Vintage Lapis Ware Vase by E.T. Radford & Gladys Rodgers for Pilkingtons Royal Lancastrian

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This is a striking Lapis Ware vase from Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian circa 1930. It has an abstract design in Lapis … more This is a striking Lapis Ware vase from Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian circa 1930. It has an abstract design in Lapis Ware colours. It was thrown by E.T. Radford and decorated by Gladys Rodgers. There is an impressed Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian mark to base and incised monogram for E.T. Radford as well as underglaze painted monogram from Gladys Rodgers.

Lapis Ware was first introduced by Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian in 1929 - so called because of its resemblance to Lapis Lazuli. The effect is produced by selecting underglaze colours that diffused through the glaze, producing a design that had no shape edges. This was very different to the shapely defined decoration that potters had previously been striving for. Gladys Rodgers is the best known of Pilkington’s female artists. She joined circa 1907 and attended the Levenshulme School of Art. Until 1928, Rodgers painted primarily Lustre Ware pottery, however, after 1929, she moved almost entirely to decorating Lapis Ware pottery until the closure of Pilkington’s Pottery section in 1938. less