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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

1791 (made)
Artist/Maker
Robert Bustow (maker)
Place of origin
Chailey (made)

Red earthenware bowl, stamped with metal dies and inlaid with white clay. Covered in a clear lead glaze


Object details

Categories
Earthenware
Ceramics
Drinking
Food Vessels & Tableware
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
earthenware, stamped and inlaid, thrown on a wheel; fired in a wood-fired bottle kiln
Earthenware
Brief description
Punch bowl, red earthenware, stamped with a swag and an inscription and infilled with white clay; covered with a clear lead glaze. Made in Chailey, in Sussex, 1791
Physical description
Red earthenware bowl, stamped with metal dies and inlaid with white clay. Covered in a clear lead glaze
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 40.2cm (Note: measured with device)
  • Height: 18.0cm (Note: measured with device)
Marks and inscriptions
Tho we at Chaiely are but mean // we do the thing thats neat and clean // Tho* Francis* Jeres We value not // We will try to make a chimney pot // My master found me just and trew // and why not me as well as you // M.A. D.E. B.Y. R.O. B.T. B.U. S.T. O.W. C.H. A.I. L.Y. S.O. T.H. C.O. M.N. O.N. S.O. T.E. R.Y. S.E. P.T. 17 91
Translation
Though we at Chailey are but mean we do the thing that’s neat & clean Tho x Francis x Jeres we value not we will try to make a chimney pot My master found me just and trew and why not me as well as you Made by Robert Bustow Chaily South Common Pottery Sept 1791
Credit line
Gift of the Norman family
Object history
Other Chailey slipware pieces are in the British Museum and in the Sussex Archaeological Society in Lewes.
Family information states that the bowl was made in competition with the bowl made by the Alcorn Pottery in Chailey (see Baines).
Bibliographic references
  • John Manwaring Baines, Sussex Pottery, Fisher Publications, 1980
  • Object Information File (family information)
  • Molly Beswick, Brickmaking in Sussex: A History and Gazetteer, Middleton Press, 1993
  • Chailey: Celebrating 300 Years of Brickmaking (online source)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.413-2017

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2017
Record URL
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