Lancastrian Vase

Date1912

Artist Gordon Mitchell Forsyth (British painter, ceramicist, and designer, 1879–1952)

Manufacturer Pilkington Tile and Pottery Co. (English art pottery manufacturer, 1893–1957)

MediumLuster-painted glazed ceramic

Dimensions6 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (16.2 × 9.5 cm)

Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1982

Object number1982-69

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On view

Collections

Pre-Raphaelites on View

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Label TextThis diminutive vase highlights the eclectic nature of design
sources during the Aesthetic Period. The imagery is
drawn from heraldry, specifically the “lion passant” – a lion
parading in profile. Gordon Forsyth repeated this theme in
many of his designs for the Pilkington Tile and Pottery
Company. Although a commercial enterprise, Pilkington did
hire individual artists like Forsyth and include their
“marks” or signatures on the bottom of each pot.