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Vase

1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Object Type
This vase, although functional, was made mainly for show. The overall decoration, in a comparatively restrained 'art' style, was made to appeal to the widest possible, yet fashion-conscious, home-owning market.

Design & Designing
The production of earthenware with painted pictorial decoration was developed at the Lambeth factory of Doulton & Co. around 1872. Five years earlier in the international exhibition, Paris, similar wares by the French potter Joseph-Théodore Deck (1823-1891) and Wedgwood wares painted by Emile Lessore had been exhibited, and in 1871 Minton's had opened their Art Pottery studio, specialising in painted wares, in Kensington Gore, London. Doulton's decided to follow this new fashion with the production of 'Lambeth faience'.

People
Mary Capes was one of the many decorating artists who worked for the studio production. Between about 1876 and 1883 she was a faience designer and painter and she also developed a technique for painting in enamel colours on stoneware.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted
Brief description
Vase of earthenware, painted in colours, decorated by Mary Capes, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, 1879
Physical description
Vase of earthenware. Elongated ovoid body, spreading foot, narrow neck, funnel-shaped mouth. The body is painted with branches of orange-trees in colours in three oval panels, the remaining surface being decorated with leafy scrollwork in orange-yellow on a lighter yellow ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.7cm
  • Maximum width: 9.9cm
  • Base diameter: 8.4cm
Dimensions checked: Measured; 28/05/1999 by Terry
Marks and inscriptions
  • DOULTON LAMBETH FAIENCE' and four inerlaced D's within a circle and '1879' (Impressed)
  • 'MC' in monogram and 'M. Capes' (Mark of the decorator in brown)
  • '306' (In brown)
Gallery label
(27/03/2003)
British Galleries:
As the trend to create individual, artistic interiors developed, many large-scale manufacturers of tiles and sanitary ware established studios which produced more decorative wares for the home, known as 'art pottery'. Doulton & Co. was one of the first to establish a studio, employing decorators trained at the new school of art in Lambeth.
(23/05/2008)
Vase
Decorated by Mary Capes, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, England, dated 1879


3805-1901
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
Made at Lambeth Art Pottery.
Subjects depicted
Summary
Object Type
This vase, although functional, was made mainly for show. The overall decoration, in a comparatively restrained 'art' style, was made to appeal to the widest possible, yet fashion-conscious, home-owning market.

Design & Designing
The production of earthenware with painted pictorial decoration was developed at the Lambeth factory of Doulton & Co. around 1872. Five years earlier in the international exhibition, Paris, similar wares by the French potter Joseph-Théodore Deck (1823-1891) and Wedgwood wares painted by Emile Lessore had been exhibited, and in 1871 Minton's had opened their Art Pottery studio, specialising in painted wares, in Kensington Gore, London. Doulton's decided to follow this new fashion with the production of 'Lambeth faience'.

People
Mary Capes was one of the many decorating artists who worked for the studio production. Between about 1876 and 1883 she was a faience designer and painter and she also developed a technique for painting in enamel colours on stoneware.
Bibliographic reference
Eyles, Desmond. The Doulton Lambeth wares London: Hutchinson, 1975, pl. 158
Collection
Accession number
3805-1901

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Record createdMay 25, 1999
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