Doulton Hispano-Moresque Charger by John Slater, c.1890
A Doulton 'Hispano-Moresque Ware' charger, attributed to John Salter, c.1890 decorated with a mermaid and harnessed seahorses and fish, crimson lustre glaze highlighted with gilt on a brown-black ground, earthenware, designed by John Slater, made by Doulton & Co, Burslem, England. Impressed and printed factory marks and paper label 'John Slater collection No.18', diameter 15.75 in. John Slater (1844-1914) was the Art Director at Doulton & Co Burslem from 1887 until his death in 1914 when he was succeeded by Charles Noke. Slater studied at the Stoke-on-Trent school of design, subsequently working at Minton and Pinder, Bourne & Co, then Doulton after they acquired the Company. A skilled artist he was involved in the development of many of the special glazes used by Doulton, including rouge flambe, and a number of patents relating to ceramics. During his time at Nile St, Slater built up a large collection of Doulton's ornamental wares (both Lambeth and Burslem ware). In 1919 the majority of the collection was sold to Doulton's Australian agent John Shorter, and is now housed in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
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- Earthenware - A basic ceramic material that is fired at a low temperature. Earthenware is the basis of almost all ancient, medieval, Middle Eastern and European painted ceramics. After firing, the colour is the colour of the clay when it is dug from the ground: buff, brown and red. It is not waterproof until glazed. Creamware is a type of earthenware covered with a transparent lead glaze. Majolica, faience and delft are also earthenware covered in an opaque white tin glaze.
- Charger - An oversize dish or plate in ceramic, silver, or pewter primarily made for display, but able to be used for serving at the table or on a sideboard.
- Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
- Lustre Ware - Lustre decoration on ceramics is created by painting a thin deposit of metal oxide such as gold, silver or copper onto the surface, and then firing the item again, so that metal oxide forms a thin film on the surface. The finished effect is a shiny metallic surface. The technique was used in the 19th century by potteries such as Crown Devon, Grimwades, Maling, and Royal Doulton. However the best known use was by Wedgwood for its Fairyland lustre.
- School of .... - In the opinion of the cataloguer, a work by a pupil or follower of the artist.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Royal Doulton (England), item types
- Royal Doulton (England), special wares - Slater's patent 79
