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Tall ‘Anglo Persian’ vase: C.47-2023

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tall ‘Anglo Persian’ vase

Maker(s)

Factory: Burmantofts Pottery
Leeds Fireclay Company
King, Leonard

Entities

Categories

Description

Buff earthenware decorated in blues, greens and pink with Anglo-Persian design.

Large, bulbous vase with tall slender neck and slightly everted rim, decorated with stylised foliate ornamentation in the style and colours of Persian pottery. Several coloured stripes around the nexk. The underside flat, undecorated and clear glazed, within a narrow foot-rim.

Notes

History note: Lent by Rita Smythe

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Ian and Rita Smythe, 2023

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 22.5 cm
Height: 34.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Leeds (Yorks.) ⪼ Yorkshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2023) by Smythe, Ian and Rita

Dating

19th Century, Late-20th Century, Early#
1887 CE - 1904 CE

Note

Decorative faience products was introduced alongside existing brick and pipe products at Burmantofts from c.1879, initially using bright metallic-compound glazes over high fired buff earthenware on architectural wares, jardinières and vases. Later, more ambitious glazes, sgraffito decoration and ornate designs were adopted. V Kremer and B.Sicard, two French ceramicists trained by Palissy revivalists, joined c.1881 and introduced applied decorations and Anglo Persian designs. Many workers came from the Linthorpe Pottery, which closed in 1889, often producing similar styles. The Burmantofts name continued on ornamental wares after merger with the Leeds Fireclay Company in 1889 and the decorated products sold well into the early 1900s, and production of architectural wares continued into the 1950s.

Leonard King decorated much of the Anglo Persian wares, launched 1887, which were hand-painted over white slip and low-fired; and bulbous vases with long slender necks, like these, were popular.

School or Style

Art Nouveau

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: BURMANTOFTS/ FAIENCE / 24
  • Location: Underside of base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: LX / E J 1307
  • Location: Underside of base
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in blue underglaze
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: [Mark] = stylised fleur de lys with dot either side = decorator’s mark

  • Text: LK monogram / [mark] / D. 273 / 1864
  • Location: Underside of base
  • Method of creation: Painted in black overglaze
  • Type: Mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.47-2023
Primary reference Number: 227260
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 2 July 2019 Updated: Wednesday 30 August 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 16 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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