Flower Pot

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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Staffordshire (made)

Flower pot of unglazed red stoneware, straight-sided and tapering towards the base, and decorated with stamped ornaments applied in relief, and with two standing Chinese figures, a Chinese man above a crouching figure, a queen with attendant holding an umbrella over her, a Chinese woman beside a vase of flowers and a vase of growing plants, and the edge is milled.

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Categories	Ceramics Stoneware
Object type	Flower pot
Materials and techniques	Unglazed red stoneware stamped with ornaments applied in relief Red Stoneware Stoneware Stamped
Brief description	Flower pot of unglazed red stoneware, straight-sided and tapering towards the base, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1760.
Physical description	Flower pot of unglazed red stoneware, straight-sided and tapering towards the base, and decorated with stamped ornaments applied in relief, and with two standing Chinese figures, a Chinese man above a crouching figure, a queen with attendant holding an umbrella over her, a Chinese woman beside a vase of flowers and a vase of growing plants, and the edge is milled.
Dimensions	With stand height: 8.6cm
Credit line	Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history	Part of a set with 414:1027/C-1885 (Sch. II 239A).
Subjects depicted	Man Woman Plant Vase Flowers
Other number	Sch. II 239 - Schreiber number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	414:1027/B-1885

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Record created	March 3, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195668/flower-pot-unknown/

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