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Mantel Ornament in the form of "Potash Farm"

Mantel Ornament in the form of "Potash Farm"

CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1849-1860
MediumGlazed earthenware with polychrome enamel decorations and gilding
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (20.96 × 20.96 × 6.99 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of Susan and Kevin McGreevy
Object number2021.3
On View
Not on view
DescriptionStaffordshire house which features a three storey farmhouse with sheep either side, resting on an oval base.Exhibition History

Castles, Cottages, and Crime, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, July 10 2021March 06 2022, no cat.

Published References

"Cottages and Castles: The Collection of Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller," The Magazine Antiques 99, no. 1 (January 1971): 122–126.

"Forthcoming Sales," Burlington 100, no. 660 (March 1958): 108.

Gertrude Crowe, "The Collector’s Scrap Book: China Cottages," The House Beautiful vol. 34, no. 4 (1913): 26.

Reginald G. Haggar, "Ceramic Cottages," Apollo 52, no. 307 (September 1950): 84–86, 88.

A.&N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures, 1835–1875 (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.): II, 269–288.

Ralph and Terry Kovel, "Air Fresheners of the 1800s," Patent Trader (19 October 1974): 2A.

Wolf Mankowitz and Reginald G. Haggar, The Concise Encyclopedia of English Pottery and Porcelain (New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1957): 61.

Anthony Oliver, Staffordshire Pottery: The Tribal Art of England (London: Heinemann, 1981): 88–108.

Sonia Solicari, "From Cottage to Kitsch: The Enduring Appeal of the Staffordshire Figure," The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society, 1850–the Present, no. 35 (2011): 134–147.

H.A.B. Turner, A Collector’s Guide to Staffordshire Pottery Figures (New York: Emerson Books, Inc., 1971): 188–198.

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