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Vase

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

Baluster form with flat shoulder, narrow neck and slightly spreading foot. Porcellaneous stoneware with a high temperature (flambé) glaze, mainly crimson below, and mottled lavender brown and green above.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcellaneous stoneware with high temperature (flambé) glaze
Brief description
Vase, porcellaneous stoneware with a crimson, mottled lavender, brown and green flambé glaze, designed by William Howson Taylor and made by Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, ca. 1905
Physical description
Baluster form with flat shoulder, narrow neck and slightly spreading foot. Porcellaneous stoneware with a high temperature (flambé) glaze, mainly crimson below, and mottled lavender brown and green above.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Depth: 7.3cm
Dimensions converted from Register.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ruskin Pottery' (paper label)
  • 'Taylor Leadless Glaze West Smethwick' (paper label)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Vase
Designed by William Howson Taylor, made by Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, near Birmingham, England, about 1905
Mark: 'Ruskin Pottery', 'Taylor Leadless Glaze West Smethwick', paper labels
Porcellaneous stoneware with a high temperature (flambé) glaze, mainly crimson below, and mottled lavender brown and green above.

C.903-1917 Given by Mr Herman Hart
Credit line
Given by Herman Hart, Esq. in memory of his wife
Production
West Smethwick, near Birmingham
Collection
Accession number
C.903-1917

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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