Brick
A stamped orange brick from Milverton. It was made at a local brick works.
Bust of George Eliot - side
This bust in Parian ware depicts George Eliot, and is inscribed E-L-I-O-T at its base. It was sculpted by H.L.A Willis, who worked in Stoke-on-Trent in the early twentieth century.
George Eliot (born ...
Butter Pot
A very early example of an earthenware butter pot from Finsbury. It is a narrow vessel almost straight from base to rim. The pot is of a red-brown colour with a yellow-green glaze on the rim and interior. ...
Candlestick. Staffordshire
Candlestick
Staffordshire
c.1750-1800
One of a pair of candlesticks, by Greatbach, from Staffordshire. It has a green glaze (cabbage glaze), and a raised pattern of acanthus leaves. There are owl heads ...
Candlestick. Staffordshire
Candlestick
Staffordshire
c.1750-1800
One of a pair of candlesticks, by Greatbach, from Staffordshire. It has a green glaze (cabbage glaze), and a raised pattern of acanthus leaves. There are owl heads ...
Candlestick. Staffordshire. Wedgwood
Candlestick
Wedgewood, Staffordshire
c.1785
A Wedgewood pearlware candlestick, made in Staffordshire. It is white with dark blue onion decoration around the stand at the top. There are blue roses ...
China Replica
A replica, in 'biscuit' china, of a large bas-relief in the Copenhagen Museum. The plaque depicts a seated woman with a basket of cherubs on her lap. One cherub is flying away and a dog sits beside her....
Cobbler's Wax Pot
This salt-glazed, stoneware pot was used by the cobbler W. Smith and Son to hold wax. In 1875 William Smith bought the shoe shop at 58 Bath Street, Leamington Spa, where he was apprenticed. He ran the ...
Coffee Pot
A fluted silver resist lustre coffee pot with lid. The pot is covered all over with a raised striped pattern. The top of the lid has been repaired with an unknown metal.
Coffee Pot. Fenton. Thomas Whieldon
Coffee pot made by Thomas Whieldon Fenton, Staffordshire 1745-1750 The pot is earthenware and has a crabstock handle and spout. It is decorated with brown tortoiseshell mottling, and light green and grey-green ...
Coffee Pot. Leeds
Coffee pot Leeds, Yorkshire c.1775-1780 A creamware coffee pot with green vertical veined stripes and ridged vertical lines. It has a double looped handle with raised floral decoration at the joins where ...
Condiment Pot. Worcester. Robert Chamberlain
Condiment Pot
Worcester
c1817-1820
A Worcester bone china condiment pot with a lid. It has Chamberlain's Armorial decoration and orange and gilded flowers.
Cooking Pot
A circular shaped Mexican cooking pot or cauldron made from a dark red fabric with faces moulded to the front and back. The pot stands on four feet which are designed to look like human feet with shoes. ...
Cooking Pot
An India Chatti, or cooking utensil. It is a large brown bowl with a rounded base and the sides flattened close to the rim. There are two small loops for a strap to suspend the bowl across a fire.
Cooking Pot
A large circular cooking pot, from Cameroon, made of black coloured ceramic. It has an an out-turned rim and rounded base. There are deeply incised lines on the exterior of the pot and a piece of leather ...
Cooking Pot
A large circular cooking pot, from Cameroon, made of black coloured ceramic. It has an an out-turned rim and rounded base. There are deeply incised lines on the exterior.
Cooking Pot
A small cooking pot of the Batanga tribe, from Namibia. It is a black ceramic bowl with a rounded bottom and deep incised lines on the exterior.
Cooking Pot
A medium circular cooking pot, from Cameroon, with an out-turned rim and rounded base made of black coloured ceramic. There are deeply incised lines on the exterior.