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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Bowl

ca. 1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl, nearly hemispherical with a rouge flambe glaze. Porcellaneous stoneware with a high temperature (flambé) glaze in crimson, purple and green. Turned wood stand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Porcellaneous stoneware with high temperature (flambé) glaze, turned wood
Brief description
Bowl, porcellaneous stoneware with a crimson, purple and green flambé glaze, with turned wood stand, designed by William Howson Taylor and made by Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, ca. 1905
Physical description
Bowl, nearly hemispherical with a rouge flambe glaze. Porcellaneous stoneware with a high temperature (flambé) glaze in crimson, purple and green. Turned wood stand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.2cm
  • Diameter: 21.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • scissors[?] (Maker's mark painted on base, obscured by label)
  • 'Ruskin Pottery, GRAND PRIZE, ST LOUIS, No. 96P, Price £3.10.0' (paper label printed and handwritten on base)
  • 'Skinner 96P' (handwritten paper label on base)
Gallery label
Bowl and stand Made by William Howson Taylor, Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, near Birmingham, England, about 1905 Marks: 'Ruskin Pottery Grand Prize St Louis No. 96p Price ú3.10.0', paper label printed and handwritten, 'Skinner 96p', paper label handwritten Porcellaneous stoneware with a high temperature (flambé) glaze in crimson, purple and green. Turned wood stand. 202&A-1906 Purchased from the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, Grafton Galleries. Arthur Banks Skinner, formerly Keeper of the Art Collections, became Director of the Museum in 1905(23/05/2008)
Object history
Purchased from the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, Grafton Galleries (see RFs). Arthur Banks Skinner, formerly Keeper of the Art Collections, became Director of the Museum in 1905.

Purchase price note: Purchased for £7/10/-.
Production
West Smethwick, near Birmingham.
Collection
Accession number
202&A-1906

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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