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

Lancastrian Pottery

Vase
1903-1904 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of white earthenware with short wide neck and wide base, with yellow ochre opalescent glaze, and covered with streaked and speckled purple and reddish-brown glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLancastrian Pottery (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware and glazed
Brief description
Vase of white earthenware with short wide neck and wide base, and with streaked yellow opalescent glaze, made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company, Clifton Junction, 1903-1904.
Physical description
Vase of white earthenware with short wide neck and wide base, with yellow ochre opalescent glaze, and covered with streaked and speckled purple and reddish-brown glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.4cm
  • Width: 15.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'PL' [in monogram] and two bees (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) on base, printed in reserve on a dark green ground)
  • 'P' (Maker's mark incised on base)
  • 'No.150' (label on base)
Gallery label
Vase 'Lancastrian Pottery' made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd, Clifton Junction, near Manchester, England, 1903-1904 70-1905 Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company
Bibliographic references
  • Lomax, Abraham. Royal Lancastrian Pottery 1900-1938. Bolton, 1957.
  • Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
70-1905

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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