Shape Type: Toilet & Personal Hygiene

Pattern Type: Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes

Date: 1815-1825

Dimensions:

  • Height: 18.00 in (45.72 cm)

Maker: Spode

Description:

An earthenware leg bath printed in blue with the Lange Lijzen pattern, also known as Long Eliza.  This attractive middle-period production pattern comes from a Chinese Export design, possibly by way of Dutch delftware, as the name might suggest.  The Chinese pattern from which this pattern was inspired dates from the K'an Hsi period, 1700-1722.   According to Robert Copeland, it is one of the most interesting examples of medical ceramics made by Spode;  reference Spode's Wilow Pattern and Other Designs after the Chinese, p. 143. 

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