A Good “Memory Ware” (or “Pique Assiette”) Pot Sherd Mosaic Jar

A Good “Memory Ware” (or “Pique Assiette”) Pot Sherd Mosaic Jar

Code: 10859

Dimensions:

H: 16.4cm (6.5")Di: 9.8cm (3.9")

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A “Memory Ware” (or “Pique Assiette”) Jar 
Earthenware pottery, decorated with an applied mosaic of china fragments 
Probably English 
Late 19th-Early 20th Century

Measures:-
16.4 cm high x 9.8 cm diameter 

A very good example of the type of Folk-Art piece known as “Memory Ware”. These wares were decorated with a mosaic of fragments salvaged from broken but much-loved pots which were often stuck onto the carcass of another broken, but held-in-affection piece of pottery. In this way items which would otherwise have been thrown-away turned into decorative items, preserving the "memory" of the objects they were fashioned from. In France they are known as “Pique-Assiette” (a phrase meaning both 'broken plate' and 'a freeloader who steals off plates').

The example here is particularly charming as the sherds are taken from fascinating cross-section of high-end and low-end bone-china and pottery. Although it fits the jar beautifully, the lid is actually fashioned from the broken top of a Victorian 'brown bessie' teapot.