Vase

1882 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration. Oviform in shape with a low everted neck. Decorated to represent a pool with rectangular chevrons as stylised waves, painted tadpoles, naturalistic overhanging branches and celadon goldfish as if seen through water.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration
Brief description
Vase of salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration, modelled by Harry Barnard, Doulton Ceramic Factory, London, dated 1882.
Physical description
Vase of salt-glazed stoneware with incised, painted, moulded and applied decoration. Oviform in shape with a low everted neck. Decorated to represent a pool with rectangular chevrons as stylised waves, painted tadpoles, naturalistic overhanging branches and celadon goldfish as if seen through water.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A rosette and 'DOULTON, LAMBETH' and dated 1882
  • 'SW' and 'AA' (Impressed)
  • 'HB' [monogram] (Incised)
  • '202' (Incised)
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Vase
Modelled by Harry Barnard, Ella. H Adams, SW, made by Doulton & Co., Lambeth Art Pottery, London, England, 1882
Marks: 'Doulton Lamberth', interlocking Ds, 'AA SW 1882', impressed, 'HB', in monogram, '202', incised
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised, applied and painted decoration

C.54-1972
Object history
The curious mixture of the decoration representing a pool - with the rectangular chevrons as stylised waves, painted tadpoles, naturalistic overhanging branches and celadon goldfish as if seen through water - is typical of the Japonisme of the period.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hakenjos, Bernd and Klinge, Ekkart, Europaische Keramik des Jugendstils: modern style, art nouveau, Hetjens-Museum, Dusseldorf, 1974
Collection
Accession number
C.54-1972

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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