Flower Brick and Cover thumbnail 1
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Flower Brick and Cover

1988 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower brick and cover of tin-glazed red earthenware, painted with a Chinese Cizhou vase, baskets and foliage in colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Flower Brick
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed red earthenware, thrown, pierced, painted
Brief description
Flower brick and cover, tin-glazed red earthenware, made by Walter Ostrom, Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1988.
Physical description
Flower brick and cover of tin-glazed red earthenware, painted with a Chinese Cizhou vase, baskets and foliage in colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.6cm
  • Length: 29.4cm
  • Width: 18.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'OSTROM / INDIAN / HARBOUR / NS / 88' (Scratched in-glaze on side of base)
Credit line
Given by mr Paul Greenhalgh
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Carnegy, Daphne Tin-glazed earthenware, 1993, Illus.
  • Walter Ostrom: the advocacy of pottery, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, May, 1996.
Collection
Accession number
C.106:1, 2-1995

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
Download as: JSON