Not currently on display at the V&A

Ornament

1930 - 1985 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tortoise planter containing flower ornaments, bone china, glazed and moulded planter with four layers of shell peripherals, tortoise head exposed and feet retracted within shell, centre decorated with four hand-made flowers, hand-painted pink and yellow with stems, six moulded green leaves alongside flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Moulded and hand-made bone china
Brief description
Ornament, bone china, Crown Staffordshire China Co. Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent, 1930 - 1985
Physical description
Tortoise planter containing flower ornaments, bone china, glazed and moulded planter with four layers of shell peripherals, tortoise head exposed and feet retracted within shell, centre decorated with four hand-made flowers, hand-painted pink and yellow with stems, six moulded green leaves alongside flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 65mm
  • Width: 120mm
  • Depth: 50mm
Marks and inscriptions
FINE BONE CHINA' / 'CROWN' / (Logo) / 'EST. 1801' / 'ENGLAND' / 'STAFFORDSHIRE' / 'HANDCRAFTED' (printed on base) / '173' (impressed on base)
Credit line
V&A Wedgwood Collection. Presented by Art Fund with major support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, private donations and a public appeal.
Collection
Accession number
WE.9067-2014

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Record createdAugust 3, 2023
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