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Dish

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware fish in the form of a low tray with curving sides terminating at each and with female heads. Art Nouveau in style. Moulded and modelled doecration. Bronze-coloured metallic-looking glaze; the base of the tray covered with a rough-textured deep red glaze.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, glazed with moulded and modelled doecration
Brief description
Earthenware dish, made by Henry Tooth & Co (Ltd), Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, ca. 1900
Physical description
Earthenware fish in the form of a low tray with curving sides terminating at each and with female heads. Art Nouveau in style. Moulded and modelled doecration. Bronze-coloured metallic-looking glaze; the base of the tray covered with a rough-textured deep red glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.3cm
  • Width: 22.7cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'BRETBY' beneath a rising sun and 'ENGLAND' (Maker's mark impressed on base)
  • '1741 / 15' (incised on base)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Dish
made by Henry Tooth & Co (Ltd), Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England, about 1900
Mark: 'Bretby England' impressed, '1741 15' incised
Earthenware

Circ.742-1969
Production
Made at Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.742-1969

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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