Urn Shaped Vase with Gardening Scenes

c. 1920
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Overview

An urn shaped vase. The handles are ornate with gold trim and there is a cream background tapering down to a speckled gold rim base.On the front is a picture of a man and a woman in their vegetable patch. The man has a shovel and the woman has an open basket. A waterfall is in the backgound. On the other side of the vase there are three pink roses and one cream rose.

Historical information

The Staffordshire Potteries is the industrial area encompassing the six towns Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall, which is now the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. North Staffordshire became a centre of ceramic production in the early 17th century, due to the local availability of clay, salt, lead and coal.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2018.17
Item type
Material
Width
39 cm
Height or length
25.5000 cm
Weight
879 g
Inscriptions and markings

Stamped on the base is

MADE IN
ENGLAND

Contextual Information

Made in Midlands Potteries in England and known as a Tea Vase because every time the lady of the house bought a packet of tea, they were given a coupon. When she had collected a certain amount of coupons, she would claim her Tea Vase from the Tea Company. This was common practice from the late 1800s to 1930s.

Place made
Staffordshire
England
United Kingdom
Year
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Social or spiritual significance
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Urn Shaped vase showing picture of a couple gardening in front of a water fall
Urn Shaped vase showing picture of a couple gardening in front of a water fall
The reverse side of the vase showing a bunch of roses
The reverse side of the vase showing a bunch of roses
Makers mark on the base of the vase
Makers mark on the base of the vase

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