Burgess - Chrysanthemum - TL - Wash Bowl

Description

A wash basin was used to hold the water being used to clean.  Notice the lovely embossing inside the bowl that gave this body style its name.

Item: Basin
Potter: Henry Burgess
Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s): 1880s
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware: Bath
Body Style: Chrysanthemum
Treatment: Copper Lustre
Motif: Tea Leaf
Finials: N/A
Adults/Child's Pieces: Adult
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Mark: N/A