Flower holder
Wedgwood
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1785 - 1810
Materials
Ceramics, earthenware
Measurements
182 x 176 mm
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730507.2
Summary
One of a pair of covered bouquetières (flower holders), earthenware, Wedgwood, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, circa 1785-1810. Modelled as an oval woven basket in cream with salmon pink slip decoration in the reserves, with a pierced cover. Base impressed 'Wedgwood.'
Provenance
Listed in the 'Inventory of Furniture, Bedding, Carpets, China, Plate, Pictures, Curios, and other effects on the premises of the mansion,' January 1908, in the Library, as ‘Pair of cream and white Wedgwood tulip vases and covers.' Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Marks and inscriptions
Wedgwood impressed on base
Makers and roles
Wedgwood , manufacturer