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'Scarab' pattern trio: C.11 & A & B-2019

Object information

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
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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

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