Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

Pair of Wedgwood & Bentley Agate Plant Pots

About the Item

A pair of plant pots covered in marbled brown glaze emulating agate gemstone encircled with checkered rims accented in gold, made circa 1770 by Wedgwood & Bentley in Staffordshire, England. Emulating the mesmerizing marbled surface of a precious gemstone, these Wedgwood agate ware plant pots expertly mimic a precious material on a quotidian object. The pots were made during the Wedgwood & Bentley period of the factory and, underneath the agate slip, feature a delicate creamware body, the material for which the company became famous. Dimensions: 3 3/8 in. H x 4 3/8 in. Dm Condition: Excellent. One pot with some hairline cracks on base around drainage hole. Traces of original gilding around checkered rims. References: Birmingham Museum of Art, 1983.21a-b Royal Ontario Museum, 984.18.64.1-.2 Victoria & Albert Museum, WE.8126-2014 Literature: Peter Kaellgren, Wedgwood: Artistry and Innovation (Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 2009), illus. p. 67. Robin Reilly, Wedgwood vol. 1 (London: Macmillan Ltd. 1989), illus. p. 391 pl. C93.
  • Creator:
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3.38 in (8.59 cm)Diameter: 4.38 in (11.13 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Style:
    Neoclassical (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1770-1779
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1770
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. One pot with some hairline cracks on base around drainage hole. Traces of original gilding around checkered rims.
  • Seller Location:
    Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 2023.1.31stDibs: LU5643233924572

More From This Seller

View All
Early Wedgwood Egyptian Revival Neoclassical Rosso Antico Coffee Pot
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Wedgwood rosso antico coffee pot made ca. 1810. The pot's red body is accentuated by black basalt details in the Egyptian Revival style. Developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1760s, rosso antico famously exhibits the Egyptian Revival style that became popular in the early 19th century during Napoleon...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Neoclassical Pitchers

Materials

Earthenware

Wedgwood Black Basalt Hedgehog Bulb Planter
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A black basalt bulb pot molded as a hedgehog, made by Wedgwood in the middle of the 19th century. Finely molded as a lively little hedgehog, this unique object would have been use...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Stoneware

Six Wedgwood Majolica Argenta 'Lincoln' Pattern Dessert Dishes
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Six Wedgwood majolica Argenta palette ‘Lincoln' pattern dessert plates with finely molded maroon prunus blossoms and dark taupe pine branches surrounded by a yellow Greek key border. The dishes are decorated in the japonisme style and feature the “Three Friends of Winter” motif, an Asian artistic convention showing the pine, plum, and bamboo together to represent steadfastness, perseverance, and resilience. The Wedgwood factory introduced muted Argenta glazes to its majolicas in the 1880s to keep up with ever-changing fashions. The Argenta glaze color palette was more subdued than that of traditionally vibrant majolica, and was thus more appealing to the Aesthetic Movement japonisme style that pervaded the market. These Argenta majolica dessert dishes...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Japonisme Pottery

Materials

Earthenware, Majolica

Early 19th Century Wedgwood Egyptian Revival Rosso Antico Teapot
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A rosso antico teapot made by Wedgwood ca. 1810. The pot's red body is accentuated by black basalt details in the Egyptian Revival style. This ros...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Egyptian Revival Tea Sets

Materials

Earthenware

Creil French Mochaware Pottery Coffee Pot
By Creil et Montereau
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Creil mochaware peach-colored coffee pot made circa 1810. This elegant coffee pot features a dark brown mocha dendrite (tree) design on a light peach body. Mochaware pottery...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Folk Art Pitchers

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Early Wedgwood Dipped Pearlware Bough Pot
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A dark brown-glazed pearlware bough pot with pierced cover and applied decoration, made by Wedgwood circa 1785. The development of a whiteware body had been a goal of ceramicists ac...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century British Neoclassical Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware, Pearlware

You May Also Like

Large Glazed Earthenware Castelnaudary-Style Urn or Planter Pot from France
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large French garden planter pot or urn featuring the brilliant green-glazed earthenware hues of Castelnaudary pottery and a stylish relief design around the whole. With impressed pottery marks on interior and at base - POTERIE DES GORGES DE...
Category

20th Century French Pottery

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery

French Antique Confit Yellow Redware Faience Yellowware Art Pottery Pot France
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
A rustic French confit pot from the late nineteenth / early twentieth-century. Originally used for storing preserves. This would make a lovely addition to a collection of antique p...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Campaign Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Pottery

French Antique Confit Yellow Redware Faience Yellowware Art Pottery Pot France
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
A rustic French confit pot from the late nineteenth / early twentieth-century. Originally used for storing preserves. This would make a lovely addition to a collection of antique p...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Campaign Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Pottery

French Antique Confit Pot Yellow Redware Faience Yellowware Art Pottery France
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
A rustic French confit pot from the late nineteenth / early twentieth-century. Originally used for storing preserves. This would make a lovely addition to a collection of antique p...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Campaign Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Pottery

18th-Century English Pottery Pebbled Pearlware Bough Pots, Wood Family
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
The pair of bough pots, attributed to the Ralph Wood Pottery, have a fixed pierced top with a blue band around the upper rim and the front panel wit...
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Pearlware, Pottery

Pair of David Cressey & Robert Maxwell for Earthgender Teardrop Sunburst Planter
By Robert Maxwell and David Cressey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cylindrical pair of planters from Earthgender, David Cressey and Robert Maxwell’s early 1970s project. These 17.75” diameter examples are incised in the “Teardrop Sunburst” design wi...
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Recently Viewed

View All