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Object name(s):
perfume bottle; Crown Dorset; bottle; vase; ceramic; vase
Brief description:
perfume bottle; buff stoneware; wickerwork effect; wide base narrowing to neck; small handle on neck; Crown Dorset stamp on base
Collection:
Poole Museum
Acquisition date:
Date - earliest / single:
9.9.1986
Associated concept:
ceramics
Condition:
good
Object history note:
Crown Dorset made a range of these; probably made for the British Perfume Company which was on the same site, proprietor Mr Walker; there was a court case between them in 1913 whan the bottler weren't glazed inside and the perfume leaked out; Walker sued for faultly goods and Crown Dorset sued because he wouldn't pay
Object name:
perfume bottle; Crown Dorset; bottle; vase; ceramic; vase
Object number:
POOMS:1986.310
Object production date:
1913
Object production person:
Crown Dorset Pottery
Person's association:
manufacturer
Other number:
T:1992.111
Other number:
or 1634
Other number type:
previous number

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/506ece59-1bfd-3b4d-ad60-d17ee384d476

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/506ece59-1bfd-3b4d-ad60-d17ee384d476, Poole Museum, CC BY-NC

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