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Flower Brick and Cover

1988 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower brick and cover of tin-glazed red earthenware, painted with a Chinese Cizhou vase, baskets and foliage in colours.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Flower Brick
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed red earthenware, thrown, pierced, painted
Brief description
Flower brick and cover, tin-glazed red earthenware, made by Walter Ostrom, Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1988.
Physical description
Flower brick and cover of tin-glazed red earthenware, painted with a Chinese Cizhou vase, baskets and foliage in colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.6cm
  • Length: 29.4cm
  • Width: 18.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'OSTROM / INDIAN / HARBOUR / NS / 88' (Scratched in-glaze on side of base)
Credit line
Given by mr Paul Greenhalgh
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Carnegy, Daphne Tin-glazed earthenware, 1993, Illus.
  • Walter Ostrom: the advocacy of pottery, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, May, 1996.
Collection
Accession number
C.106:1, 2-1995

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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