Bottle

1903-1904 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle vase of white earthenware covered with an opalescent crystalline glaze streaked brown and purple. Hexagonal shape with facetted sides, pear-shaped body and long tapering neck.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, opalescent crystalline glaze
Brief description
Vase, earthenware, with a crystalline glaze, 'Lancastrian Pottery', made by Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company, Clifton Junction, near Manchester, England, 1903-4
Physical description
Bottle vase of white earthenware covered with an opalescent crystalline glaze streaked brown and purple. Hexagonal shape with facetted sides, pear-shaped body and long tapering neck.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26cm
  • Diameter: 10.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
P (impressed)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Bottle 'Lancastrian Pottery'
Made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co, England, about 1903-04
Marked
Earthenware, facetted sides, streaked and crystalline glaze

887-1904
Object history
Purchased from the First Exhibition of the Lancastrian Pottery, Graves Galleries, 1904. A total of £100 paid for 884 to 897-1904.

Exhibited at 'Europaische Keramik des Jugendstils' in Dusseldorf, 1974.
Collection
Accession number
887-1904

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Record createdNovember 22, 2005
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