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Tall slim vase: C.19-2023

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tall slim vase

Maker(s)

Factory: Minton
Designer: Wadsworth, John
Designer: Solon, Léon Victor

Entities

Categories

Description

Earthenware, moulded and decorated with slip, enamels and coloured glazes.

One of a pair of tall slim earthenware vases, with straight sides rising from a rounded base to a widened upper rim moulded to suggest the shape of a woman’s ball-gown. Decorated on each sided with an olive coloured leafy branch flowing upwards from an olive coloured band around the base to three tube-lined flowers decorated with turquoise and purple glazes. Outside the flowers, covered insided and out with a pale green glaze. Underside slightly indented.

Notes

History note: Lent by Rita Smythe

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Ian and Rita Smythe, 2023

Measurements and weight

Height: 26.9 cm
Width: 9 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stoke-on-Trent ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2023) by Smythe, Ian and Rita

Dating

1903 CE - 1914 CE

Note

Léon Victor Solon (1872-1957) joined Minton in 1895, and John Wadsworth (1879-1955) in 1902. From 1903, they 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 tube-lining. Solon favoured sinuous figurative and foliate designs, Wadsworth’s tend to be more rationalised and restrained. 'Secessionist Ware' was produced until 1914.

School or Style

Art Nouveau

Components of the work

Decoration composed of lead-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: MINTON
  • Location: Underside of base
  • Method of creation: Incised stamp
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: 3336
  • Location: Underside of base
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: [also other incised marks, indecipherable]

  • Text: S.
  • Location: Underside of base
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.19-2023
Primary reference Number: 226722
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 9 April 2019 Updated: Monday 15 January 2024 Last processed: Monday 15 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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