Vase
ca. 1890 (made)
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Object Type
This vase is a purely decorative object which met fashionable taste around 1900. The form is a 'baluster' shape, copied from Chinese ceramics of the 18th century. The ground colour suggests Chinese rouge flambé, while the decoration is in silver lustre. Wilkes has decorated the vase with the Japanese imperial flower, the chrysanthemum, thus doubling the emphasis on its oriental influences. This vase would impress as evidence of the owner's knowledgeable and artistic taste.
People
Edward R. Wilkes was proficient in a variety of techniques, including painting in lustred glazes, as in this example. He was employed by the highly respected glaze chemist Bernard Moore (1850-1935) at Wolfe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, as a china painter and designer. Around 1900 -1905 Wilkes contributed to Moore's experiments, especially in the development of the difficult flambé glaze.
This vase is a purely decorative object which met fashionable taste around 1900. The form is a 'baluster' shape, copied from Chinese ceramics of the 18th century. The ground colour suggests Chinese rouge flambé, while the decoration is in silver lustre. Wilkes has decorated the vase with the Japanese imperial flower, the chrysanthemum, thus doubling the emphasis on its oriental influences. This vase would impress as evidence of the owner's knowledgeable and artistic taste.
People
Edward R. Wilkes was proficient in a variety of techniques, including painting in lustred glazes, as in this example. He was employed by the highly respected glaze chemist Bernard Moore (1850-1935) at Wolfe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, as a china painter and designer. Around 1900 -1905 Wilkes contributed to Moore's experiments, especially in the development of the difficult flambé glaze.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, with painted lustre decoration |
| Brief description | C |
| Physical description | ENGLISH VASE |
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| Object history | Made in England by Edward R. Wilkes (born in 1861, died in 1953) |
| Summary | Object Type This vase is a purely decorative object which met fashionable taste around 1900. The form is a 'baluster' shape, copied from Chinese ceramics of the 18th century. The ground colour suggests Chinese rouge flambé, while the decoration is in silver lustre. Wilkes has decorated the vase with the Japanese imperial flower, the chrysanthemum, thus doubling the emphasis on its oriental influences. This vase would impress as evidence of the owner's knowledgeable and artistic taste. People Edward R. Wilkes was proficient in a variety of techniques, including painting in lustred glazes, as in this example. He was employed by the highly respected glaze chemist Bernard Moore (1850-1935) at Wolfe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, as a china painter and designer. Around 1900 -1905 Wilkes contributed to Moore's experiments, especially in the development of the difficult flambé glaze. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.342-1983 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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