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

Vase

ca. 1910-1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of grey stoneware, ovoid in shape with a wide mouth, and covered with a thick tin glaze, and painted in purple, green and red with small sprigs of berries and grapes, interspersed with groups of three red spots and a small cross-hatched device in red.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, tin glazed, and painted
Brief description
Vase of grey stoneware, ovoid in shape with a wide mouth, and covered with a thick tin glaze, designed by James Eadley Young, made by Carter & Co. under the direction of Owen Carter, Poole, ca. 1910-1920.
Physical description
Vase of grey stoneware, ovoid in shape with a wide mouth, and covered with a thick tin glaze, and painted in purple, green and red with small sprigs of berries and grapes, interspersed with groups of three red spots and a small cross-hatched device in red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
  • Diameter: 19cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Carter & Co, Poole' [Incised in script]
Production
Made under the direction of Owen Carter
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
The Poole potteries : February to April 1978, London, HMSO, 1978
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.374-1976

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Record createdNovember 10, 2008
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