Not on display

Vase

ca. 1901 (made)
Artist/Maker
Ruskin Pottery (maker)
Taylor, William Howson (designer)
Place of origin
Smethwick (made)

Vase expands upwards towards shoulder and wide everted mouth. Buff-coloured stoneware with a streaked blue and green leadless glaze.

Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Vase, buff stoneware with streaked blue and green glaze, designed by William Howson Taylor and made by Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, ca. 1901
Physical description
Vase expands upwards towards shoulder and wide everted mouth. Buff-coloured stoneware with a streaked blue and green leadless glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.9cm
  • Diameter: 11.8cm
converted from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • A pair of scissors, possibly (painted)
  • Transliteration
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Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Vase
Designed by William Howson Taylor, made by Ruskin Pottery, Ruskin Pottery, Smethwick, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, about 1901
Mark: possibly a pair of scissors, painted (indistinct)
Buff-coloured stoneware with a streaked blue and green leadless glaze

244-1902
Object history
Purchased for 18 shillings.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
244-1902

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O150280/vase-taylor-william-howson/
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