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Flower pot and stand
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Flower pot and stand
- Place of origin:
Stoke-on-Trent, England (made)
- Date:
late 18th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Wedgwood (manufacturers)
- Materials and Techniques:
Black basalt stoneware, decorated in white
- Credit Line:
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
- Museum number:
841&A-1905
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain, room 138, case 13, shelf 4
Physical description
Flower pot and stand, black basalt stoneware, decorated with a white pattern of dots.
Place of Origin
Stoke-on-Trent, England (made)
Date
late 18th century (made)
Artist/maker
Wedgwood (manufacturers)
Materials and Techniques
Black basalt stoneware, decorated in white
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm Pot (Conversion from imperial), Diameter: 17.5 cm Pot (Conversion from imperial), Diameter: 17.5 cm Pot (Conversion from imperial)
Object history note
This pot was made when simple field patterns of dots or squares were being used to challenge older figurative or floral patterns. The result is startlingly modern.
The simple dotted pattern here is similar to that found on contemporary wallpaper and textiles, and was one of many new types of field ornament that emerged in the age of neo-classicism.
Flowerpot and stand, English, late 18th century. Black basalt stoneware, decorated in white. Made by the Wedgwood factory.
Descriptive line
Flower pot and stand, black basalt stoneware, decorated with a white pattern of dots, Wedgwood factory, England, late 18th century
Materials
Basalt
Subjects depicted
Dots
Categories
Containers; Ceramics; Stoneware
Collection code
CER
