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Footbath
   
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Pattern Category: Other Literature, Mythology and the Arts Object Type: Toilet and Personal Hygiene Dimensions:
Description: Exhibited here is an elaborately decorated earthenware footbath printed in blue underglaze in the Musicians pattern. The pattern that surrounds the footbath consists of selected vignettes of musical scenes in a village or rural setting. They were selected from the seven distinct patterns that make up the Musicians complete design: 1) villagers dancing to bagpipes, 2) villagers linking hands around a pole bearing six spheres which may be lanterns, 3) a woman singing while another accompanies on a spinet, 4) a couple standing before a church with spire, 5) a pipe organ, and 6) a string quartet playing from music on a circular table, and 7) four gentlemen drinking and smoking at a table accompanied by two fiddlers on a balcony. Spode printed these scenes in combination or individually on a variety of toilet wares and other useful objects. A hand bowl and extinguisher tray, or candle snuffer, are other examples also included in this exhibit. Drakard/Holdway Pattern Number P706 Mark Types and IDs
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