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Royal Lancastrian Pottery

Bowl
1919 (decorated)
Artist/Maker
Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company (maker)
Forsyth, Gordon Mitchell (designer)
Forsyth, Gordon Mitchell (decorated by)
Place of origin
England (made)

Bowl. Semi porcelain. Gold lustre glaze with inscription of white lettering in resist. Painted on exterior rim. Interior painted with a foliate pattern and two lion rampants back to back.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Art Pottery
Object type
Bowl
TitleRoyal Lancastrian Pottery (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painting in lustre, lettering in resist
Earthenware
Wheel-Thrown
Brief description
Earthenware bowl with gold lustre and resist lettering 'beauty for ashes...', 'Royal Lancastrian Pottery' made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company, England, 1919
Physical description
Bowl. Semi porcelain. Gold lustre glaze with inscription of white lettering in resist. Painted on exterior rim. Interior painted with a foliate pattern and two lion rampants back to back.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.1cm
  • Diameter: 24.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning' (painted (underglaze) on base)
  • Four scythes rebus (Decorator's mark painted (underglaze) on base)
  • 'Royal Lancastrian / Rose / England' (Maker's mark impressed on base)
  • '2614' (Shape number impressed on base)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Bowl 'Royal Lancastrian Pottery'
Designed and decorated by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth, made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co, England, 1919
Marked
Earthenware with painting in lustre and lettering in resist

C.499-1934 Given by British Institute of Industrial Art

Inscription around the rim: 'beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning'
Credit line
Given by the Secretary of the British Institute of Industrial Art
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.499-1934

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O150415/royal-lancastrian-pottery-bowl-forsyth-gordon-mitchell/
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