15929843290001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76928170249419034915948506580001702494118070fitz-onlineadlib-object-76928https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7692880a0441b-6723-3063-a93d-b8b07820e0d57referenceagent-189308adlib-agent-18930812a0e4a9-ee24-3d15-a304-3dc057dfce44De Morgan, Evelynreferenceagent-95732adlib-agent-9573231b812d0-d5d1-3e22-bd3f-25152c4f9d4cMorris, Williamreferenceagent-20455adlib-agent-204552e5a35bc-2d58-3204-b353-5859880dd624Burne-Jones, Edwardreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-110727adlib-term-110727ebeafa07-8aa4-35ee-93de-94d5a21e0274lustrewarereferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryclearreferenceterm-32652adlib-term-3265282d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7beglazecream, buff and pinkreferenceterm-34794adlib-term-34794de23d2db-1e19-38a6-9db0-80f062e799caslipgold, silver, bronze, red and pinkreferenceterm-107831adlib-term-1078316da005f1-0bd3-3597-bf45-b3dc0027c837lustrereferenceterm-110416adlib-term-1104167347190c-472e-3638-b3f2-acd96e09c0cfunderglaze cobalt-blueDecorationreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-98107adlib-term-9810725274744-611e-36b2-b4df-6f3e87939ff2seascapeApplied Arts201220122012-10-23Large thrown earthenware bowl on a high, flaring, foot, decorated with cream, buff and pink slips, under-glaze blue, clear glaze and gold, silver, bronze, red and pink lustres.The inside of the bowl is decorated with large medallion, containing a galleon in full sail, surrounded by a band of blue, red and gold dolphins and scroll work. A band of dots, on a pink ground and highlighted to give a 3-D effect, separates the two. The design, all set on a cream slip ground and highlighted in lustre, covers the whole inner surface. The galleon has a blue, gold and bronze striped hull with portholes, two square buff and pink check sails and gold rigging; it sails on stylised waves, with birds in the sky. The exterior is covered in deep blue under-glaze and decorated with six silver and gold birds flying over gold ripples. On the foot, silver-gold spikes ripple down to two thin gold bands and a row of gold dots. The deeply recessed underside is unglazed.EC.27-19421accession numberEC.27-194276928priref76928urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76928https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76928referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Dr Walter Howarth, 1942referenceagent-166333adlib-agent-166333f8d30172-4a88-3db5-8af6-db42fd19cabfHowarth, Walter, Dr194219421942givenEntry date: 1942-07-0418821882CE188218821888(perhaps)11888CE18881888makerreferenceagent-153880adlib-agent-15388044b43624-6544-3415-890a-4a89c4a1a170William De Morgan & Co.designerreferenceagent-34602adlib-agent-346027d602658-e69d-374c-bb70-7a06b575ac7bDe Morgan, William FrendWilliam Frend De Morgan (1839-1917), now widely regarded as the most important ceramicist of the Arts & Crafts movement, also worked in stained glass and became a successful novelist. The son of a non-conformist mathematics professor, he became a close friend of William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones and married the Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn Pickering (1855-1919), in 1887. As a ceramicist, De Morgan was primarily a designer/decorator and chemist, working on bought-in blanks or pots thrown to his design. He experimented widely with techniques and glazes, re-discovering methods for making and applying lustres and the colours of Iznik pottery and using them for a range of complex fantasy designs featuring ships, birds, flora and animals. This bowl offers a fine example of such experimentation, complete with the flaws of work in progress: several differently coloured metallic lustres have been used, giving iridescent effects that vary as the bowl is moved around, but some colours have run and there are patches of cracked glaze. The design