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

Term used for

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

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

May Queen

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Durham, Joseph
Distributor: Crystal Palace Art Union

John Bright (1811-89)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Adams & Co
Sculptor: Wyon, Edward William
Stark, John (Etruria)

Unknown man

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Unknown

William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Robinson & Leadbeater
Sculptor: Wyon, Edward William
Maker: Stark, John (Etruria)

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

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Pitts, Joshua

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Monti, Raffaelle
Distributor: Crystal Palace Art Union

Dr Todd

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Noble, Matthew

Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Samuel Alcock and Co.

J Low

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Criternden, J. D.

Princess Alexandra (1844-1925)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Miller, Felix Martin
Distributor: Crystal Palace Art Union

Richard Green (1803-63)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Wyon, Edward William

An image of Bust

Purity

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Noble, Matthew
Distributor: Crystal Palace Art Union

An image of Bust

Unknown man

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Copeland
Sculptor: Westmacott, James Sherwood

An image of Bust

George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786-1861) and Marquis of Stafford (1828-1892)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Minton

An image of Bust

Prince Albert (1819-1861)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Abbott, G.
Maker: Richard McMichael & Co
Manufacturer: Copeland

An image of Bust

Prince Albert (1819-1861)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Theed, William II
Manufacturer: Copeland

Unknown man

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Messrs Edwards Reinagle

An image of Basket

Shamrock Basket

Maker(s)

Factory: Belleek Co

Lord George Bentinck (1802-48)

Maker(s)

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

Ewer

Maker(s)

Factory: Old Hall Earthenware Company Ltd

Figure of Sir Walter Scott with his Wolfhound Maida

Maker(s)

Factory: Copeland
Sculptor: Steell, John Robert, Sir

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Factory: Old Hall Earthenware Company Ltd

George Stephenson (1781-1848)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Wedgwood
Sculptor: Wyon, Edward William

Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland (1795-1873)

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Wedgwood

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