
Dentil Rim Marbled Pancheon with Attached Saucer
Pancheons were a workhorse in rural English homes of the Victorian era. They were used for "standing milk" (letting the cream rise) or making bread dough. I've repurposed the form as a flowerpot with an attached saucer and have added the ornamentation of a dentil motif on the rim. The pot has a drainage hole into the attached saucer, and the base of the pot and the saucer are treated with an acrylic sealer to be as waterproof as possible while still maintaining the porosity that lets the plant's roots breathe. Marbled pottery, also referred to sometimes as agateware, has ancient roots, going all the way back to the Roman Empire (1st century BC to the 5th century AD). Examples of marbled ware can also be found in pottery of the Tang Dynasty in China, (618-907 AD) the Persians, (9th to 13th centuries AD) and in 18th century Europe it gained wide popularity when taken to new heights by Josiah Wedgewood. Simply put, marble ware uses a technique of combining contrasting colors of clay