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Ceramics, Room 145

Vase

1905 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Inverted pear-shaped vase with spreading foot and wide mouth. Porcellanous stoneware with a high-temperature mottled green and purple (flambé) glaze. Turned wood stand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Porcellanous stoneware with high-temperature (flambé) glaze, turned wood
Brief description
Vase, porcellaneous stoneware with a mottled green and purple flambé glaze and turned wood stand, designed by William Howson Taylor and made by Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, dated 1905
Physical description
Inverted pear-shaped vase with spreading foot and wide mouth. Porcellanous stoneware with a high-temperature mottled green and purple (flambé) glaze. Turned wood stand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.9cm
  • Diameter: 14.9cm
converted from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'RUSKIN POTTERY WEST SMETHWICK' within an oval (impressed)
  • '1905' (impressed)
Gallery label
Vase Designed by William Howson Taylor, Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, near Birmingham, England, Dated 1905 Marks: 'RUSKIN POTTERY WEST SMETHWICK' within an oval and '1905', impressed Porcellanous stoneware with a high-temperature mottled green and purple (flambe) glaze. Turned wood stand. 204&A-1906 Purchased from the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society exhibition, Grafton Galleries(23/05/2008)
Object history
Purchased from the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society exhibition, Grafton Galleries.
Production
West Smethwick, near Birmingham.
Bibliographic reference
British Design. 48 p. Catalogue of the exhibition held in Stockholm, 1987.
Collection
Accession number
204&A-1906

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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