Vase: Salt-glazed abstract

Maker
Royal Doulton Ltd
Mark Marshall
Eleanor Toson
Production date
Circa 1891-1902
 Description
Monumental salt-glazed stoneware baluster vase with slender neck and flared mouth, designed and decorated by Mark V. Marshall and Eleanor Toson in coloured slip using tube-lining with an abstract seaweed-like design and small flowers on a heavily textured ground resembling ray skin. Colours are a mixture of ochre, russet, cream, green and aubergine.
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Maker
Production place
Lambeth/London/England
Collecting unit
European Decorative Arts
Europe
Decorative Arts
Production role
Manufacturer
Designer
Decorator
Provenance details
Purchased from Gary Stylianou, Armadale Antiques Centre, Armadale, Victoria (Australia), who was selling on behalf of a private vendor. The private vendor had acquired the vase from a deceased estate in Gippsland, Victoria, where it had been since the 1920s, having originally been swapped for a piece of farm machinery at that time. The vase was originally exhibited by John Bates & Co., of Christchurch, in the royal Doulton section of his stand at the New Zealand International Exhibition of Art and Industry held in Christchurch 1906-7.: Jennifer Quérée: 03 June 2009
Measurements
Height: whole: 1183mm
Diameter: whole: 309mm
Diameter: whole: 262mm
Diameter: whole: 420mm
Weight: whole: 50000g (50kg)
Associated person
Associated person notes
at the NZ International Exhibition of Art & Industry, Christchurch, 1906-7
Associated place
Lambeth/London/England
Christchurch
Gippsland/Victoria/Australia
Associated event
New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch 1906-1907; 1906-1907; Christchurch
Associated event notes
Exhibited by John Bates of Christchurch on his stand, with other examples of Royal Doulton products.
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other Id
1606
Accession number
2009.63.1
Marks and Inscriptions
Marks/Inscriptions: ttt; Type of mark: Maker's Mark; Method: Incised
Marks/Inscriptions: Impressed rosette with 4 intersecting Ds in centre and inscription DOULTON. LAMBETH. Beneath ENGLAND; Type of mark: Manufacturer's mark; Method: Impressed; Notes: On neck above decorator's mark. This is the standard mark for Doulton Ware (Lambeth factory) from 1891-1902.

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