15929969810001312637261000Standard Recordobject-127133170327167692517029011290001702926910143fitz-onlineadlib-object-127133https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/127133b4e688cc-67d6-37a0-a99a-a4fc038723b56referenceagent-189037adlib-agent-189037e49c5c37-0bd7-33ee-817d-d445ffb864f3Art Workers' Guildreferenceagent-189038adlib-agent-189038ac0f3270-83b6-30f0-b239-dba44a06c0a1Arts & Crafts Exhibition Societyreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-110727adlib-term-110727ebeafa07-8aa4-35ee-93de-94d5a21e0274lustrewarereferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryruby redreferenceterm-107831adlib-term-1078316da005f1-0bd3-3597-bf45-b3dc0027c837lustreDecorationhand paintedreferenceterm-120092adlib-term-1200922df02199-fd39-3f80-a2d3-049cdf9a1736lustringreferenceterm-122641adlib-term-122641d5fb75d8-097d-3fd7-8e70-87e9d96d77f7glazingDiametercm13Diameterin5.125Neckreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsEarthenware vase, decorated in ruby lustre on a cream ground. The low-swelling body is shaped as a galley; its prow rises up as the arched head of a swan, while the stern curves over in the form of a fish tail. The sides of the galley are decorated on one side with two swimming dolphins, and on the other with a mermaid and an anchor. On the upper body of the vase are the painted figures of two sailors, one on each side, one rowing, the other accompanied by a dog and pulling up an anchor chain. The body rises into a tall, concave neck, which opens to a broad, everted rim; neck and rim are painted with vertical stripes and the inside of the neck is red lustre. The prow and stern of the galley rest on either side of the neck, forming handles. The underside is flat and fully decorated, with four wavy circles around Crane’s large monogram, crossed by three straight lines which curve up to the prow and stern. The vase is heavy for its size.G25referenceexhibition-1072adlib-exhibition-10725f0c5c3b-ca10-352c-8c84-8027304959ffVictorian and Edwardian Decorative Art - The Handley-Read CollectionC.47-19721accession numberC.47-1972127133priref127133urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/127133https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/127133underside of basepainted in ruby lustreW’and a crane and encircled by a ‘C’monogrampainted between lines which intersect Crane's monogram.underside of basepainted in ruby lustreMAW & CO LIMITEDmarkreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Perceval Fund and Grant-in-Aid from the Victoria and Albert Museumreferenceagent-160896adlib-agent-160896aa4bcbab-38fb-3dab-91d8-364175df2ec3Handley-Read Estate197219721972-10-19boughtEntry date: 1972-10-1918891889CE18891889190111901CE19011901designerreferenceagent-31674adlib-agent-316746ecb38cd-de6c-3dc4-bf24-9407d328f57cCrane, Walterfactoryreferenceagent-173083adlib-agent-17308330c71ee5-5ac2-3371-b348-84af64ab645fMaw & Co.Walter Crane (1845-1915), was a wood-engraver, painter, illustrator and writer on art, an active socialist and the first president of both the Art Workers’ Guild and the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society. He was a pioneer of Art Nouveau style, inspired by natural forms, and designed dishes, vases, plaques and tiles for Maw & Co., Pilkington’s and Wedgwood. There exist other examples of vases with this design. In an 'Art Journal' article, 1898, Crane wrote: ‘I designed a set of vases for lustre ware, giving the sections to the thrower and painting on the biscuit the designs, which were copied on duplicate vases in lustre’.
Maw & Company, established 1850, continues today as a manufacturer of encaustic and geometric floor tiles and modelled, tube-lined and other decorated wall tiles, using traditional craft skills and supplying some of the world’s most prestigious buildings. By the 1880s, it was the world’s largest ceramic tile company, producing some 20 million pieces per year. The lustred red glaze used here was also employed for tile painting.referenceterm-108070adlib-term-1080707e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf319th Century, Late#referenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-116829adlib-term-116829c4bd0d34-e30f-3a2a-bf04-0c27a96bd6deJackfieldreferenceterm-32652adlib-term-3265282d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7beglazereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareDepthcm20Depthin7.875Heightcm23.3Heightin9.125Widthcm24.2Widthin9.5referenceterm-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvaseflaskhistory noteCharles and Lavinia Handley-Read; purchased from Thomas Stainton, executor of the Handley-Read Estatereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. with illustration, G25.118referencepublication-1048adlib-publication-10483731e4a6-d392-3c17-9cbb-1cb7a099cfbbVictorian and Edwardian Decorative Art , The Handley-Read CollectionCf. illustration of similar vase and six other ruby lustre pieces designed by Crane for Maw & Co. Notes that these vases were exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1890.1-32referencepublication-200002868adlib-publication-2000028680fd2a2c1-162a-3d63-af7e-55014a727449Work of Walter CraneCf. a similar vase held in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection, but with the figures and dolphins differently placed.221referencepublication-7479adlib-publication-7479a87345d0-b189-3eaa-be50-526e3fa24830Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and PorcelainCf. similar vase in V&A collection107referencepublication-7480adlib-publication-7480a370977e-8a8b-3d13-af40-05e096095dd9European CeramicsCf. illustrations of Crane’s work and further references222-233referencepublication-3367adlib-publication-3367d690c068-f9ae-39f7-b781-c471ea3065c7Encyclopaedia of British Art Pottery 1870-1920Cf. vase held in V&A collection111-112referencepublication-7469adlib-publication-746975c20f8f-4cf2-3879-bd65-09be23b1409fWalter Cranereferencepublication-2669adlib-publication-2669aa0d3603-2ba6-3e9d-90d9-3f0d5506093fEncyclopedia of Pottery and Porcelain, The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuriesreferenceterm-12611adlib-term-12611834b65f7-cfad-3dec-bca8-253a9e8b4281Arts and Crafts (movement)referenceterm-9029adlib-term-90299ca5441a-79d7-3f8a-bc86-bddce0243a38Art Nouveauanimalreferenceterm-106796adlib-term-106796fef6b92a-dc59-38ad-83bc-7ff2a745cfacswanpeoplereferenceterm-17231adlib-term-17231a0e0bd32-3a7a-3cc0-9704-a3a29583d06esailorsanimalreferenceterm-61481adlib-term-6148148d6dc11-d6cb-3413-a177-f2893b11e0f6dolphinobject namereferenceterm-95493adlib-term-95493a2302d8a-cd21-30d0-9209-2ba151461e95boatliteralswanswanliteralsailorssailorsliteraldolphindolphinliteralboatboatreferenceterm-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvasevasereferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingSwan Vaseobject
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