A pair of Royal Doulton Slaters patent stoneware vases, later 19th century, with potter's monogram for Isabella Miller, the large faience style baluster vases with trumpet necks and waisted bases, in rich amber and tan mottled tones having a broad frieze with an impressed lace texture in mocha and gold colours, enamel decorated with white, gold and iron red chrysanthemum blooms; impressed and potter's marks underside (note: drilled holes to bases). Height 18.50 in.
- Faience / Maolica - Originating in ancient Egypt, faience is the name given to tin-enamelled porcelain or earthenware, deriving its name from Faenza in Northern Italy. Also known as maiolica because at one time the wares passed through Majorca. In England, faience / maoilca underwent a revival in the late 19th century by the art potteries set up about that time.
Majolica was the name given to a specific product evolved by Minton in 1851 and introduced at the Great Exhibition. The pottery was coloured with a clear glaze containing metallic oxides.
- Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.
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Royal Doulton (England), item types
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