Bowl
Benthall Pottery Co.
Category
Ceramics
Date
1900
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
75 mm (Height) x 75 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Broseley
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509520
Summary
Benthall pottery ware bowl, bulbous body, straight sides to neck and covered with a pale green slip. Incised decoration, with stylised spray of ferns and flowers, gadrooned and banded borders around neck. Unglazed. An impressed mark to the side read “SALOPIAN”. Made circa 1900.
Provenance
Believed to have been made at the Benthall/Haybook Pottery in Broseley, Shropshire circa 1900. Given to The National Trust by James Holme Benthall and Jill Benthall in August 1995.
Marks and inscriptions
To side above base: SALOPIAN
Makers and roles
Benthall Pottery Co., maker