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Plant pot
Baxter, Thomas (junior) (1782 - 1821)
Plant pot and stand, hybrid-paste porcelain; flared conical form with a moulded lip and ring handles moulded with the body; a hole in the base; fitting on to a separate turned stand with a spreading foot; painted with a rectangular panel, in monochrome burgundy red, of a Shakespearian scene, with two men in Elizabethan costume, one standing holding a sword, the other lying on the ground, near a tomb; a wide band of red and gilt vertical stripes around the body, and gilt greek key pattern above the foot and below the lip; gilt lip and handles; stand painted with a gilt greek key pattern, gilt foot rim and lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34129
Creation/Production
Rose, John and Co. Coalport
Baxter, Thomas (junior)
Date: 1800-1805 –
Acquisition
Purchase, 12/12/1983
Measurements
Height (cm): 10
diam (cm): 13
(): l(cm) handle to handle:13.7
(): l(cm)
Height (in): 3
diam (in): 5
(): l(in) handle to handle:5 3/8
(): l(in)
Height (cm): 2.5
diam (cm): 12.1
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 4
(): h(cm) overall:12
(): h(cm)
(): h(in) overall:4 3/4
(): h(in)
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hybrid-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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