Ornament
Carter, Stabler and Adams Ltd
Category
Ceramics
Date
1936 - 1937
Materials
Glazed Earthenware
Measurements
128 mm (H)
Place of origin
Poole
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651432
Summary
Glazed earthenware conch shell shaped ornament. Two colour glaze; grey-pink to the exterior; beige-brown interior. Designed by John Adams and probably modelled by Harry Brown for Carter, Stabler & Adams, Poole, Dorset, England, c.1936-1937. Model number C54.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
stamped ; underneath ; POOLE, ENGLAND \ C54 ; underglaze blue
Makers and roles
Carter, Stabler and Adams Ltd, factory John Adams (1882-1953), designer
References
Hayward, 2011: Leslie Hayward, edited by Paul Atterbury, Poole Pottery; Carter & Company and their Successors 1873-2011 (Richard Dennis, Somerset, 2011), pp.74-75