barrel
Summary
: Na346
: Applied Art
: barrel
: Creamish-white body; very slight blue tinge to glaze. Broad waist, tapering gently to narrow top and bottom which are inset, with flattish rims; ten ridges on both tapers (including top and bottom edges); circular bung hole with lightly stepped surround on centre band. Painted in coloured enamels - orange-red, pink, blue, yellow, green, purple, brown, black: on centre band two different flower sprays, one with pink rose, chrysanthemum,'Fifield' tulip,etc, the other with pink rose, pink honeysuckle, etc. Ridges painted in bands of pink/blue/pink edged with brown lines; bung-hole surround brown; on each end, concentric brown circles around central solid pink and brown spot. Inscribed in black script around bung-hole: 'Gin // P A // 1838'.
Current Location
: City of Bristol Collection
: Bristol Pottery: Pountney & Goldney: Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe: Temple Back
: 1838, dated
: Given by Miss Kathleen Harper from the collection of her father, Dr Harper, 1981.