15929996680001312637261000Standard Recordobject-75915170206306005815948523280001702062269648fitz-onlineadlib-object-75915https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75915110da677-b522-35f0-b384-23f1b6a5584c4referenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryreferenceterm-133232adlib-term-13323299e52b19-12c8-3c3c-8baa-f86a9b21a94cChameleon WareApplied Arts201320132013-03-19Earthenware bowl covered with coloured matt glazes.Small, circular, white earthenware bowl, the sides rounded and closing in at the top to gicve a round opening, with a short neck, a little wider than the foot-ring. Covered completely with a distinctive electric blue matt glaze, into which brown or yellow glazes have been run on the exterior, producing a mottled effect. The underside is slightly concave and glazed, with three spur marks.C.7-19851accession numberC.7-198575915priref75915urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75915https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75915printed around a triangular trade mark containing a chameleon, all within a circleon baseprinted in blackCHAMELEON/WARE/TRADE MARK/CLEWS & Co Ltd/TUNSTALLmarkon basemoulded in relief342markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumBequeathed by A H Palmer, Esq.,referenceagent-155886adlib-agent-155886a031c012-4afd-3048-b476-61c1d8011d1fPalmer, A. H.198519851985bequeathedEntry date: 1985-01-2819351935CE1935circa1935193911939CE19391939potteryreferenceagent-161129adlib-agent-1611295e2ddabf-ff8a-32c5-8d5b-baffd1de5487Clews & Co. Ltd.Established early in the century as a maker of earthenware teapots, George Clews & Co began making art pottery around 1913/14, aiming to produce ‘crystalline and opalescent glazes, rouge flambés etc’ on a commercial scale. ‘Chameleon Ware’, introduced c. 1920, became the pottery’s best known product and was made until c.1939. It includes shapes inspired by Egyptian and Persian pottery, echoing 1920s interest in archaeological discoveries. The shapes, made from a special white body, were hand-painted in green, brown and distinctive electric blue matt glazes; sometimes lustre was also used. Chameleon Ware was awarded a gold medal at the Philadelphia Exhibition in 1926. The three digit number probably refers to the colours used. The mark is similar to a rectangular 'Chameleon Ware' mark used from 1935.referenceterm-107318adlib-term-107318d27559f3-e90c-35cd-b7e4-46eaeb9ac52120th Centuryreferenceterm-110045adlib-term-1100458c30fae3-59fc-33dd-9f97-ccc44e63ae46literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionTunstallreferenceterm-32652adlib-term-3265282d8ae3b-f165-395c-ba93-dfa1c282b7beglazereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareDiametercm11.5Diameterin4.5Heightcm6.9Heightin2.75referencemedia-46424adlib-media-4642402a484ed-4225-3c20-96df-ed8fff2ea2c9jpegaa/aa3/C_7_1985_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162386148681imagejpegaa/aa3/mid_C_7_1985_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162386148681imagejpegaa/aa3/C_7_1985_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162386148681imagejpegaa/aa3/preview_C_7_1985_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162386148681image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107667adlib-term-1076671b81c806-cfb7-3291-9803-525db5f75e09bowlvasehistory noteUnknown before testatorreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. information about George Clews & Co and Chameleon Ware.60-61referencepublication-3367adlib-publication-3367d690c068-f9ae-39f7-b781-c471ea3065c7Encyclopaedia of British Art Pottery 1870-1920referencepublication-7560adlib-publication-7560f1724c15-f193-3d73-ba54-f58812b792bdChameleon Ware Art PotteryRef. lists a similar mark in a rectangle, from 1935.151referencepublication-2663adlib-publication-2663a2faf0b6-febd-3d16-82e0-6444a2dc48e7Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marksreferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potteryreferenceterm-107667adlib-term-1076671b81c806-cfb7-3291-9803-525db5f75e09bowlbowlThrown white earthenware covered with coloured matt glazes.referenceterm-120082adlib-term-120082ea83ed85-6b07-3e7e-83fc-440cfda22f7ethrowingreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)Small bue bowlobject
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