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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jardinière

1877 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jardiniere. Stoneware. Surface encrusted with fan-shaped relief decoration with four scroll handles. Saltglaze, brown on a dark blue ground, blue rim and foot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with relief decoration
Brief description
Jardiniere, designed by J.P. Seddon, made by Fulham Pottery, London 1877
Physical description
Jardiniere. Stoneware. Surface encrusted with fan-shaped relief decoration with four scroll handles. Saltglaze, brown on a dark blue ground, blue rim and foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.2cm
  • Diameter: 25cm
  • With handles width: 31.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '1877 / JPS / INVENT' within a circle (Decorator's mark impressed on base)
  • CJCB monogram / 'FULHAM' (Maker's mark impressed on base)
Gallery label
Jardiniere Designed by J.P. Seddon, made by the Fulham Pottery, London, England, 1877 Marks: 'Fulham CICB', monogram, 'JPS 1877 invent', impressed Salt-glazed stoneware C.50-1972 John Pollard Seddon was an architect and a designer of furniture and of ecclesiastical embroidery, metalwork and stained glass in Gothic-style.(23/05/2008)
Production
Charles Irvine Conyngham Bailey was owner of the Fulham Pottery. John Pollard Seddon was an architect and a designer of furniture and of ecclesiastical embroidery, metalwork and stained glass in Gothic-style. cf. Seddon drawing for this design in PDP collections (D.885-1907).
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
C.50-1972

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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