1592996605000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-71539 1750874516947 1714466056000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-71539 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71539 c5d1e8f8-8606-3930-9270-6ac1afb4c71a 5 reference agent-28046 adlib-agent-28046 e3cea5cf-bf62-3d62-abaf-05e08891f3d7 Cliff, Clarice reference agent-190489 adlib-agent-190489 5fd3791d-4d0e-3332-a614-8beb80480877 Shorter, Colley reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware reference term-42688 adlib-term-42688 4df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdf Art Pottery Width cm 7.5 Foot Applied Arts Earthenware, slip-cast and covered with white 'Festival' matt glaze. The bowl stands on a small, elongated octagonal base with sloping sides. Its two asymmetric sides are pushed together, creating a long, narrow opening at the top which is rounded at one end and slightly pointed at the other. The upper edges are similar to each other; towards the rounded end the rim rises up and falls again. The lower edges of the sides are joined, forming a part-circular shape. There are three moulded, sweeping curves on each side of the bowl, the ends splayed apart at the rounded end and gathered together into an open point at the other. The vase seems to balance on its small base, whilst the shape, mouldings and matt glaze convey a sense of lightness and flight. The underside is deeply recessed into the base, and glazed. C.1-1997 1 accession number C.1-1997 71539 priref 71539 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71539 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71539 on base, in centre moulded in relief 682 mark also another factory mark, moulded in relief, but indecipherable on base, on inner side of footring stamped in blue SHORTER & SON LTD/ENGLAND/"AUSTRALIAN REGD./DESIGN APPLIED FOR" mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Mrs Anne Robinson, 1997 reference agent-161178 adlib-agent-161178 94b88ee5-e6e9-3586-9a36-558aeb8f5b3e Robinson, Ann, Mrs 1997 1997 1997 given The donor is the mother of a former Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Duncan Robinson. 1951 1951 CE 1951 circa 1951 1955 1 1955 CE 1955 1955 production reference agent-161174 adlib-agent-161174 bfb2ba0c-2ce7-3be3-9889-33cf511fcd14 Shorter & Son Ltd. Shorter & Son, founded in the 1870s, was part of a family group which also included A.J.Wilkinson and Newport Pottery. By the 1950s it was run by Colley Shorter with Clarice Cliff, by then his wife, as Artistic Director. In 1964, after Colley Shorter’s death, the Shorter & Son business merged with Crown Devon, and moved to Whieldon Road. The other two businesses were acquired by Midwinter. This design, no.682, was produced in small and large sizes. It was one of a series of vases (nos. 681-90), all of futuristic shape, inspired by the 1951 Festival of Britain Exhibition on London’s South Bank. Introduced in the early 1950s with matt white glaze, the series later appeared in a variety of coloured matt glazes and in a high gloss black version with yellow and white highlights. The mark indicates that this piece was intended for the Australian market, where registration would be important to counter Japanese copies. Until 1952, wartime restrictions prevented the sale of decorated items to the home market; however, Shorter & Son was permitted to continue its exports, and actively marketed its wares in Australia, the USA and Canada. reference term-109795 adlib-term-109795 8a394dfa-6091-3a16-97c3-fb85612c23b6 20th Century, Mid reference term-110455 adlib-term-110455 5e7df88f-a1c2-39c8-a341-807aa544c9d0 literal England England country Stoke-on-Trent matt white reference term-32652 adlib-term-32652 82d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7be glaze reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware Height cm 18.1 Length cm 31.1 reference media-35017 adlib-media-35017 c9266fc4-bcd2-3c08-a4e5-126c445f6735 jpeg aa/aa3/C_1_1997_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742582382936 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_1_1997_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 362 width pixels 500 1742582382936 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_1_1997_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742582382936 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_1_1997_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 181 width pixels 250 1742582382936 1 image 0 media image reference media-35018 adlib-media-35018 db04ee72-751e-3e24-a919-516e8da9f0ad jpeg aa/aa3/C_1_1997_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742582369491 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/mid_C_1_1997_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 362 width pixels 500 1742582369491 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/C_1_1997_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 550 width pixels 760 1742582369491 1 image jpeg aa/aa3/preview_C_1_1997_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 181 width pixels 250 1742582369491 1 image 1 media image reference term-89480 adlib-term-89480 f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2c vase reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Cf. This design in two sizes, photographed with other examples of vases in the series, and information about ‘Festival matt glaze’ production. For the marks, see pp. 115 and 117. p. 99 reference publication-3560 adlib-publication-3560 acced503-d769-3e4a-ad6d-e59db6fe6225 The Shorter Connection, A.J. Wilkinson, Clarice Cliff, Crown Devon, A Family Pottery 1874-1974 Ref for Arthur Colley Shorter 307 reference publication-3367 adlib-publication-3367 d690c068-f9ae-39f7-b781-c471ea3065c7 Encyclopaedia of British Art Pottery 1870-1920 reference publication-7619 adlib-publication-7619 2ca16b03-530c-37af-a5fe-37e5afcf2b4f Art Deco and Modernist Ceramics reference term-110487 adlib-term-110487 1930ef02-9ebe-391d-be76-1877bd5b12c6 Contemporary

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vase Slip-cast earthenware covered with matt white glaze. reference term-120096 adlib-term-120096 7cc05306-f07e-3189-849f-52addb9e2ca7 slip-casting in 'Festival' matt glaze reference term-27616 adlib-term-27616 61e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987 glazing (coating) object OBJECT