Sponging

Scope note

The process of applying color or a glaze with a sponge to create a mottled effect; may be applied randomly or in a pattern.

This term has 61 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000233413

Broader Terms used

<surface marking processes and techniques>

Equivalent Terms used

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Vase

Maker(s)

Potter: Hill, Yuriko

An image of Dish

Dish

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

Plate

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)

Tile

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery

An image of Beaker (drinking vessel)

Beaker (drinking vessel)

Maker(s)

Production: Herculaneum Pottery (Perhaps)

An image of Tile

Jacob's Dream

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Tile

Jacob's Dream

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Tile

Abel's Sacrifice

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Tile

Tile

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Tile

Tile

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Tile

Tile

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Dish

Dish: The Temptation or Fall

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Brislington Pottery (Possibly)

An image of Punch bowl

Punch bowl

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)
Pottery: Wincanton Pottery

An image of Punch ladle

Punch ladle

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified English pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: unidentified Dutch pottery (Probably)

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Lambeth Pottery (Probably)

An image of Dish

Dish: The Temptation or Fall

Maker(s)

Pottery: Norfolk House (Probably)

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: Brislington Pottery (Possibly)
Pottery: unidentified Dutch pottery (Possibly)

An image of Dish

Dish: The Temptation

Maker(s)

Pottery: Norfolk House (Possibly)
Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Possibly)

An image of Dish

Dish: George I

Maker(s)

Pottery: Norfolk House (Possibly)

An image of Dish

Dish: George I

Maker(s)

Pottery: Norfolk House (Possibly)
Pottery: unidentified London pottery

An image of Dish

Dish: The Temptation or Fall

Maker(s)

Pottery: Limekiln Lane (Probably)
Pottery: Brislington Pottery
Potter: Bundy, Josiah (Possibly)
Potter: Gaynard, James (Possibly)

An image of Dish

Dish: The Temptation

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Bristol pottery (Probably)
Pottery: Brislington Pottery (Possibly)

An image of Dish

George II

Maker(s)

Pottery: Brislington Pottery (Probably)
Pottery: uncertain (Probably)

An image of Toby jugs

Toby Jug

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)

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