Object number
2006/48/1-3
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Description
These three handmade clay pots, of different sizes, were made at Tilehurst Potteries in Kentwood Hill, Reading, specialists in handmade tiles and flower pots. Each pot has a hole in the base. They were purchased by the donor when Tilehurst Potteries closed in the 1960s.
Physical description
3 plant pots, pottery
Label Text
Plant pots. These three handmade clay pots, of different sizes, were made at Tilehurst Potteries in Kentwood Hill, Reading, specialists in handmade tiles and flower pots. Egyptians first used the flower pot to move plants from one location to another. The Romans used pots to bring plants inside during the winter. In Athens, earthenware flowerpots were thrown into the sea during the festival of the Gardens of Adonis
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – ‘Description: Three hand-made clay pots of different sizes, each with hole in base. // 2006/48/1 – 7.8 x 9.3 x 5.7 cm (height x width at rim x width at base) // 2006/48/2 – 10 x 10 x 6 cm (height x width at rim x width at base) // 2006/48/3 12.7 x 11.6 x 7.4 cm (height x width at rim x width at base) // Dimensions: // Associated information: Dated 1903 from TR RAN P8/2 printing proof book. Mr Anostalgia acquired the block from his father – a blacksmith called Elliot from Londonderry. His father acquired the block during a visit to Ransomes.’
Production place
Kentwood Hill [Reading]
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