Water filter
Maker
Joshua Carder
Production date
1860-1880s
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Object detail
Description
A ceramic, earthenware, water filter from the late 1860s-1870s. There are two handles and a hole at the base where a tap would have been located. Flowers in relief over the surface and a coat of arms/crest in the centre above the tap. The name 'J. Carder' is imprinted above the crest.
Was owned and used by the Brain family who came to Tauranga in the 1880s and built a house on the corner of Cameron Road and Elizabeth Street. Joshua Carder operated major clay works at Limeburners Bay, Hobsonville, Auckland, from 1863 to 1929. According to a Archaelogical Report completed by Clough & Associates in 2008 “Joshua Carder arrived in New Zealand in September 1863 and soon after he was producing pottery at Hobsonville, his wife and sons arriving to join him in 1865. The skills he had gained in Staffordshire set him up well for production in his new country. He had plaster moulds for press moulding ornamental pieces including sporting scenes and sheaves of wheat. He no doubt made use of these moulds as well as producing more functional wares. Joshua Carder’s sons, Walter and George, set up their own pottery in 1872.”
Was owned and used by the Brain family who came to Tauranga in the 1880s and built a house on the corner of Cameron Road and Elizabeth Street. Joshua Carder operated major clay works at Limeburners Bay, Hobsonville, Auckland, from 1863 to 1929. According to a Archaelogical Report completed by Clough & Associates in 2008 “Joshua Carder arrived in New Zealand in September 1863 and soon after he was producing pottery at Hobsonville, his wife and sons arriving to join him in 1865. The skills he had gained in Staffordshire set him up well for production in his new country. He had plaster moulds for press moulding ornamental pieces including sporting scenes and sheaves of wheat. He no doubt made use of these moulds as well as producing more functional wares. Joshua Carder’s sons, Walter and George, set up their own pottery in 1872.”
Maker
Joshua Carder
Production date
1860-1880s
Production place
Auckland, New Zealand
Measurements
380mm (height without lid)
Accession number
2683/85
Current rights