Brandywine Ruffled Rim with Attached Saucer, Natural White Clay Size:Medium (Traditional #4 Approximately 6.5" top outside diameter x 6.5" tall) with its wide rim

with its wide rim

I like the way the horizontal furrows play with the vertical forms

the shape is a nice piece of garden ornament that speaks to an earlier time

Simply put

which were popular in Victorian England for plants that needed extra room for deep roots

Brandywine Ruffled Rim with Attached Saucer, Natural White Clay Size:Medium (Traditional #4 Approximately 6.5" top outside diameter x 6.5" tall) with its wide rimThe inspiration for this pot comes from Colonial Williamsburg's collection of early American pottery, and is a rare commemorative flowerpot which was handed down as a family heirloom. Late 18th century and early 19th century potters of Chester County, Pennsylvania, occasionally made "fancy flowerpots" which were inscribed with a family name, or to commemorate a special event. The pot that inspired my piece, was made for Elizabeth Canby in 1825, by