Current Location: In storage
Titles
'Scarab' pattern trio
Maker(s)
Shelley Pottery Ltd
Entities
Categories
Description
Bone china trio, moulded and decorated with ‘Scarab’ pattern.
White bone-china tea cup, saucer and side plate. The cup has a deep bowl with straight sides rising from a curved base and low foot-rim, and a thin loop handle. The saucer and plate round, the saucer concave and the plate having a flat, flared rim. Each piece decorated with an Art Deco design around the rim, comprising stylised scarabs in blue, yellow and red interspersed with a band of black containing a graphic arrow-head motif.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor
Legal notes
Given by Richard Jordan in memory of Peter Douglas
Place(s) associated
-
Fenton
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2019-04-29)
by
Jordan, Richard
Dating
1920s
George V
1924
CE
-
1926
CE
Note
Part of a set comprising a cup, saucer and side plate trio and a bread and butter plate made by Shelley Pottery, Staffordshire. Joseph Shelley joined Wileman & Co. at the Foley Works, Fenton, in 1872. Under his son Percy, the trade name ‘Shelley’ was used from c.1910. Incorporated as Shelley Potteries Ltd in 1929, the business continued to produce bone china useful and decorative wares until 1966, when it was taken over by Allied English Potteries.
The set was produced between 1924 and 1926. The backstamp was in use from 1913-26 and the shape, ‘Vincent’ from 1916 until the early 1940s. The pattern, ‘Scarab’, is quite rare; it celebrates Howard Carter’s recent discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun (1922) and was introduced in 1924.
School or Style
Art Deco
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, yellow, red, and black)
Saucer
Diameter 13.7 cm
Height 2.5 cm
Plate
Diameter 7.4 cm
Height 2 cm
Cup
Diameter 7.5 cm
Height 7.2 cm
Width 9.4 cm
Materials used in production
Glaze
Bone china
Techniques used in production
Moulding
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: 'SHELLEY CHINA' enclosed by an oblong shield-shape, with 'MADE IN' above and 'ENGLAND' below in smaller letters
- Text: MADE IN/SHELLEY CHINA/ENGLAND
- Location: On base of plate (B)
- Method of creation: Printed in green
- Type: Factory mark
Inscription present: 'SHELLEY CHINA' enclosed by an oblong shield-shape, with 'ENGLAND' below in smaller letters
- Text: SHELLEY CHINA/ENGLAND
- Location: On base of cup and saucer (A)
- Method of creation: Printed in green
- Type: Factory mark
- Text: 11325/2
- Location: On base of cup, saucer (A) and plate(B)
- Method of creation: Painted in black enamel
- Type: Pattern number
Inscription present: followed by comma or / (unclear)
- Text: 15
- Location: On base of cup, saucer (A) and plate(B)
- Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.11 & A & B-2019
Primary reference Number: 227194
Entry Form number: 1384
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 4 June 2019
Updated: Tuesday 29 November 2022
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
