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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Elton Ware

Vase
1902-1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase with trumpet shaped neck and bulbous body. Earthenware with gold crackled glaze over green. Interior glazed with silver lustre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleElton Ware (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with crackled metallic glaze
Brief description
Trumpet shaped 'Elton Ware' vase with gold crackled glaze and silver lustre interior, made by Edmund Harry Elton, Sunflower Pottery, Clevedon Court, Somerset, 1902-1920
Physical description
Vase with trumpet shaped neck and bulbous body. Earthenware with gold crackled glaze over green. Interior glazed with silver lustre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.8cm
  • Width: 8.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Elton' (Signature painted in black on base)
  • '4 / 2' (painted in gold & silver on base)
Gallery label
Vase 'Elton Ware' Made by Edmund Harry Elton, Sunflower Pottery, Clevedon Court, Somerset, England, 1902-1920 Mark: 'Elton 2', painted Earthenware with crackled metallic glaze C.792-1920 Given by the executors of the late Sir Edmund. H. Elton, Bart.(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by the executors of the late Sir Edmund H. Elton, Bt
Production
Made at the Sunflower Pottery, Clevedon Court.
Collection
Accession number
C.792-1920

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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