Bottle Vase
ca. 1862 (made)
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Object Type
This bottle vase functions less as a container for flowers and more as an ornament in its own right. It would impress guests as evidence of the owner's knowledgeable and artistic taste.The vase was made at a time when a market for Turkish art wares was beginning to be established.
Design & Designing
Under their art director, Léon Arnoux (1816-1902), Minton's were interested in design and ceramic technology of many periods and cultures. Turkish (Iznik) wares were one of several types that attracted the company's attention. Other manufactories, notably in France, also imitated this brightly coloured ware. Minton's Managing Director, Colin Minton Campbell (1827-1885), purchased Persian (Iranian) tiles in Paris and Istanbul in 1856-8. He formed a collection of East Asian and Middle Eastern ceramics and contemporary wares from other European manufactories which was held at the factory, providing examples for the designers and technicians to study. Minton's was the only British company to take such care in the research and replication of historic techniques and designs.
Historical Association
In the 1860s tin-glazed ceramics with this characteristic patterning and colours were thought to have been made by potters in Rhodes. Their correct attribution to the Iznik region was not made until the 1940s.
This bottle vase functions less as a container for flowers and more as an ornament in its own right. It would impress guests as evidence of the owner's knowledgeable and artistic taste.The vase was made at a time when a market for Turkish art wares was beginning to be established.
Design & Designing
Under their art director, Léon Arnoux (1816-1902), Minton's were interested in design and ceramic technology of many periods and cultures. Turkish (Iznik) wares were one of several types that attracted the company's attention. Other manufactories, notably in France, also imitated this brightly coloured ware. Minton's Managing Director, Colin Minton Campbell (1827-1885), purchased Persian (Iranian) tiles in Paris and Istanbul in 1856-8. He formed a collection of East Asian and Middle Eastern ceramics and contemporary wares from other European manufactories which was held at the factory, providing examples for the designers and technicians to study. Minton's was the only British company to take such care in the research and replication of historic techniques and designs.
Historical Association
In the 1860s tin-glazed ceramics with this characteristic patterning and colours were thought to have been made by potters in Rhodes. Their correct attribution to the Iznik region was not made until the 1940s.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china, painted in underglaze and overglaze colours |
| Brief description | Bottle vase, bone china, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, about 1862 |
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| Gallery label | British Galleries:
IZNIK-STYLE WARES Large manufacturers such as Minton & Co. commissioned designs and produced ceramics in the fashionable style based on Turkish or Persian (Iranian) originals. Shapes, colours and decoration were taken directly from historic examples, often found in museums and private collections. The pattern on the bottle and dish here borrows the stylised motifs of flower and leaves from the Iznik jug. The red, blue and turquoise colours are distinctive.(27/03/2003) |
| Summary | Object Type This bottle vase functions less as a container for flowers and more as an ornament in its own right. It would impress guests as evidence of the owner's knowledgeable and artistic taste.The vase was made at a time when a market for Turkish art wares was beginning to be established. Design & Designing Under their art director, Léon Arnoux (1816-1902), Minton's were interested in design and ceramic technology of many periods and cultures. Turkish (Iznik) wares were one of several types that attracted the company's attention. Other manufactories, notably in France, also imitated this brightly coloured ware. Minton's Managing Director, Colin Minton Campbell (1827-1885), purchased Persian (Iranian) tiles in Paris and Istanbul in 1856-8. He formed a collection of East Asian and Middle Eastern ceramics and contemporary wares from other European manufactories which was held at the factory, providing examples for the designers and technicians to study. Minton's was the only British company to take such care in the research and replication of historic techniques and designs. Historical Association In the 1860s tin-glazed ceramics with this characteristic patterning and colours were thought to have been made by potters in Rhodes. Their correct attribution to the Iznik region was not made until the 1940s. |
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| Accession number | 8098-1863 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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