Jardiniere
Category
Ceramics
Date
1800 - 1820
Materials
Lusterware, Lustreware
Measurements
155 x 173 x 162 mm
Place of origin
Sunderland
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 205060
Summary
Jardiniere and stand, lustreware with transfer printing, the stand a deep saucer shape with diagonal sides, the jardiniere barrel shaped with slightly convex profile beneath rim, and two modelled mask and ring handles, Sunderland or Staffordshire, ca 1810-20 ; the body of the jardiniere is transfer printed in black with scenes inspired by Classical antiquity, to one side are four depicting men playing musical instruments and making offerings with an altar and pillar, to the reverse a group of six men and women and a hunting dog, holding instruments and bows, moulded beading to the rim of the stand and jardiniere coloured with green glaze, bands of pink lustre to the rim and upper body, the handles also coloured with lustre.
Provenance
Part of the Bambridge Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Mrs Elsie Bambridge (1896-1976).