Toilet set
Name/Title
Toilet setEntry/Object ID
SS.63.5 a-bDescription
Toilet set (pitcher and basin); white earthenware with polychrome decoration, in Staffordshire "Gaudy Dutch" pattern: A. Pitcher: Vase-shaped, with high, curved lip; tall handle at right angles to top of pitcher, and projecting down to rim; small foot; decorated in underglaze blue and some underglaze apple green, with flowers and band inside lip, flower and dashes on handle, wide band about body, other bands about foot, and occasional leaves; about body, overglaze yellow sun-flower halves, with darker overglaze yellow petals, and leaves, half yellow and half underglaze blue; marked on bottom in underglaze blue: " + ", and impressed: "WOOD". B. Basin: Deep, with curved flaring sides on small foot; decorated on white ground with interior: underglaze blue flowers of somewhat orchidaceous type, with half-sunflowers of two shades of yellow overglaze, leaves in overglaze yellow, underglaze blue and apple green, beneath wide rim of blue; exterior: large roseate flowers, leaves, etc., in underglaze blue; bottom marked in underglaze blue: " /:", impressed: "WOOD".Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Enoch WoodAttribution
MakerDate made
1818 - 1846Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
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Other Numbers
SS.63.5 A-B
SS.63.5A-B