I am pleased to offer a Botanic Garden Canterbury Bells or Red Star three inch high spice jar with a wooden lid. This motif is one of the six original oatmeal bowl flowers and is the original motif design. The Canterbury Bells was retired along with three other unnamed motifs way back in 1976. This jar carries a pale green number that Portmeirion used in the late 1970's to categorize motifs.

For an original 1970's jar, the canister is in very nice condition with very clean crazing in spots. It has excellent varnish on the lid and was well taken care of. Please be sure to look below and see the full description and more photos...


The Canterbury Bells flower was one of the four original oatmeal motifs, introduced in 1972 and retired early in 1978, that did not have a Latin name printed next to the common name. The other three unnamed oatmeal motifs were retired in the same year. The design was inspired by an image in the 1840 botany book La Flore des Dames by A. Jacquemart.

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During the late 1970's and early 1980's, Portmeirion used a numbering system on some motifs. This item has a green number 6 near the right side of the flower as seen in the photo above.

Size	A little over 3" high without the lid and 2-3/8" across the bottom
Transfer	Excellent bright colors with no flaws seen
Ground	Very white
Glaze	There is some hard to see and very clean crazing in a few spots. It is hard to see on the outside and I did not see any on the inside, but maybe should be fine to use with dry foods.
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	There is some very pale shelf wear on the unglazed bottom ring where it sits on a surface. Shelf wear is very common on older pieces and I do not see any other stains.
Use Marks	None, except as mentioned above
Other Comments	The lid varnish is in excellent condition with no wear and dry areas on the original straight sided wooden lid as is so common on older BG canister lids. The sealing gasket, however, is a little loose and dry. Replacement gaskets should be available if you email Portmeirion Pottery. An original Canterbury Bells spice jar in nice condition with a green number!

The bottom carries A 1st Trophy ID 'Copyright Design' ID mark on the bottom. The image below is borrowed from another almost identical jar. I tried to catch the bottom edge stains in a photo but they were too pale.

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