Potting pot: C.25B-1973

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

Entities

• Potting pot
• butter tub

Categories

• Soft-paste porcelain

Description

Soft-paste porcelain potting pot, painted in polychrome enamels with Chinese scenes.

Soft-paste porcelain potting pot, moulded and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, pink and brown enamels. The oval tubs have lobed dodecagonal sloping sides, which flare outwards towards the rim. The sides are moulded with two oval panels edged with scrolls and rocaillerie, which are divided by two smaller rococo motifs. The two panels are painted in famille verte style with a man holding a fishing net, and a boy fishing in mountainous river landscapes. The interior of each painted with a central flower spray, the rim with a green cell diaper border interspersed with floral vignettes.

Notes

History note: Dr and Mrs Hugh Statham; Dr Staham died 1967; Mrs Statham died 1970;

Legal notes

Purchased with the Cunliffe Fund, and with grant-in-aid from the Victoria and Albert Museum

Place(s) associated

• Worcester ⪼ Worcestershire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1973) by Collection of Dr & Mrs H. Statham

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
George II
Circa 1752 CE - 1755 CE

Note

This pot and its pair were accessioned as butter tubs, but by the mid 1980s this form was being described as a potted-meat dish. Research by Trevor Darling supports their use as potting pots. See Documentation

School or Style

Chinoiserie
Rococo