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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Lancastrian Pottery

Vase
1903-1904 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of white earthenware, with flattened shoulder shaped into seven projecting ribs, with a short neck and recurved mouth, covered with a green aventurine glaze and with a cream interior.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLancastrian Pottery (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware and glazed
Brief description
Vase of white earthenware, with flattened shoulder shaped into seven projecting ribs, and with cream interior, made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Companty, Clifton Junction, 1903-1904.
Physical description
Vase of white earthenware, with flattened shoulder shaped into seven projecting ribs, with a short neck and recurved mouth, covered with a green aventurine glaze and with a cream interior.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.5cm
  • Width: 18.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'PL' [in monogram] and two bees (Maker's mark printed (underglaze) on base, printed in reserve on a black ground)
  • 'P' (Maker's mark impressed on base)
  • 'Kontroll Nr. / No.760' (label on base)
  • 'No.268 / 5gs' (label on base)
Gallery label
Vase 'Lancastrian Pottery' made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd, Clifton Junction, near Manchester, England, 1903-1904 888-1904(23/05/2008)
Object history
Purchased from the First Exhibition of the Lancastrian Pottery, Graves Galleries, 1904.
Bought with nos. 884 to 897-1904 for £100.

Purchase price note: Total of £100 paid for 884 to 897-1904.
Bibliographic reference
Notes descriptive of the first exhibition of the new Lancastrian Pottery: shown at the Galleries of Henry Graves & Co., Ltd. June 1st to June 25, 1904, London, Graves Galleries, 1904
Collection
Accession number
888-1904

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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