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Vase: C.63-2023

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Vase

Maker(s)

Pottery: Bretby Art Pottery
Henry Tooth & Co.

Entities

Categories

Description

Thrown earthenware vase coated with red lustre glaze.

Earthenware vase of ovoid form with high shoulders, small neck and everted rim, standing on slim foot-rim. Decorated over the whole exterior and inside neck in shades of dark red lustre. Underside very slightly indented and clear glazed.

Notes

History note: Lent by Rita Smythe

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Ian and Rita Smythe, 2023

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 19 cm
Height: 26 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Woodville ⪼ Derbyshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2023) by Smythe, Ian and Rita

Dating

1884 CE - Circa 1930

Note

Bretby Art Pottery, officially known as Tooth & Co. Ltd., was started in 1883 by Henry Tooth (previously of Linthorpe Pottery) and William Ault. They designed and built their own pottery and produced both inexpensive pressed wares and thrown art products. They experimented with both shapes and surfaces, including glazes to emulate pewter and copper. Ault left in 1887 to set up on his own in Swadlincote. Bretby stayed in the hands of the Tooth family until 1933. Continuing after WWII, it became known as Tooth and Company Limited Bretby Art Pottery, before moving into industrial products in the 1950s, eventually closing c.1996.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of lustre

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Glazing
Throwing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: sunrise with BRETBY below
  • Location: Underside of base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: B1
  • Location: Underside of base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.63-2023
Primary reference Number: 227338
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 13 August 2019 Updated: Tuesday 16 January 2024 Last processed: Tuesday 16 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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