Parian (porcelain)

Scope note

Use for a variety of soft or hard paste, white, fine, vitreous porcelain often resembling statuary marble, developed in England in the 1840s and used for figurines, especially dolls, and for art objects, ornament, and tableware. For unglazed porcelain or earthenware that has been fired only once and used for similar types of objects, but producing a grainy texture, use "biscuit."

This term has 381 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

3000219039

Broader Terms used

Term used for

parian porcelain
parian ware
porcelain, parian
porcelain, statuary
statuary porcelain

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Bust

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Bust

Sir Salar Jung

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Figure

Unknown lady

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory (Possibly)

An image of Bust

Unknown lady

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Bust

Charles Dickens (1812-70)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unidentified

An image of Bust

Unknown lady, possibly Venus or Psyche

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Bust

Charles Dickens (1812-70)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Moris, J & T. B.

An image of Figure

Awake

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unidentified

Napoleon, Prince Imperial (1856-1879)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: W. H. Kerr & Co

James A. Garfield (1831-81)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

Unknown man, possibly Sir Isaac Newton

Lord Colin Campbell Clyde (1792-1863)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Ridgway, Rathe & Co
Sculptor: Durham, Joseph

Robert Stephenson (1772-1850)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Delpech, C.
Sculptor: Wyon, Edward William

John Milton (1608-c.74)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland

Unknown man

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

Flora

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

William Henry Goss (1833-1906)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Goss, William Henry

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-82)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

General Havelock

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

Ariadne/female on rocks

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: W. H. Kerr & Co
Sculptor: Kirk, J. R.

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