Potter Collection

Three Coldstream Guards -- Crimean Braves
Three Coldstream Guards posing in uniform, with their weapons, in a photograph entitled Crimean Braves. The men are Joseph Numa, John Potter and James Deal

Lucie Rie - potter
Dame Lucie Rie, DBE (16 March 1902 1 April 1995), Austrian-born British studio potter. Date: 1986

Christ Church, Oxford
England, Oxford, Christ Church meadow

Poole Pottery - Shaping a pot on the potters wheel
Shaping a pot on the potters wheel. Poole Pottery was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999

Reproducing Roman pottery at Ashtead, Surrey. Roman ideas for modern households. A potter at work making reproductions. 28th August 1926

1st Battalion Cheshire Regiments regimental drum
Original painting for the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiments regimental drum showing 17 Battle Honours of the Regiment from Louisburg to Kut al Amara

Beatrix Potter Date: circa

Stuffed Kittens Lunch
Stuffed animals sit around a tiny table eating and drinking at the Walter Potter Museum, Jamaica Inn, London, sadly sold off and disbanded in 2003. Date: 1960s

Potter Bridget Appleby and the staff of the Briglin Pottery Crawford Street, Marylebone, London, showing of their Harold Wilson commemoration mugs

The House of Anton Lang at Oberammergau, Germany
The House of Anton Lang at Oberammergau, Bavaria Germany. Anton Lang (18751938) was a German studio potter and an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Play

Hopi Potter 1908
Nampeyo, a renowned pot-maker of the Hopi village of Tewa, northeastern Arizona : her pots are hand-made in every sense - no wheel or elaborate tools are used

Eric Owen, chief modeller at the Minton China Works in Stoke On Trent, creating a vase to a clients specifications. In the foreground are models for a vegetable dish and coffee pots. 1946

Edwardian view - men on Roman Bridge, Marple
The man in the centre of the groups George Potter, a friend and employee of Ernest Battersby who is on the right. The Roman Bridge is in fact medieval, just outside Marple

POTTER: SNOWBALL FIGHT. Rabbits throwing snowballs. Sketch by English writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter, from a letter to Noel Moore, 1895

WYOMING: FORT SANDERS. Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Hooker, Harney, Dodge, Gibbon, and Potter at Fort Sanders, Wyoming, for a meeting regarding the Union Pacific Railroad

Punch Bowl with mottoes from the Ancient and Honourable Society of Bucks, c. 1750 (earthenware)
7394045 Punch Bowl with mottoes from the Ancient and Honourable Society of Bucks, c.1750 (earthenware) by Liverpool Porcelain Factory (c.1754-1804); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

London Trade Card - James Potter, Leather Breeches Maker, at the sign of the Boot and Breeches, Shoemaker Row, near Aldgate. 18th century

William de Morgan by Evelyn de Morgan
Portrait of William Frend de Morgan (1839-1917), English potter, tile designer and novelist, by Evelyn de Morgan (nee Pickering). circa 1880s

India, East India, West Bengal, Kolkata, Kumortuli, Small bells

Town Crier in pony and trap, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
James Smith, Town Crier of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, in pony and trap. Seen here passing the butchers shop owned by J Potter, where cuts of meat are on display

Decorating Pottery - Barons Art - Barnstaple
Decorating by hand at Barons Art Pottery at Barnstaple, Devon. Here William Baron (grandson of the pottery founder William Leonard Baron) can be seen painting the pottery

Portrait Of E R Taylor, 1850-1900. Creator: Edward R Taylor
Portrait Of E R Taylor, 1850-1900. Possibly a self-portrait. Birmingham artist Edward R Taylor was founder of Ruskin Pottery, Smethwick

Illustration to A Happy Pair by Frederick Weatherly, 1890. Artist: Potter, Helen Beatrix (1866-1943)
Illustration to A Happy Pair by Frederick Weatherly, 1890. Private Collection

North Stafford Hotel, LMS poster, 1923-1947
London Midland & Scottish Railway poster promoting Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries

C17 Potter / Woodcut
A potter at his wheel, turned by his foot, puts the finishing touches to an elegant pot

Mrs Potter / Players 1903
MRS JAMES BROWN-POTTER (nee CORA URQUHART) American actress

Indian Potters Wheel
A Indian potter moulding a vase or jug at his wheel, with assorted dishes, made earlier, all around him

