A rare ‘gardenesque’ 1830s flower encrusted Coalport porcelain ‘Strephon Ink 3 Fittings’ inkstand c1830 -1847.
The shape & name are in the 2nd Travellers’ Design Book with a price of 31s 6d without flowers, by the chief Coalport modeller named Peter Strephon (or Stephan), working from 1821 -47.
Firing cracks & minor losses associated with ware, otherwise in excellent condition. 130 H x 370 x 220mm.
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The garden writer & magazine publisher, Jane Loudon, in conjunction with her publicist husband, John Claudius, was the first to use the phrase ‘gardenesque’ in 1833, as distinct from the earlier fashion for ‘picturesque’. In the picturesque, all plants grew (or were planted) in a landscape to form a natural composition that was like a picture. Following on from the extensive plant discoveries, thence distribution via nursureymen, to new suburban gardeners in the early 19th century, the desire was to show individual plants, trees and gardens as specimens, where their individual forms could be enjoyed. Displayed in a garden. With space around them. This inkstand seeks to botanically display, in lifelike form, fashionable flowers of the day & is a very rare survivor.
Images 4&5 from Mrs Loudon’s Gardener’s Magazine showing gardenesque plantings. (1838)
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