Royal Lancastrian Pottery

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On display at V&A South Kensington

Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company (manufacturer) Forsyth, Gordon Mitchell (designer) Forsyth, Gordon Mitchell (decorator)
Place of origin	Clifton Junction (made)

Bowl of earthenware, painted on the interior in blue and gold lustre glazes with a rampant goat in gold against a large blue moon and the walls have a lozenge pattern, and exterior has green, blue and gold bands in lustre.

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Categories	Ceramics Art Pottery Earthenware
Object type	Bowl
Title	Royal Lancastrian Pottery (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Earthenware and glazed in lustre Earthenware Glaze Wheel-Thrown Lustre-Painted
Brief description	'Royal Lancastrian Pottery' bowl of earthenware, painted on the interior in lustre glazes with a rampant goat in gold against a moon while the walls have a lozenge pattern, and exterior has bands in lustre, designed and decorated by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth, made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd., Clifton Junction, ca. 1920.
Physical description	Bowl of earthenware, painted on the interior in blue and gold lustre glazes with a rampant goat in gold against a large blue moon and the walls have a lozenge pattern, and exterior has green, blue and gold bands in lustre.
Dimensions	Height: 8.9cm Diameter: 21.1cm
Marks and inscriptions	Four intersecting scythes, rebus and two joined wings (Decorator's mark painted (underglaze) on base) A Tudor rose [impressed] 'England' Four figures [indistinct] (Painted in lustre pigment) (Forsyth date mark for 1919-1920)
Gallery label	Bowl 'Royal Lancastrian Pottery' Decoration designed by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth, Decorated by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth, made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd, Clifton Junction, near Manchester, England, 1919 C.33-1964 Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd(23/05/2008)
Credit line	Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd
Subject depicted	Goat
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.33-1964

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Record created	March 31, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O151675/royal-lancastrian-pottery-bowl-forsyth-gordon-mitchell/

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