Water filter
Lipscombe and Co.
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
stoneware
Measurements
510 mm (H); 280 mm (W)
Place of origin
Strand
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 285789
Summary
Large stoneware water filter with relief ceramic decoration. The urn has a round base with a plug hole on one side. It is waisted and tapers out to the rim, two small shell moulded handles on either side. The cover rises to a central peak with a knob handle. Relief vine decoration all over the body and around the cover. A cartouche on the front is painted in black; 'LIPSCOMBE AND CO./PATENTEES/233 STRAND/TEMPLE BAR/LONDON'. There is a sponge in the centre of the upper part of the urn.
Marks and inscriptions
LIPSCOMBE [and] CO./PATENTEES/233 STRAND/TEMPLE BAR/LONDON (in relief on the front)
Makers and roles
Lipscombe and Co., manufacturer