Honey pot
Wedgwood
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1981
Materials
Ceramic and cardboard
Measurements
Box – 87 mm (width); 105 mm (height), Pot -105 mm (height); 80 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Etruria, Barlaston
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662992
Summary
A decorated ceramic, lidded honey pot with original box. The pot is decorated with a picture of a gardener turning over a group of plant pots and another showing Peter Rabbit watching the gardener hoeing in the garden. The lid of the pot has two identical pictures of Peter Rabbit in flight and looking anxious. Total number of items is 3.
Marks and inscriptions
Base of pot: WEDGWOOD / Of ETRURIA and BARLASTON / MADE IN ENGLAND / Copyright / Frederick Warne and Co / BEATRIX POTTER DESIGNS TM / PETER RABBIT TM Top of sides of box: PETER RABBIT / NURSERY WARE/ by Wedgwood/ Copyright / Frederick Warne and Co / Beatrix Potter Designs TM.
Makers and roles
Wedgwood, maker