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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bottle

1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of earthenware. Bottled-shaped with stencilled decoration on a red, slightly lustred ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with stencilled decoration
Brief description
Earthenware bottle with stencilled decoration, designed by Henry Tooth, made by Henry Tooth & Co., Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, 1890.
Physical description
Vase of earthenware. Bottled-shaped with stencilled decoration on a red, slightly lustred ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.5cm
  • Width: 15.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BRETBY' below a rising sun (Maker's mark impressed on base)
Gallery label
Bottle Designed by Henry Tooth, made by Henry Tooth & Co (Ltd), Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England, 1890 Mark: 'Bretby' and a rising sun, impressed. Earthenware with stencilled decoration Circ.53-1970 Given by Miss F. J. Thorpe, Henry Tooth's granddaughter(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Miss F. J. Thorpe
Object history
Donor is Henry Tooth's grand-daughter.
Production
Made at Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent.
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.53-1970

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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