Tall ‘Anglo Persian’ vase
Factory:
Burmantofts Pottery
Leeds Fireclay Company
King, Leonard
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.
History note: Lent by Rita Smythe
Bequeathed by Ian and Rita Smythe, 2023
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Height: 34.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2023) by Smythe, Ian and Rita
19th Century, Late-20th Century, Early#
1887
CE
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1904
CE
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.
Decoration
Inscription present: [Mark] = stylised fleur de lys with dot either side = decorator’s mark
Accession number: C.47-2023
Primary reference Number: 227260
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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