Description

Ironbridge Industrial Scene Design Vase.

The Ironbridge Industrial Scene Design Vase. A hand cast hand painted vase. Produced by Burslem Pottery on  high fired stoneware with a matt finish.

The scene portrays “Ironbridge” based in Shropshire, with the adjacent industrial scene.

The “Iron Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge that crosses the the River Severn. Opened in 1781. In fact it was the first major bridge in the world to be made of cast iron.

It’s success inspired the widespread use of cast iron as a structural material. Importantly today the bridge is celebrated as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution. (Wikipedia).

Gift idea for any occasions. Particularly for the lovers of the UK industrial heritage.

Height 15cm

Our online price for the Burslem Pottery Ironbridge Industrial Scene Design Vase is £69.99

Including UK Post and Packing (2 day delivery).

In addition to Discounted International Shipping Rates.

Stoke Art Pottery are Stockists for Burslem Pottery products. Click Burslem Pottery to check out their other products currently available.

Burslem Pottery.

Burslem Pottery, in its present form. Established in 2006. Acquiring the moulds and design rights of Cobridge Stoneware. A pottery recently closed down. That had been a company within the Moorcroft group of companies.

The new owner Tracy Bently. Who had worked for Moorcroft and Cobridge Stoneware. Well known by the collectors of Moorcroft and Cobridge Stoneware. As a result continues to produce pottery in the Cobridge Stoneware style. Particularly the Grotesque Birds designed by Andrew Hull.

Using traditional production methods. Making high fired pottery. Is complex and labour intensive. Initially   slip is poured into a mould. As soon as it has set.  Carefully removed  from the mould.  Excess slip removed. A process called “fetling”. The vase vase is now ready for the first firing. Completed at a very high temperature. The temperature carefully monitored. After it has cooled down. The design is now hand drawn onto the vase. Then etched into the vase. A technique known as “sgraffitto”.  Then hand painted prior to the final firing.

Because of this, the production process takes 5 – 6 working days to complete.

Due to the hand painting process. No two vases are identical.

Stoke Art Pottery

Established in 2006. Selling high quality pottery and ceramics online. And we are happy to be a major stockists for Burslem Pottery products.