Emulating the mesmerizing marbled surface of a precious gemstone, these Wedgwood agate ware plant pots expertly mimic a precious material on a quotidian object. The pots were made during the Wedgwood & Bentley period of the factory and, underneath the agate slip, feature a delicate creamware body, the material for which the company became famous.
Emulating the mesmerizing marbled surface of a precious gemstone, these Wedgwood agate ware plant pots expertly mimic a precious material on a quotidian object. The pots were made during the Wedgwood & Bentley period of the factory and, underneath the agate slip, feature a delicate creamware body, the material for which the company became famous.
“I had already made an imitation of Agat which was esteem’d very beautiful, and a considerable improvement…”
Josiah Wedgwood, 23 March 1759
Condition
Excellent. One pot with some hairline cracks on base around drainage hole. Traces of original gilding around checkered rims.
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References
Birmingham Museum of Art, 1983.21a-b
Royal Ontario Museum, 984.18.64.1-.2
Victoria & Albert Museum, WE.8126-2014
Literature
Peter Kaellgren, Wedgwood: Artistry and Innovation (Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 2009), illus. p. 67.
Robin Reilly, Wedgwood vol. 1 (London: Macmillan Ltd. 1989), illus. p. 391 pl. C93.
Excellent. One pot with some hairline cracks on base around drainage hole. Traces of original gilding around checkered rims.
For a detailed condition report, please contact us.
Birmingham Museum of Art, 1983.21a-b
Royal Ontario Museum, 984.18.64.1-.2
Victoria & Albert Museum, WE.8126-2014
Peter Kaellgren, Wedgwood: Artistry and Innovation (Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 2009), illus. p. 67.
Robin Reilly, Wedgwood vol. 1 (London: Macmillan Ltd. 1989), illus. p. 391 pl. C93.
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