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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Bowl

1740-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salt-glazed stoneware bowl, with brown slip and floral decoration incised through a layer of white slip.


Object details

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Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2cm
  • Diameter: 17.1cm
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
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.37-1938

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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