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Lancastrian Pottery

Bottle
1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Bottle vase, with long narrow neck and bulbous body. Earthenware. Separated turquoise crystalline mottled glaze.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Art Pottery
Object type
Bottle
TitleLancastrian Pottery (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, glazed
Earthenware
Wheel-Thrown
Brief description
Earthenware bottle vase with mottled turquoise glaze, 'Lancastrian Pottery' made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company, England, 1903
Physical description
Bottle vase, with long narrow neck and bulbous body. Earthenware. Separated turquoise crystalline mottled glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.1cm
  • Width: 15cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Monogram: PL and two bees (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) on base)
  • 'No. 44' (label on base)
  • Transliteration
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Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Bottle 'Lancastrian Pottery'
Made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co, England, 1903
Marks: 'P L' and two bees (obscured), printed, paper labels
Earthenware with mottled glaze

76-1905 Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co
Credit line
Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd
Bibliographic references
  • Lomax, Abraham. Royal Lancastrian Pottery, 1900-1938. Bolton, 1957.
  • Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
76-1905

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O150289/lancastrian-pottery-bottle-pilkingtons-tile-and/
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