Two handled vase
Factory:
Minton
Designer:
Solon, Léon Victor
Designer:
Wadsworth, John W.
Earthenware, slip-trailed in brown and painted in pale turquoise, brownish-ellow and green glazes with a stylized flowwer and foliage.
Small, slim, two handled amphora-shaped vase with tall narrow neck, rising via a narrow join from a domed foot. Decorated on each side with a highly stylised slip-trailed design of a large orange flower with leaves and vertical stem in shades of green, on a green ground which covers the outside of the vase. Two slim loop handles from rim to shoulder, moulded in a foliate design. Gadrooned neck. Insode of neck and underside clear glazed.
History note: Lent by Rita Smythe
Bequeathed by Ian and Rita Smythe, 2023
Height: 23 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2023) by Smythe, Ian and Rita
20th Century, Early#
Production date:
AD 1902
Léon Victor Solon (1862-1957) was the son of Louis Solon. He studed at the Hanley School of Art, and the South Kensington School before joining Mintons in 1895, and was promoted to Art Director of the firm in 1903. From 1901 he was assisted by John Wadsworth. (1872-19 ), who had previously designed for Bagguley's the book-binders in Newcastle-under-Lyme. In 1909 Solon emigrated to the United States where he had a distinguished career as a designer of architectural ceramics.
Solon and Wadsworth led the introduction of Minton ‘Secessionist Ware’, range of vases, plates, teapots, jardinières and other items featuring Art Nouveau designs applied to new elongated shapes and accentuated by slip-trailing. Solon favoured sinuous figurative and foliate designs, Wadsworth’s tend to be more rationalised and restrained. 'Secessionist Ware' was produced until 1914
Decoration composed of glaze
Inscription present: TD raised
Inscription present: o of No is raised
Accession number: C.24-2023
Primary reference Number: 226596
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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