{"product_id":"a-watcombe-terracotta-company-sterling-silver-mounted-ice-bucket-circa-1875","title":"A Watcombe Terracotta Company sterling silver mounted ice bucket designed by Dr Christopher Dresser. 1875","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA Watcombe Terracotta Company  sterling silver mounted ice bucket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDesigned by Dr Christopher Dresser \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePrinted factory marks to base : Watcombe Torquay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWith sterling silver mounts and drainer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eHallmarked: Sheffield 1875\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMaker:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJehoiada Alsop Rhodes, Sheffield\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeight:10cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMr G. Allen, the founder of the Watcombe Terracotta Clay Company discovered the local red clay unique to this part of south Devon when building watch be House and set up his art pottery venture there in 1867. The evidence for Dr Christopher Dresser's connection with the pottery is circumstantial but overwhelming. Not only was terracotta one of his favourite material at this point in his career, but the shapes are similar to those used in. other media throughout his design practice. Plain terracotta pieces decorated with gilding and a distinctive turquoise-blue enamel as well as glazed black-and-brown vessels with stylised flower and leaf ornament, in shapes bearing unmistakeable stamp of his work were produced between 1869 and 1880.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 19.600000381469727px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamish Clark Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40775072088112,"sku":"","price":750.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0866\/4368\/products\/IMG_2927.jpg?v=1677992254","url":"https:\/\/hamishclarkantiques.com\/products\/a-watcombe-terracotta-company-sterling-silver-mounted-ice-bucket-circa-1875","provider":"Hamish Clark Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}