Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Beaker

1873 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Object Type
Doulton's commercial production was of salt-glazed utilitarian wares, which were strong and waterproof. Their art ware production, begun in the early 1860s, capitalised on this technical expertise. The artwares, such as this vase, were made on the back of the utilitarian ware using the same material but more decoratively. Doulton was among the first to rediscover the qualities which made stoneware appropriate for art wares. Although perfectly functional as a water-container, stoneware's strength and ability to retain a crisp decorative outline recommended it to collectors in Britain and abroad.

People
Hannah Barlow was one of a family of decorators. She studied at Lambeth School of Art and joined Doulton's art studio nearby in 1871, her brother Arthur and sisters Florence and Lucy joining her thereafter. She was the first female artist to work there. She specialised in incised decoration of countryside subjects of farmhands, and animals in a fresh and natural manner, almost as though she was using the clay as a sketchbook.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration, coloured glazes and with a silver mount
Brief description
Beaker of salt-glazed stoneware, decoration designed by Hannah Barlow, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, dated 1873.
Physical description
Beaker of salt-glazed stoneware incised with a frieze of three horses, filled with blue pigment, and a band of blue glazed leaves over incised lines around the base. Silver rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.5cm
  • Diameter: 8.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DOULTON LAMBETH 1873' [within an oval] (Maker's mark impressed on base)
  • HB [monogram] and '185' (Decorator's mark incised on base)
  • 'YV' (Decorator's mark incised on base)
Gallery label
Cup Decoration designed by Hannah Barlow, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, England, 1873 Marks: 'Doulton Lambeth 1873', impressed, '185 HB', in monogram,, 'YV', incised Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration and coloured glazes C.69-1973 Miss H.M. Gordon Bequest, through the National Art Collections Fund(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss H.M. Gordon through The Art Fund
Production
Made at Lambeth Art Pottery.
Subject depicted
Summary
Object Type
Doulton's commercial production was of salt-glazed utilitarian wares, which were strong and waterproof. Their art ware production, begun in the early 1860s, capitalised on this technical expertise. The artwares, such as this vase, were made on the back of the utilitarian ware using the same material but more decoratively. Doulton was among the first to rediscover the qualities which made stoneware appropriate for art wares. Although perfectly functional as a water-container, stoneware's strength and ability to retain a crisp decorative outline recommended it to collectors in Britain and abroad.

People
Hannah Barlow was one of a family of decorators. She studied at Lambeth School of Art and joined Doulton's art studio nearby in 1871, her brother Arthur and sisters Florence and Lucy joining her thereafter. She was the first female artist to work there. She specialised in incised decoration of countryside subjects of farmhands, and animals in a fresh and natural manner, almost as though she was using the clay as a sketchbook.
Collection
Accession number
C.69-1973

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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