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A Near Pair of Large Compton Pottery Style Terracotta Garden 'Scroll' Pots or Planters
Hough & Son
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A Near Pair of Large Compton Pottery Style Terracotta Garden 'Scroll' Pots or Planters

1920 - 1940
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A near pair of large Compton Pottery style terracotta garden 'scroll' pots or planters, after a design variously attributed to Mary Seton Watts or Gertrude Jekyll, with flattened circular rim and scrolling side handles.

Approx. heights: 35cms and 33cms.

Drainage holes in the bottom of both.

Good vintage condition, with no damage or repairs.

Declaration

Hough & Son has dated these Terracotta Scroll Garden Planters to the 1930s.

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SA1150382
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SA061
Description
A near pair of large Compton Pottery style terracotta garden 'scroll' pots or planters, after a design variously attributed to Mary Seton Watts or Gertrude Jekyll, with flattened circular rim and scrolling side handles.

Approx. heights: 35cms and 33cms.

Drainage holes in the bottom of both.

Good vintage condition, with no damage or repairs.

Date of Manufacture

Hough & Son has dated these Terracotta Scroll Garden Planters to the 1930s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1150382
Dealers Internal Ref
SA061
Hough & Son
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A near pair of rounded terracotta garden planters featuring bold scroll details along the upper rim with weathered white patination.
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Archive I A near pair of rounded terracotta garden planters featuring bold scroll details along the upper rim with weathered white patination.

A Near Pair of Large Compton Pottery Style Terracotta Garden 'Scroll' Pots or Planters

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Hough & Son
Telephone 07800 952281
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Haslemere
Surrey
United Kingdom
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A near pair of rounded terracotta garden planters featuring bold scroll details along the upper rim with weathered white patination.
A near pair of large Compton Pottery style terracotta garden 'scroll' pots or planters
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A near pair of rounded terracotta garden planters featuring bold scroll details along the upper rim with weathered white patination.
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Originating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Compton Pottery style features bold Arts and Crafts design elements, structural forms, and stylized organic or geometric scroll motifs.

Traditional terracotta planters are crafted from porous natural clay, hand-moulded or slip-cast, and fired at high temperatures to endure external conditions.

Authentic period pieces typically show evidence of hand-finishing, distinct maker marks or stamps, defined relief carving, and genuine mineral salt patination from prolonged outdoor exposure.

These vessels can be positioned to frame a stone doorway, line an outdoor walkway, or be arranged inside a sunroom with structural greenery such as topiary boxwood or ferns.

To prevent frost damage and cracking, terracotta vessels require proper drainage using pot feet and should ideally be moved to a sheltered or indoor area during freezing temperature spells.
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