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Honey Pot

ca. 1690-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Honey-pot of red earthenware, covered with a dark brown slip and decorated in white slip under a yellow glaze. Depressed globular with small loop handle. Decorated with vertical bands of irregular feathering between bold lines of slip.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with slip decoration
Brief description
Lead-glazed earthenware honey pot with slip decoration. English, Staffordshire, ca. 1690-1700
Physical description
Honey-pot of red earthenware, covered with a dark brown slip and decorated in white slip under a yellow glaze. Depressed globular with small loop handle. Decorated with vertical bands of irregular feathering between bold lines of slip.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 16.8cm
  • Taken from register diameter: 17.5cm
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Honey pot
Made in Staffordshire, about 1690-1700
Lead-glazed earthenware, with slip decoration

C.65-1937

Bought, (Lomax Collection)
Object history
Bought, (Lomax Collection)
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham. Bernard and Herbert Reed, English Pottery, London, 1924, fig. 61 Illustrated.
  • Curtis Penelope. Wilson, Keith. Modern British Sculpture. London: Royal Acadamy of Arts, 2011. p.ill. 143. ISBN978-1-905711-72-7
Collection
Accession number
C.65-1937

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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