Two handled vase
Factory:
Minton & Co.
Designer:
Wadsworth, John
Designer:
Solon, Léon Victor
Slip cast cream earthenware decorated underglaze, with clear and coloured glazes.
Vase of elongated bulbous shape with flared neck, slip cast in two parts and decorated with oxides, coloured glazes and enamels. Two opposing green-glazed handles, modelled as curling foliage, fall from neck to mid-body, attached to the pot at several points. Around the body, a design incorporating naturalistic flowers and foliage changes colour from red-brown at the bottom, rising through mid-green and olive green to red-brown at the neck, all on a cream ground. Underside, within foot-rim, and interior clear glazed.
History note: Lent by Rita Smythe
Bequeathed by Ian and Rita Smythe, 2023
Diameter: 15.5 cm
Height: 30.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2023) by Smythe, Ian and Rita
20th Century, Early
Edward VII
Production date:
circa
AD 1909
: possibly 1913
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 slip-trailing. Solon favoured sinuous figurative and foliate designs, Wadsworth’s tend to be more rationalised and restrained. 'Secessionist Ware' was produced until 1914. This vase may have been designed by Solon, though the decoration is not slip trailed.
Decoration
Inscription present: MINTON across globe with crown over / ENGLAND
Inscription present: very small
Accession number: C.18-2023
Primary reference Number: 239670
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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