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

Lancastrian Pottery

Vase
1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase with handles. Earthenware, yellow and gold lustre glaze painted on each side with lion rampants and scroll pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLancastrian Pottery (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted in lustre glaze
Brief description
Two-handled earthenware vase in gold lustre with red lion rampants, 'Lancastrian Pottery' made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Company, England, 1910
Physical description
Vase with handles. Earthenware, yellow and gold lustre glaze painted on each side with lion rampants and scroll pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.1cm
  • Width: 17.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • PL and two bees monogram over 'X' and 'ENGLAND' (Maker's mark impressed on base)
  • Four scythes rebus, and a heart and crown (Decorator's mark painted (underglaze) on base)
Gallery label
Two-handled vase 'Lancastrian Pottery' Designed and decorated by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth, made by Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co, England, 1910 Earthenware painted in red lustre Circ.309-1953(23/05/2008)
Bibliographic reference
Jervis, Simon, Victorian and Edwardian decorative art: the Handley-Read collection, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1972
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.309-1953

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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