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Black Basalt Bulb Pot Bulb Pot
This is a Bulb pot. It was designed by John Flaxman and made by Wedgwood. It is dated 1780–1800 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is stoneware, enamel slip ('encaustic') decoration. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
bequest of
Erskine Hewitt.
It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- Sidewall, Tulip
- block-printed paper.
- Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck.
- 1980-73-32
- Black Basalt Covered Urn Urn
- stoneware ("black basalt").
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- 1938-57-301-a/d
- Waste Bowl Bowl
- stoneware (black basalt).
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- 1938-57-308
Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Portable Garden, 2016
- H x W x D: 81.3 × 61 × 61 cm (32 × 24 × 24 in.).
- Lent by Kate Cutlip.
- 68.2017.1
- Bulb Pot (France)
- tin-glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2006-27-6
- Bulb Pot (China (for export))
- porcelain.
- Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1926-37-54
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (a,b: overall): 14.4 × 21.1 × 16 cm (5 11/16 × 8 5/16 × 6 5/16 in.) H x W x D (a: pot): 14.4 × 21.1 × 16 cm (5 11/16 × 8 5/16 × 6 5/16 in.) H x W x D (b: removable collar): 3 × 17.1 × 13.5 cm (1 3/16 × 6 3/4 × 5 5/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Impressed marks: "WEDGWOOD"
Cite this object as
Black Basalt Bulb Pot Bulb Pot; Designed by John Flaxman (English, 1755 - 1826); Made by Wedgwood (United Kingdom); England; stoneware, enamel slip ('encaustic') decoration; H x W x D (a,b: overall): 14.4 × 21.1 × 16 cm (5 11/16 × 8 5/16 × 6 5/16 in.) H x W x D (a: pot): 14.4 × 21.1 × 16 cm (5 11/16 × 8 5/16 × 6 5/16 in.) H x W x D (b: removable collar): 3 × 17.1 × 13.5 cm (1 3/16 × 6 3/4 × 5 5/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-316-a,b
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hewitt Sisters Collect.
