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This vase is a purely decorative object which meets fashionable taste of around 1900. William Howson Taylor, owner of the Ruskin Pottery, perfected the firing of a true flambé glaze, emulating 18th-century Chinese glazes. Its exclusivity gave it limited appeal but this vase would impress as evidence of the owner's knowledgeable and artistic taste.
Materials & Making
Based on mineral (usually iron or copper) oxides, flambé glazes (or transmutation glazes) are fired at high temperatures (up to 1500ºC) in a kiln atmosphere that is rich in carbon monoxide, owing to the shutting off of oxygen at a critical moment. (This is known as a 'reducing' atmosphere.) This results in a violent reaction within the glaze, which is transmuted into an unpredictable range of reds, purples, blues, lilacs and greens. The glaze was perfected by the Chinese in the 18th century and first copied successfully in Europe in the later 19th century. A less demanding version offering a similar appearance could be achieved by using a slip oxide fired at a low temperature. Unlike the true flambé, however, this was easily scratched.","physicalDescription":"VASE with flambé glaze","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Taylor, William Howson","id":"A8906"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Ruskin Pottery","id":"A9211"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Stoneware, with flambé glaze","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Vases","id":"THES48879"},{"text":"SCRAN","id":"THES48897"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM6439"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125C (VA)","id":"THES49896"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"52"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Vase","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Smethwick","id":"x29150"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1909","earliest":"1909-01-01","latest":"1909-12-31"},"association":{"text":"dated","id":"AAT54714"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"21.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"11.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"7.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"base","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: measured; 18/12/1998 by terry bloxham","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Impressed on the base 'RUSKIN POTTERY 1909'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8877"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Made by William Howson Taylor (born in Lincoln,1876, died in Ashprington, Devon, 1935) at the Ruskin Pottery, Smethwick, near Birmingham.\r\n\r\nFormerly in the Handley Read Collection.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Tall vase","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nWhen he made this speckled vase, William Howson Taylor of the Ruskin Pottery did not simply set out to reproduce a Chinese flambé glaze. He experimented with Chinese glaze technology with the aim of pushing forward the boundaries of ceramic knowledge.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"Vase\nDesigned by William Howson Taylor, made by Ruskin Pottery, Ruskin Pottery, Smethwick, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, 1909\nMarks: 'Ruskin Pottery 1909', impressed, 'Ruskin Pottery vase with unique decoration (transmutation glazes)', paper label, handwritten\nPorcellaneous stoneware with a high temperature (flambe) glaze in crimson, green and black.\n\nC.68-1972\n\nFormerly in the Handley Read Colln. Paper label possibly written by Handley Reads or the pottery","date":{"text":"23/05/2008","earliest":"2008-05-23","latest":"2008-05-23"}}],"partNumbers":["C.68-1972"],"accessionNumberNum":"68","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1972,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR1891","2019LP3897","2019LU5764"],"recordModificationDate":"2023-03-02","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27"}}