Flowerpot
- Object Name:
- Flowerpot
- Object ID:
- 1980.047.29 a-b
- Creator:
- Shorthose & Co.
- Place of Origin:
- Shelton, Hanley, England
- Date:
- 1817-1822
- Description:
- Flowerpot with base. Pearlware, copper lustreware. White cylindrical body with straight, tapered sides. Molded band of neo-classical figures, thistles and leaves around center of body. Molded band of grapes, leaves and vines around neck. Two ring handles with shell drops. Beaded band around rim. Copper lustre background decoration overall. Pink lustre band around rim. White flat base with straight, tapered sides. Molded band of grapes, leaves and vines with copper lustre background around exterior. Molded, beaded band around rim with pink lustre decoration. Donor's mark written on bottom of pot and saucer:"790DD."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Lustre - Dimensions:
- H-5 Dia-6 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a large collection of 18th- & 19th-century ceramics, given by their collector, Alma (Mrs. Harold G.) Duckworth (1899-2003) of Orford, N.H.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Alma Duckworth
- Subjects:
- Grapes, Grapevines, Grape leaves, Leaves, Thistles, Neoclassicism, Allegories
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