Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard
Tunstall Shard

© the artist. Image credit: Ian Banks / Art UK

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This sculpture is inspired by a shard of pottery from Roman times that was found in an underground oven when this former Wedgwood pottery site in the city was being redeveloped. The artwork is 300 times larger than the shard it is based upon and shows a fingerprint, thought to date back hundreds of years, found on the original piece of pottery. A special dedication ceremony was held to celebrate The Shard being unveiled, with pupils from the nearby Mill Hill Primary School also burying time capsules at the site of the new sculpture to mark the event.
Title

Tunstall Shard

Date

2008

Medium

wrought stainless steel, masonry & concrete

Measurements

H 10000 x W 9000 x D 9000 cm (E);
Plinth: H 400 x W 9000 x D 9000 cm (E)

Accession number

ST6_IB_S003

Acquisition method

commissioned by developers Dransfield Properties

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Dransfield Properties

Custodian

Dransfield Properties

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

19th January 2009

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on metal plaque: Frozen in time, a finger print on an /ancient Roman ceramic shard is evidence / of the human life, before our time, / of intent and skill / 'Tunstall Shard' / by Robert Erskine FRBS, / acknowledges the generations of people in / Tunstall, whose occupations and skill created / Tunstall's fine reputation for outstanding quality, / so characteristic of its industries. / Commissioned by / Dransfield Properties Limited 2008

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Located at

Scotia Road, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

ST6 6AT

Set on a plinth on a small roadside square on the northwest side of the A5271 / A50, adjacent to the pedestrian crossing at Alexandra Park retail park.