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

Bacchanalian Dance

Maker(s)

Factory: Charles Meigh
Production: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)
Production: Poussin, Nicolas (After)

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Wedgwood
Sculptor: Wyon, Edward William

An image of Bust

Peace

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Figure

Unknown lady

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Bust

Bust of Purity

Maker(s)

Factory: Copeland
Sculptor: Noble, Matthew

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Goss, William Henry

An image of Figure group

Una and the Lion or Purity

Maker(s)

Factory: Minton & Co.
Modeller: Bell, John

Other Kinds of Love

Maker(s)

Maker: Smith, Matt

Basket

Maker(s)

Factory: The Belleek Pottery Ltd

Sir Isaac Pitman (1813-97)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unidentified
Sculptor: Brock, Thomas

Lord Benjamin Disraeli Beaconsfield (1804-81)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Goss, William Henry

Charles Spurgeon (1834-92)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Robinson & Leadbeater
Sculptor: Adams-Acton, John
Maker: Dunnell, George, Rev

Elaine

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Malempré, Louis-Auguste
Distributor: Crystal Palace Art Union

Mary, Princess of Tek (1867-1953)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Minton
Sculptor: Tyler, W.

Lord Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury (1830-1903)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Malempré, Louis-Auguste

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Modeller: Hays, Aaron

Queen Mary (1867-1953)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Willis, A.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Goss, William Henry

Spring on fluted column

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Malempré, Louis-Auguste

Prof. James Syme (1799-1870)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Brodie, William

Summer or Autumn

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Hale, Owen

Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn (1786-1861)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Theed, William II

Unknown man

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Robinson & Leadbeater
Sculptor: Adams-Acton, John
Maker: Dunnell, George, Rev

An image of Figure

Scottish Piper, wife and dog

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

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