flower-holder

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Object Type: flower-holder
Museum number: 1887,0307,E.130
Description: Flower-holder (flower-brick), tin-glazed earthenware; rectangular and standing on four feet, with two square holes in the top, painted in blue with landscapes on the ends and landscapes with figures on front and back.
Producer name: Factory of: Redcliffe Back Pottery; Painted by: John Bowen (style)
Cultures/periods: Post-Medieval
Production date: 1760 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Bristol (England)
Materials: earthenware
Ware: delftware
Technique: tin-glazed; painted
Dimensions: Height: 3.70 inches; Length: 5.11 inches
Curator's comments: Formerly attributed to Joseph Flower's factory, and the painting thought to be by John Bowen.
Bibliographic references: Hobson 1903 / Catalogue of the collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquites and Ethnography of the British Museum (E130) (Plate 13); Dawson 2010 / English and Irish Delftware 1570-1840 (pp. 276-7, no. 129)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: landscape
Acquisition name: Donated by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,0307,E.130
Conservation: Treatment: 28 May 2008

Free entry