'Menopause Pot'
Pot
1987 (made)
1987 (made)
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Large unglazed earthenware pot with yellowish tinge from vanadium oxide stain in the clay, the interior with irregular markings from firing with seaweed. The pot is accompanied by thirteen slip-coated fired tampons, which the pot is made to contain.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | 'Menopause Pot' (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware stained with vanadium oxide, pinched, fired with seaweed, with thirteen slip-coated fired tampons |
| Brief description | 'Menopause Pot', earthenware, Elspeth Owen, Cornwall, 1987 |
| Physical description | Large unglazed earthenware pot with yellowish tinge from vanadium oxide stain in the clay, the interior with irregular markings from firing with seaweed. The pot is accompanied by thirteen slip-coated fired tampons, which the pot is made to contain. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Unmarked |
| Credit line | Acquired through the generosity of Gerard and Sarah Griffin |
| Object history | The pot is one of four made by the artist in response to the onset of the menopause, created as containers for her last bloodied tampons, which were repeatedly dipped in slip and fired as a form of memorial. |
| Production | Made at The Old Poorhouse, Zennor, Cornwall, where the artist temporarily lived and worked during the winter of 1986/7. |
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| Accession number | C.340:1, 2-2018 |
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| Record created | September 6, 2018 |
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