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Parian (porcelain)

Scope note

Use for a variety of soft or hard paste, white, fine, vitreous porcelain often resembling statuary marble, developed in England in the 1840s and used for figurines, especially dolls, and for art objects, ornament, and tableware. For unglazed porcelain or earthenware that has been fired only once and used for similar types of objects, but producing a grainy texture, use "biscuit."

This term has 381 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object category
Object name

Getty AAT term number

3000219039

Broader Terms used

porcelain

Term used for

parian porcelain
parian ware
porcelain, parian
porcelain, statuary
statuary porcelain

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

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Princess Alice (1843-1878)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Bust

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Goss, William Henry

An image of Bust

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Turner & Wood
Sculptor: Unidentified

An image of Bust

Major General Charles Gordon (1833-1885)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Robinson & Leadbeater

An image of Bust

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Bust

Prince Albert (1819-1861)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: W. H. Kerr & Co

An image of Bust

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Robinson & Leadbeater

An image of Bust

Unknown lady, probably Sabrina

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Worcester Porcelain Factory (Possibly)

An image of Figure

Narcissus

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland

An image of Bust

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Bust

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Ridgway, Dates & Co

An image of Figure

Nymph holding flowers

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Bust

The Young Emigrant [sic]

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland

An image of Bust

Unknown lady

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

An image of Bust

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

Abraham Lincoln (?)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Papworth, Edgar

Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Goss, William Henry

Frederick Arthur Stanley Derby, 16th Earl of (1841-1908)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Goss, William Henry

Dr Edward Kenealy (1819-90)

Maker(s)

Maker: Ash, G.
Sculptor: Ellis, James

Benjamin Disraeli Beaconsfield (1804-81)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Malempré, Louis-Auguste

Sir James Ramsden

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Noble, Matthew

Charles Spurgeon (1834-92)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Robinson & Leadbeater
Sculptor: Adams-Acton, John

Charles Swain (1801-74)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Bealey, R. R.

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910)

Maker(s)

Maker: Robinson & Leadbeater

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