54/1992

Collection

Ceramics

Brief description

Earthenware vase with a copper lustre glaze and the Latin words 'Qui non est hodie, cras minus aptus erit' along the shoulder, manufactured by Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company, Manchester and decorated by Gordon Forsyth, c.1914-1923.

Object name

vase

Object number

54/1992

Production person

Gordon Forsyth (decorator)

Production organisation

Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company (manufacturer)

Production date

c.1914-1923 (manufactured)

Production place

Clifton Junction (manufactured)

Period

Twentieth century (1900-1999)

Material

copper lustre
earthenware

Technique

glazed

Physical description

Earthenware copper lustre vase, broader at the shoulder than the foot, narrowing from the shoulder to a short cylindrical neck and everted rim. It has Latin script in white running along the shoulder which reads: "Qui non est hodie, cras minus aptus erit".

The green-glazed base has six stilt marks in sets of two, the impressed shape number 2671 and the Pilkington stamp, a P in a Lancastrian rose, with the words ROYAL LANCASTRIAN / ENGLAND below it.

Dimensions

Height: 28cm
Diameter: 9.6cm

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ornaments