Lancastrian Vase
Date1912
MediumLuster-painted glazed ceramic
Dimensions6 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (16.2 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1982
Object number1982-69
On View
On viewsources 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.
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (1861–1875)
c. 1865
