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On loan
  • On short term loan out for exhibition

Bowl

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

Nearly hemispherical bowl. Porcellaneous stoneware with a high-temperature (flambé) glaze in mottled green and purple. Turned wood stand.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Porcellaneous stoneware with high-temperature (flambé) glaze, turned wood
Brief description
Bowl and stand, porcellaneous stoneware with a mottled green and purple flambé glaze, designed by William Howson Taylor and made by Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, ca. 1905
Physical description
Nearly hemispherical bowl. Porcellaneous stoneware with a high-temperature (flambé) glaze in mottled green and purple. Turned wood stand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.1cm
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
converted from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • Scissors mark (incised and painted)
  • 'Ruskin Pottery Grand Prize St Louis No. 96AL Price £7.10.0' (printed and handwritten)
  • 'Skinner 96AL' (handwritten paper label)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Bowl and stand
Designed by William Howson Taylor, Ruskin Pottery, West Smethwick, near Birmingham, England, about 1905
Marks: scissors mark, incised and painted, 'Ruskin Pottery Grand Prize St Louis No. 96AL Price £7.10.0', printed and handwritten, 'Skinner 96AL' paper label handwritten
Porcellaneous stoneware with a high-temperature (flambe) glaze in mottled green and purple. Turned wood stand.

203&A-1906

Purchased from the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society exhibition, Grafton Galleries. Arthur Banks Skinner, formerly Keeper of the Art Collections, became Director of the Museum in 1905
Object history
Purchased from the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society exhibition, Grafton Galleries. Arthur Banks Skinner, formerly Keeper of the Art Collections, became Director of the Museum in 1905.
Production
West Smethwick, near Birmingham.
Collection
Accession number
203&A-1906

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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