Valentin Lopez Ceramics, San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua, Central America

Anton Lang, actor, in his pottery workshop
Anton Lang (1875-1938), German actor, in his pottery workshop. He worked as a potter, and performed as an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Plays, playing the role of Jesus Christ in 1900

Wilson Lochhead, studio potter, Kirkcudbright
Wilson Lochhead, the second generation of studio potters in Kirckcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. Date: 2005

Heron Aryballos, c.580 BC (earthenware with slip decoration)
XOS5881015 Heron Aryballos, c.580 BC (earthenware with slip decoration) by Greek school, (6th century BC); 13x5.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Greece, Milesian, Eastern province)

Twelve Lenox Porcelain Gold-Ground Monogramed Botanical Place Plates, c. 1906 (porcelain)
7205894 Twelve Lenox Porcelain Gold-Ground Monogramed Botanical Place Plates, c. 1906 (porcelain); diam: 26.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Two-handled spouted jug with dark-on-light polychrome decoration, -100 BC (ceramic, painted)
7309968 Two-handled spouted jug with dark-on-light polychrome decoration, -100 BC (ceramic, painted); 18.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic)

Pedestalled cup, Vasilike mottled ware, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (clay, pigment)
7309997 Pedestalled cup, Vasilike mottled ware, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (clay, pigment); 8.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: clay, pigment); © Ashmolean Museum

Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery)
7309993 Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 15 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Bretonnes, c. 1895 (plaster vase)
8890346 Bretonnes, c. 1895 (plaster vase) by Serusier, Paul (1864-1927); Height: 27 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: by Paul Serusier); Photo © Christie's Images

Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos, -99 BC (terracotta)
7310020 Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos, -99 BC (terracotta); 15.2 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: terracotta); © Ashmolean Museum

Seal depicting man with oxen, -360 BC (red jasper)
7309964 Seal depicting man with oxen, -360 BC (red jasper); 1.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: stone (red jasper)); © Ashmolean Museum

Intaglio gem, hunting scene horseman attacking a lion, -200 BC (carnelian)
7309977 Intaglio gem, hunting scene horseman attacking a lion, -200 BC (carnelian); 1.1 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: carnelian); © Ashmolean Museum

Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Worcester (colour litho)
8630630 Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Worcester (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Worcester)

Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Longton Hall (colour litho)
8630629 Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Longton Hall (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Longton Hall)

Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Derby (colour litho)
8630626 Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Derby (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Derby)

Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Chelsea (colour litho)
8630622 Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Chelsea (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chelsea)

Little Workers: The Potters (colour litho)
8629546 Little Workers: The Potters (colour litho) by Hardy, Evelyn Stuart (1865-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Potters)

Industrial Arts of the Ancients, Pottery (engraving)
8644791 Industrial Arts of the Ancients, Pottery (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Industrial Arts of the Ancients, Pottery)

Early Trading in Egypt (litho)
8660966 Early Trading in Egypt (litho) by Ward, Charles Daniel (1872-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Early Trading in Egypt)

Ancient Greek art and culture (engraving)
8635043 Ancient Greek art and culture (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Greek art and culture. Illustration from Hellas)

Page of London views, 1835 (engraving)
8663297 Page of London views, 1835 (engraving) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Age of Bronze and Iron (litho)
8661256 The Age of Bronze and Iron (litho) by Cormon, Fernand (1854-1924) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Age of Bronze and Iron)

Photocard, 1930s: Rabat, Morocco (coloured photo)
8671651 Photocard, 1930s: Rabat, Morocco (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rabat, Morocco)

Advertisement for De Morgan & Company, Fulham (b/w photo)
8626986 Advertisement for De Morgan & Company, Fulham (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for De Morgan & Company, tile painters and potters)

Josiah WEDGWOOD (1730-1795) potter and English industrialist in his workshop
XEE5032097 Josiah WEDGWOOD (1730-1795) potter and English industrialist in his workshop; (add.info.: Josiah WEDGWOOD (1730-1795) potter and English industrialist in his workshop); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait Josiah WEDGWOOD (1730-1795) potter and English industrialist in his workshop
XEE5032087 Portrait Josiah WEDGWOOD (1730-1795) potter and English industrialist in his workshop; (add.info.: Portrait Josiah WEDGWOOD (1730-1795) potter and English industrialist in his workshop

