Cache Pot
Item
Title
Cache Pot
Creator
Wedgwood
Date
1890s (ca.)
Dimensions
5 1/2 inches (approx.)
Medium
Stoneware (jasperware)
Description
If the Log House interiors have cemented themselves as pinnacles of Arts and Crafts purity since interest in the movement was revived in the 1970s, a closer look at objects like this cache pot complicates the narratives we have created and allows us to reconsider them. Stickley's taste–what he owned, displayed, and manufactured–was far more wide-ranging and nuanced than a simple fealty to the movement he promoted and brought elements of Victorian design, Art Nouveau, classicism, and the Arts and Crafts together into a cogent whole.
Probably manufactured in the 1890s, this cache pot is a good example of the breadth of Stickley's tastes. Although manufactured in Stickley's lifetime it draws from Wedgwood's work and the influence artist of John Flaxman more than 100 years earlier that payed homage to ancient Greek and Roman designs. This was the type of pottery that was admired by connoisseurs and held up as an example of good taste in Stickley's time. Writing in 1896, W. P. Jarvis noted that Wedgwood "added new standards of excellence in ceramics that will endure for time," and stated that "his influence on English pottery can hardly be overestimated."
Probably manufactured in the 1890s, this cache pot is a good example of the breadth of Stickley's tastes. Although manufactured in Stickley's lifetime it draws from Wedgwood's work and the influence artist of John Flaxman more than 100 years earlier that payed homage to ancient Greek and Roman designs. This was the type of pottery that was admired by connoisseurs and held up as an example of good taste in Stickley's time. Writing in 1896, W. P. Jarvis noted that Wedgwood "added new standards of excellence in ceramics that will endure for time," and stated that "his influence on English pottery can hardly be overestimated."
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Image Courtesy of William Bunch Auctions and Appraisals