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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Lancastrian Pottery

Dish
1910 (designed), 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company (maker)
Forsyth, Gordon Mitchell (designer)
Forsyth, Gordon Mitchell (decorated by)
Place of origin
England (made)

Large dish with flat rim. Obverse painted in bronze/gold, white and orange lustre with a flamboyant peacock. Inscription painted in green lettering on gold ground on underside of the rim.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Art Pottery
Object type
Dish
TitleLancastrian Pottery (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted in lustres
Earthenware
Wheel-Thrown
Brief description
Large earthenware dish with peacock decoration in lustre, 'Lancastrian Pottery', made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company, England, 1910
Physical description
Large dish with flat rim. Obverse painted in bronze/gold, white and orange lustre with a flamboyant peacock. Inscription painted in green lettering on gold ground on underside of the rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5cm
  • Diameter: 48cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'VICTORI A ET PER VICTORIAM VITA' (painted on underside of rim)
    Translation
    Victory and Life for Victoria
  • PL and two bees monogram over 'X' (Maker's mark printed (overglaze) on base)
  • 'London / Kontroll No.747 / No.4.' (label on base)
  • Four scythes rebus (Decorator's mark for Gordon Mitchell Forsyth painted (underglaze) on base)
  • ' Victoria et per victoriam +' (Inscription on the back in resist)
Gallery label
Dish 'Lancastrian Pottery' Designed and decorated by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth, made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co, England, 1910 Marked Earthenware painted with a flamboyant peacock in lustres C.32-1964 Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co Inscription on the back in resist ' Victoria et per victoriam +'(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd
Object history
Exhibited at 'Europaische Keramik des Jugendstils' in Dusseldorf.
Bibliographic reference
Hakenjos, Bernd and Klinge, Ekkart, Europaische Keramik des Jugendstils: modern style, art nouveau, Hetjens-Museum, Dusseldorf, 1974
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.32-1964

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O150448/lancastrian-pottery-dish-forsyth-gordon-mitchell/
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