`SO RARE!!! GRINDLEY ENGLAND SCENES AFTER CONSTABLE VEGETABLE TUREEN LIDDED BOWL

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"ANTIQUE c1930s GRINDLEY ENGLAND SCENES AFTER CONSTABLE VEGETABLE TUREEN LIDDED BOWL.

Depicting scenic views by Grindley, an English pottery company founded by William Harry Grindley at the Newfield Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent in 1880. The pattern is entitled "Scenes after Constable" showcasing an array of John Constable's romantic landscapes paintings transferred to the pottery by Grindley.

The dish has ornate side handles with border pattern around the outside and inside to the base a small scenic cartouche with the text "A BOAT PASSING THE LOCK AFTER CONSTABLE" 

WHAT MAKES THIS PIECE SO UNIQUE: THE LOCK, 1824 ANOTHER SCENE OF RURAL LABOUR ON THE STOUR. CONSTABLE SHOWS A MAN IN RED WAISTCOAT STRUGGLING TO OPEN THE LOCK AT DEDHAM TO LET A BOAT PASS ALONG THE RIVER. ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE LOCK WE CAN MAKE OUT ANOTHER MAN, APPARENTLY DIGGING WITH HIS HORSE AND DOG, AND ACROSS THE FIELD IN THE DISTANCE IS DEDHAM CHURCH. STRETCHING ITS BRANCHES UP INTO THE SKY IS A GREAT TREE, WHILST THE SKY IS BEGINNING TO BRUISE SLIGHTLY AND DARKEN. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE STOUR PAINTINGS IN PRIVATE HANDS, HAVING BEEN SOLD TO THE BORNEMISZA MUSEUM OF MADRID. THIS WAS CURIOUSLY FITTING, AS THE LOCK WAS THE ONLY ONE OF CONSTABLE'S WORKS TO HAVE SOLD WHEN ORIGINALLY EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY IN 1824.

ALSO 1 OF THE TOP 10 ARTWORKS BY JOHN CONSTABLE!!!

Lovely scene to the cover with the text "RIVER STOUR SUFFOLK AFTER CONSTABLE". Back stamp: GRINDLEY ENGLAND SCENES AFTER CONSTABLE. 

There are no chips, cracks, glazing, overall excellent condition!!!

Size: 25cm x 23cm and total depth 13cm

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