On display

Vase and Cover

ca. 1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oviform vase with wide mouth and moulded, slightly domed lid. Porcellaneous stoneware with a low temperature soufflé glaze, mottled pink

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Porcellaneous stoneware with low temperature soufflé glaze
Brief description
Vase and cover, porcellaneous stoneware with mottled pink flambé glaze, designed by William Howson Taylor and made by Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, ca. 1905
Physical description
Oviform vase with wide mouth and moulded, slightly domed lid. Porcellaneous stoneware with a low temperature soufflé glaze, mottled pink
Dimensions
  • With lid height: 16.6cm
  • Width: 12.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Taylor West Smethwick Leadless glaze No. Ruskin' (Maker's mark printed on base)
  • 'F1613' (Handwritten, indistinct)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Vase and cover
Designed by William Howson Taylor, made by Ruskin Pottery, Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, near Birmingham, England, about.1905
Marks: 'Taylor West Smethwick Leadless glaze No. Ruskin' printed, F1613 (indistinct) handwritten
Porcellaneous stoneware with a low temperature soufflé glaze, mottled pink

C.868&A-1917 Given by Mr Herman Hart
Credit line
Given by Herman Hart, Esq. in memory of his wife
Bibliographic reference
Atterbury, Paul and Paul Henson. Ruskin Pottery. Baxendale Press, 1993.
Collection
Accession number
C.868&A-1917

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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