Yes, it's a honey pot ... remember this song?
The song is all about sugar, honey and candies (all of a different type to this Honey Pot though)
We have always liked to have a little fun with our wares, life's way too short to be serious about EVERYTHING ... so let's talk about Honey, not the lady but that lovely Golden elixir made by the bees ...
This honey pot is super impressive, designed & crafted in Australia and look at that wonderful glass honey scoop. Ok sure, it's not your normal "wooden dipper" but the glass scoop looks great and does the job just fine.
As you lift the scoop out of the pot, that gorgeous Golden Yellow Honey just drips down ... so natural, so healthy, so Golden! Yummmmm...now where are those crumpets or waffles?
HISTORY:
A nice piece of "Australiana", we didn't always collect beautiful Irish, English and "other" chinaware's, we also liked a few pieces of Australiana - this being one of them which must now "leave home" as the house is way too crowded with such things and as older folk, we need more room to move around!
The roots of the Jimmy's Creek Pottery began back in the 1970's when it was called Wartook Potteries but underwent some changes in the late 1990's including a new name, Jimmy's Creek Pottery.
This piece, the lidded Honey Pot, is typical of designs created by Jimmy's Creek with the slipcast Pink & Green wreath and Green lines around the base, the neck and the top lip.
The glass long handled scoop is an add-on but suited (for us) use with the Honey Pot perfectly. My wife cannot remember where the scoop came from originally, it is unbranded and unmarked.
JIMMY'S CREEK POTTERY (Victoria, Australia) - Honey Pot With Scoop
Designed & crafted in The Grampians, Victoria
Circa early 1990's
Honey Pot
300mL capacity
You could add a little more (maybe 50mL) but we didn't like the Honey sticking to the underside of the lid!
Cream base colouring with moss Green horizontal lines plus the Green & Pink wreath near the neck. The lid has just the moss Green decoration (circles) applied to the outer edge of both the lid and the grip knob.
DIMENSIONS:
115mm OD base
95mm OD top lip
65mm mouth
85mm height (outside dimensions)
WEIGHT: 530g
Glass Scoop
Two piece heavy glass (not especially delicate other than the fact it is glass!) with the handle being fused to the scoop bowl. There are no distinguishing markings on this scoop. The scoop bowl is 4mm thickness and has a flat base.
DIMENSIONS:
160mm total length
Curved handle is 6mm x 9mm x 130mm long
Bowl is 45.75mm OD & 38mm ID
This bowl comfortably holds 6~7mL of Honey with each scoop
WEIGHT: 60g
COSMETIC CONDITION (Both Items):
USED (Not Often)
Clean
NO discolouration or staining of the Honey Pot, it's lid or the glass scoop
NO cracks, chips, sliver damage to any of the items