suggests the bowl may date from 1882-88, when De Morgan set up his factory at Merton Abbey (next door to Morris’s factory), as tiles and plates from that period feature ships and fish with similar features. The designs for the ship and for the dolphin border are in the Victoria & Albert Museum collection.referenceterm-108070adlib-term-1080707e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf319th Century, Late#referenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-113701adlib-term-1137018db296e9-79cd-3284-980f-bb4b0ed570c1Merton Abbeyreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareDiametercm38.3Diameterin15Heightcm20Heightin7.8referencemedia-48886adlib-media-4888667a03823-dc13-345e-9d77-5378d15bcacdjpegaa/aa19/EC_27_1942_283_29.jpg1heightpixels549widthpixels76016162583820481imagejpegaa/aa19/mid_EC_27_1942_283_29.jpg1heightpixels361widthpixels50016162583820481imagejpegaa/aa19/EC_27_1942_283_29.jpg1heightpixels549widthpixels76016162583820481imagejpegaa/aa19/preview_EC_27_1942_283_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162583820481image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107667adlib-term-1076671b81c806-cfb7-3291-9803-525db5f75e09bowlhistory noteGiven by Dr Walter Howarth1same designerreferenceobject-76858adlib-object-76858a4c94a9d-8f99-383a-80ea-e5b06446399d1reference1term-107667adlib-term-1076671b81c806-cfb7-3291-9803-525db5f75e09bowlbowl1referenceobject-200089adlib-object-20008921d0e3ef-a71f-3c9c-985f-9505da9e22451reference1term-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdish1referenceobject-206783adlib-object-206783db1d6995-5203-31ab-8699-adcdfe2b8fb01reference1term-108333adlib-term-1083332ca0d92e-eaa0-36b2-ac71-68f4943e27a6tile paneltile panelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. designs for the galleon and dolphin border, held in the V&A: design no.1266, 9 ½ in dish design of a ‘galleon weighing anchor’; design no. 1279, border section with fish grotesques (sepia, pricked), 7.6 cm high. See also p.14 for a description of De Morgan’s design process.51,65referencepublication-1512adlib-publication-1512723fec87-f251-39db-a24a-383ba68c3d51The Designs of William De MorganCf. a rice dish decorated with a wide border of very similar fish, but green on a blue ground, ‘royal blue frond design’ on the back; Merton Abbey period.91referencepublication-1511adlib-publication-1511dc57bb55-658d-3890-840f-f0d5036c88efWilliam De MorganCf. no.11, Plate 4: a rice dish decorated with a wide border of very similar fish, but green on a blue ground, Merton Abbey period.13referencepublication-7509adlib-publication-75093797f8e2-fe00-3d57-8b2b-e48bea700b9bWilliam De Morgan (1839-1917): an exhibition organised by the Friends of Leighton House, Leighton House, 18 May-24 June, London: De Morgan Foundation, 197Cf. ship designs on tiles; Merton Abbey period.22-25referencepublication-3601adlib-publication-36013a34edf5-28f7-3217-8ca7-cb893cda1f08The Ceramics of William De MorganCf. similar designs used on tiles.130-131referencepublication-1513adlib-publication-15137388bc5a-bb83-3835-a489-5c4aa4dc9b88William De Morgan Tilesreferenceterm-12611adlib-term-12611834b65f7-cfad-3dec-bca8-253a9e8b4281Arts and Crafts (movement)animalreferenceterm-61481adlib-term-6148148d6dc11-d6cb-3413-a177-f2893b11e0f6dolphinobject namereferenceterm-95630adlib-term-95630f221195b-b514-321a-b3be-da85548daa3dgalleonliteraldolphindolphinliteralgalleongalleonreferenceterm-107667adlib-term-1076671b81c806-cfb7-3291-9803-525db5f75e09bowlbowlthrown earthenware, decorated with slips, under-glaze blue, clear glaze and lustres.body and footreferenceterm-120082adlib-term-120082ea83ed85-6b07-3e7e-83fc-440cfda22f7ethrowingreferenceterm-120092adlib-term-1200922df02199-fd39-3f80-a2d3-049cdf9a1736lustringreferenceterm-122641adlib-term-122641d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7glazingLarge lustre bowl with ship designobject
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