Current Location: In storage
Titles
Vase
Maker(s)
Maker:
Iceni Pottery
Designer:
Cowlishaw, William Harrison
((probably))
Entities
Categories
Description
Thown and glazed vase.
Ovoid, with slightly everted neck, standing on thin, wide foot-ring. The lower part of the body is covered with a mottled green glaze, which has run vertically, suggesting feathers. Above is a streaky, purplish glaze, applied after the green and running over it, which continues inside the neck. The upper glaze is thick and very finely bubbled, giving a lustrous effect. The underside is slightly recessed and glazed with the green mottle.
Notes
History note: Mr Robert Garnett, brother-in-law to William Harrison Cowlishaw (1870-1957), the proprietor of the pottery, by whom given to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L.Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 18.2 cm
Height: 7.25 in
Width: 15.2 cm
Width: 6 in
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
20th Century, Early
Production date:
circa
AD 1910
Note
The Iceni Pottery was founded and run by the architect William Harrison Cowlishaw (1870-1957) from 1907 until 1914, when the outbreak of war caused the pottery to close. A member of the Art Workers’ Guild, Cowlishaw designed most of the wares, including all 50 of the pots exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition of 1912; he also designed needlework and illuminated manuscripts. Cowlishaw was interested in imitating Oriental glazes, as on this vase, and Iceni wares are sometimes lustred; the use of leadless glazes was highlighted in the use of a stamp which read ‘Iceni Leadless Letchworth’ (though not used here). Iceni vases and tiles are hand-made; many were originally sold at ‘The Pottery Shop’ on Leys Avenue, Letchworth.
School or Style
Art Pottery
Arts and Crafts (movement)
People, subjects and objects depicted
Materials used in production
(probably)
Stoneware
pinky-purple, and mottled blue-green leadless glaze
Coloured glaze ware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Thrown and twice glazed
Glazing (coating)
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 'The Iceni Pottery Co. Garden City, Letchworth. Des. No. 92. Col. No. E Leadless Glaze.'
- Location: On pot on acquisition by donor, but no longer on pot
- Method of creation: Printed
- Type: Label
- Text: Mod.307. Ovoidal jar with imitation of Oriental glazes. Made at Letchworth. Given me by Mr R Garnett, August 1910’
- Location: Underside of base
- Method of creation: Rectangular paper label, handwritten in black script
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.28-1928
Primary reference Number: 74093
Old object number: 307
Old object number: C.132-1928
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
