Eric Ravilious for Wedgwood Barlaston Mug, Circa 1940
An Eric Ravilious for Wedgwood Barlaston mug, circa 1940, a large scale earthenware mug with cream body, lithographic-printed in black and grey with hand coloured yellow washes, the design incorporating Wedgwood pottery designs, a portrait bust of Josiah Wedgwood and script, Etruria 1730, Barlaston 1940, with green Wedgwood of Etruria and Barlaston mark and Eric Ravilious stamp underside, 4.13 in. high
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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.
- Etruria - The Etruria Works was one of the ceramics factories opened by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769 on the Ridge House Estate in a district of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which he named Etruria. The source of the name was from that given to Greek vases which at that time were thought to be from Etruria in Italy, the source of Etruscan ceramics. The factory ran for 180 years, as part of the wider Wedgwood business.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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- Ravilious, Eric - Wedgwood (England) designers 10
- Wedgwood (England), item types
