Blue Leeds Fireclay Company bowl

Creator

Date

c. 1900

Identifier

Mellor Collection, Otago Museum (Image copyright, Otago Museum, Dunedin)

Type

Publisher

Unpublished

Abstract

This blue Leeds Fireclay Company bowl was owned by Mellor and gifted to the Otago Museum by his wife, Emma, in 1945. The possession of it is understandable given Mellor’s interest in refractory materials in furnaces and kilns. Fireclay (hydrous silicates of aluminium; Al2O3.2SiO2.2H2O) was discovered in a coal mine by William Wilcox and John Lassey in 1859. It can withstand very high temperatures.

Files

leeds fireclay.jpg

Citation

Unknown, “Blue Leeds Fireclay Company bowl,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed March 29, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/9025.