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Slip casting

Scope note

The process of forming clayware by pouring slip into plaster molds. W

This term has 406 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053907

Broader Terms used

<pottery forming techniques>

Term used for

casting, slip

Equivalent Terms used

slip cast
slip-cast

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Mother teaching her child the alphabet

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: J & T Bevington
Sculptor: Michelangelo Buonarroti (After)

Mansion House Dwarf

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor: William Duesbury & Co.
Printmaker: Callot, Jacques (After)

Mansion House Dwarf

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor: William Duesbury & Co.
Printmaker: Callot, Jacques (After)

Cupid playing an Oboe or End-flute

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory

Seated Boy representing Spring

Maker(s)

Factory: Vauxhall Porcelain Factory (Probably)
Production: Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory (Former attribution)

An image of Figure

Girl representing America from a set of Continents or Four Quarters of the Globe

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory

An image of Figure

Europe from a set of Continents or Four Quarters of the Globe

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor: William Duesbury & Co.

Cupid seated with a Falcon

Maker(s)

Factory: Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor: William Duesbury & Co.

Mug commemorating the Coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

Maker(s)

Factory: uncertain

Enid (from Arthurian romance)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Miller, E. M.
Distributor: Crystal Palace Art Union

Figure of Sir Walter Scott with his Wolfhound Maida

Maker(s)

Factory: Copeland
Sculptor: Steell, John Robert, Sir

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: d'Orsay, Alfred, Comte

Lord George Bentinck (1802-48)

Maker(s)

Factory: Copeland
Sculptor: d'Orsay, Alfred, Comte (After)

An image of Vase

Two-handled songbird vase (pair)

Maker(s)

Factory: Tegel- en Fayencefabriek Amphora Factory
Factory: Rozenburg Royal Delftware Factory
Designer: Kok, Jurriaan Jurriaan
Designer and decorator: Schellink, Samuel

An image of Vase

Two-handled songbird vase (pair)

Maker(s)

Factory: Tegel- en Fayencefabriek Amphora Factory
Factory: Rozenburg Royal Delftware Factory
Designer: Kok, Jurriaan Jurriaan
Designer and decorator: Schellink, Samuel

J. A. Garfield (1831-81)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Wilson, James (manufacturer)

Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-92)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Adams & Co
Sculptor: Woolner, Thomas
Maker: Stark, John (Etruria)

Happy Dream

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Malempré, Louis-Auguste
Distributor: Crystal Palace Art Union

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Francis, John (sculptor)

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unidentified

Napoleon, Prince Imperial (1856-1879)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: W. H. Kerr & Co

James A. Garfield (1831-81)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

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