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Shorthose & Heath English Creamware Basin, Yellow Wave Border, Georgian, Large

$1,900

£1,432.48

€1,675.17

CA$2,689.27

A$2,737.68

CHF 1,576.59

MX$32,991.54

NOK 18,299.76

SEK 18,463.33

DKK 12,520.64

About the Item

Shorthose & Heath English Creamware Basin, Yellow Wave Border, Georgian, Large Hanley, Staffordshire, circa 1795–1815 At seventeen inches across, this creamware basin makes the case that Georgian potters got to minimalism first. The wide rim carries a single confident gesture: an undulating wave of canary yellow, drawn crisply in chocolate-brown outline, with a sprig of blue and green forget-me-nots rising from each trough — a neoclassical festoon distilled to pure rhythm, as graphic today as anything from a modern studio. The great plain cream well shows off the thin, precise potting that made Shorthose & Heath of Hanley serious rivals to Wedgwood’s Queen’s Ware, and the base carries the partnership’s rare impressed mark — SHORTHOSE & HEATH — with the workman’s mark L9. The brief partnership years make marked examples scarce; marked examples at this scale, in this condition, scarcer still. Dimensions Diameter: 17 inches (43.2 cm) Height: 2¼ inches (5.7 cm) Marks Impressed SHORTHOSE & HEATH; impressed workman’s mark L9. Condition The dish is in good condition and is remarkably well-preserved considering its substantial scale and the fragile nature of creamware. Provenance Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge Historical Context Creamware was the refined earthenware that conquered the Georgian table, and the Shorthose & Heath partnership (circa 1795–1815) ranked among Hanley’s finest practitioners before John Shorthose’s solo years ended in bankruptcy in 1823. Basins of this scale served grand dessert services or stood beneath punch bowls, and their thin fragile bodies meant most did not survive their working lives. Today the yellow-and-cream palette earns these pieces a second career: they sit as comfortably in a spare modern interior as in a cabinet of Georgian pottery. (Ref: NY10131-marx)

Dimensions:
Height: 2.25 in (5.72 cm)Diameter: 17 in (43.18 cm)
Style:
Georgian (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Creamware,Pottery
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
Early 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1795-1815
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. tiny blue glaze mark on centre-see photo- a dot.
Seller Location:
Downingtown, PA
Reference Number:
Seller: NY10131-marx1stDibs: LU861031202492

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