Flower Pot
ca. 1800-1818 (made)
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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
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| 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. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'WOOD & CALDWELL' (Impressed)
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| 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 |
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| Accession number | 2468-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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