Bowl
1740-1750 (made)
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Salt-glazed stoneware bowl, with brown slip and floral decoration incised through a layer of white slip.
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Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware with brown slip and decoration incised through a white slip |
Brief description | Bowl, salt-glazed stoneware with floral decoration incised through a layer of white slip, made in Staffordshire, 1740-1750. |
Physical description | Salt-glazed stoneware bowl, with brown slip and floral decoration incised through a layer of white slip. |
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Gallery label | Bowl
Made in Staffordshire, about 1750
Salt-glazed stoneware, the decoration incised through a layer of white slip
C.37-1938 Wallace Elliot bequest(23/05/2008) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
Object history | Hanley, Butters & Sons, 27/07/1912. Form the L.M. Solon Collection. |
Historical context | This bowl has been associated with the patent taken out April 24 1733 by Ralph Shaw, potter, of Burslem (Staffordshire), for employing 'various substances, which, being mixt and incorporated together, make up a fine body, of which a curious ware may be made, whose outside will be of a true chocolate colour, striped with white, and the inside white, much resembling chinaware, and glazed with salt.' Shaw's patent was the subject of litigation in 1736, when it was annulled Most Staffordshire wares with this type of decoration are lead-glazed earthenware. This bowl is unusual and perhaps unique in being salt-glazed stoneware. |
Production | For Ralph Shaw's patent see Historical Conxtext Note |
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Accession number | C.37-1938 |
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Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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