate-blue, and celadon over an exposed sandy stoneware foot, finished with a generous looped strap handle and original tapered cork. Three pieces retain their original raffia hang-ties.

CONDITION

Very Good throughout with no chips, cracks, or repairs noted. Glazes are intact with expected kiln-character speckling, light glaze pooling at foot rims, and minor iron specking in the cream glazes. Original raffia ties remain on three pieces; cork stopper present and seated on the cruet.

DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS

• Pierced Berry Bowls (each): 4.5" H × 3.5" W × 2" D
• Berry Grater (smaller, oatmeal): 6.5" L × 3.5" W × 1.25" H
• Berry Grater (larger, tenmoku): 7.25" L × 4" W × 1.5" H
• Corked Cruet: 5" H × 3.5" W × 4" D
• Wheel-thrown stoneware with mixed reduction glazes
• Incised "CLC" cipher to undersides — attributed to Clay Lick Creek Pottery, Spencer, IN