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Lustre bowl

DesignerDecorated by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth (Fraserburgh, Scotland, 1879 - 1952)

ManufacturerManufactured by Pilkington's Tile & Pottery Company (Salford, England, 1891 - 2010)

Date1909

Object NameBowl

Mediumearthenware

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall: Height: 10 cm, Diameter: 18 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1992.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 12

Object numberABDMS015676

Keywords

Decorative

About MePilkington's began manufacturing tiles in 1893 at Clifton, Manchester, under the guidance of William Burton, a young chemist who had previously worked for Josiah Wedgwood. They began to produce a range of decorative pottery around 1903 using the new glazes which had been developed for tile production. This range was called Lancastrian Pottery. Opalescent and then lustre glazes were developed, and a new team of designers, including Gordon Forsyth, was engaged. Many of the designs were influenced by art of the past and Forsyth produced many heraldic designs, some with calligraphic inscriptions. Forsyth later became Superintendent of Art Education in Stoke-on-Trent, thus influencing a generation of young designers and potters in the 1920s.
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In addition to his talents as a ceramic designer, Forsyth tutored such notable students as Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper.

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