Keith Murray Wedgwood Shoulder Vase: Straw Matt Glaze, Incised Bands
A Keith Murray for Wedgwood shoulder vase, a cylindrical tapering form, straw matt glaze, with incised bands around the exterior. transfer mark to base. Small cup at the opening, height 7.48 in., depth 5.71 in.
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- Transfer Printed / Decorated Transferware - Transfer printing is method of decorating ceramics, reducing the cost of decoration when compared to employing artists to paint each piece. A print was taken on transfer-paper from an engraved copperplate, covered in ink prepared with metallic oxides, and the image on the paper was then applied to the biscuit-fired ceramic body. The print was fixed by heating the object in an oven, and then glazed, sealing the picture. Early transfer prints were blue and white, as cobalt was the only colour to stand firing without blurring. Early in the 19th century advances in the composition of the transfer paper resulted in better definition and detail, and enabled engravers to combine line-engraving with stipple.
- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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- Murray, Keith (England) - Wedgwood (England) designers 201
- Wedgwood (England), item types
