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Lancastrian Pottery

Vase
ca. 1903-1904 (made)
Artist/Maker
Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company (maker)
Tunnicliffe, Robert (thrower)
Place of origin
England (made)

Large vase . Earthenware with blue streaked 'drip' glaze: turquoise and red striated, veined and feathered opalescent glaze.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Art Pottery
Object type
Vase
TitleLancastrian Pottery (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with 'drip' glaze
Earthenware
Wheel-Thrown
Brief description
Large 'Lancastrian Pottery' vase, earthenware with blue streaked drip glaze, made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company, England, ca. 1903-1904
Physical description
Large vase . Earthenware with blue streaked 'drip' glaze: turquoise and red striated, veined and feathered opalescent glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.2cm
  • Width: 22.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Monogram: PL and two bees (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) on base)
  • 'P' (Maker's mark impressed on base)
  • 'V' (Thrower's mark incised on base)
  • '92' (label on base)
  • 'No.92 / 80+' (label on base)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Vase 'Lancastrian Pottery'
Thrown by Robert Tunnicliffe, made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co, England, about 1903-04
Marks: 'P L' and two bees, printed, 'P V' impressed, paper labels
Earthenware with blue streaked 'drip' glaze

67-1905 Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co
Credit line
Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd
Object history
Considered by Lomax to be the outstanding piece of this ware in the collections. Glaze discovered 1903, this glaze that inspired the Lancastrian range. In RF 4119/1905 Wm. Burton writes 'in the task of selection I have had the assistance of Mr. Lewis F. day so that the collection we offer you may be taken as representative on the arttistic as well as the technical side of our productions' (67 to 87-1905).
Bibliographic reference
Lomax, Abraham. Royal Lancastrian Pottery, 1900-1938. Bolton, 1957. ill. pl. 2
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
67-1905

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
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