Flower Pot

ca. 1800-1818 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower-pot of lead-glazed earthenware, of slightly convex form. Decorated with white applied figures in relief on a light blue ground. Among them are Hercules killing the Nemean, and Ceres. The remaining figures are as follows: two boys playing with a dog, three female figures with books, one of them crowning a bust on a pedestal and a nude boy with a lion. Round the top is a band entwined with a ribbon.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration in relief
Brief description
Flower pot, lead-glazed earthenware with applied decoration in relief, made at the factory of Wood & Caldwell, Burslem, Staffordshire, ca. 1800-18
Physical description
Flower-pot of lead-glazed earthenware, of slightly convex form. Decorated with white applied figures in relief on a light blue ground. Among them are Hercules killing the Nemean, and Ceres. The remaining figures are as follows: two boys playing with a dog, three female figures with books, one of them crowning a bust on a pedestal and a nude boy with a lion. Round the top is a band entwined with a ribbon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.8cm
  • Diameter: 12.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'WOOD & CALDWELL' (Impressed)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Flower pot
Made at the factory of Wood & Caldwell, Burslem, Staffordshire, about 1800-18
Mark: 'WOOD & CALDWELL', impressed
Lead-glazed earthenware

2468-1901 Jermyn Street Collection
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Young, Hilary, 'The Birth of the Ceramic Designer' in Walford, Tom and Hilary Young British Ceramic Design, 1600-2002: Papers presented at the colloquium celebrating the 75th anniversary of the English Ceramic Circle, 1927-2002. 2003, p. 17, fig. 4
Collection
Accession number
2468-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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