Portrait of the Potter and Ceramist Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) (Portrait of Bernard Palissy French Huguenot potter)
ELD4881828 Portrait of the Potter and Ceramist Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) (Portrait of Bernard Palissy French Huguenot potter)

The home of Josiah Wedgwood
3585811 The home of Josiah Wedgwood; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the home of Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) an English potter and entrepreneur. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The work room of Josiah Wedgwood
3585809 The work room of Josiah Wedgwood; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the work room of Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) an English potter and entrepreneur

Art. Oven for faience (tin glazed pottery). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434712 Art. Oven for faience (tin glazed pottery). Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Art. Four a faience. Coll. Part. Art)

Chinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it
FLO4590209 Chinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it, and a potter firing porcelain plates over an open oven

Woman and girl at work in a Staffordshire, 1850
3478845 Woman and girl at work in a Staffordshire, 1850; (add.info.: Woman at work in an English factory making needles for the sewing industry.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A pottery raft on the River Nile, 1850
3330786 A pottery raft on the River Nile, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a pottery raft on the River Nile. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Bowl from the Hawaiian Islands presented to Captain Charles Clerke
3079186 Bowl from the Hawaiian Islands presented to Captain Charles Clerke; (add.info.: Bowl from the Hawaiian Islands presented to Captain Charles Clerke)

Twelve Lenox Porcelain Gold-Ground Monogrammed Botanical Place Plates, c.1906 (porcelain)
7205796 Twelve Lenox Porcelain Gold-Ground Monogrammed Botanical Place Plates, c.1906 (porcelain); diam: 26.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Each painted with an orchid specimen)

Twelve Lenox Porcelain Gold-Ground Monogrammed Botanical Place Plates, c.1906 (porcelain)
7205795 Twelve Lenox Porcelain Gold-Ground Monogrammed Botanical Place Plates, c.1906 (porcelain); diam: 26.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Each painted with an orchid specimen)

Twelve Lenox Porcelain Gold-Ground Monogramed Botanical Place Plates, c. 1906 (porcelain)
7205793 Twelve Lenox Porcelain Gold-Ground Monogramed Botanical Place Plates, c. 1906 (porcelain); diam: 26.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Each painted with an orchid specimen)

Spouted bowl, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (ceramic, pigment)
7310022 Spouted bowl, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (ceramic, pigment); 8.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic, pigment); © Ashmolean Museum

Sherd, -600 BC (ceramic)
7310003 Sherd, -600 BC (ceramic); 5.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic, Material: ceramic); © Ashmolean Museum

Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery)
7310051 Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 47 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery)
7309982 Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 15 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The home of Josiah Wedgwood
3585810 The home of Josiah Wedgwood; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the home of Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) an English potter and entrepreneur. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it
FLO4727841 Chinese potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte

Engraving depicting Egyptian potters
5309001 Engraving depicting Egyptian potters; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Egyptian potters. Engraving after an ancient Egyptian painting)

Science. A potter workshop in the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434717 Science. A potter workshop in the XIXth cent. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part. Science)

Pottery vessel representing the Storm God of the Aztecs
3330167 Pottery vessel representing the Storm God of the Aztecs; (add.info.: Pottery vessel representing the Storm God of the Aztecs, known as Tlaloc)

History of Indigenous Peoples: Women decorating pottery on the roof of a Pueblo village, New Mexico
NWI4894282 History of Indigenous Peoples: Women decorating pottery on the roof of a Pueblo village, New Mexico. Coloured engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of Indigenous Peoples)

A potter's shop, 1850
3478707 A potter's shop, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the interior of a potter's shop. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Pottery workshop and woman carrying vessels to market, 1828
3480388 Pottery workshop and woman carrying vessels to market, 1828; (add.info.: Pottery workshop and woman carrying vessels to market, India, early 19th Century)

Dish with arabic inscription, 15th century (earthenware)
IND55613 Dish with arabic inscription, 15th century (earthenware); Museo Nacional de Ceramica, Valencia, Spain; Index Fototeca

Burham Brick, Pottery and Cement Works, Kent (engraving)
8676964 Burham Brick, Pottery and Cement Works, Kent (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Burham Brick, Pottery and Cement Works, Kent)

A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho)
8673176 A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A little dictionary of art in 100 pictures)

Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Bow (colour litho)
8630624 Old English Pottery and Porcelain: Bow (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bow)

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