Design for a Vase
Maker
Unknown
Maker
Morris and Company
(British, 1861 - 1940)
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumwatercolor on paper
Dimensions12 1/4 x 7 in. (31.1 x 17.8 cm.)
DescriptionThree tiers of blue and white designs beginning with neck of vase in varied sizes of dots; flowers, birds and rabbits are circling the middle and base of the vase.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextThese designs for two vases are possibly the collaborative work of Philip Webb (1831-1915) and Kate Faulkner (1844?-1898). Webb is known to have designed for stained glass and ceramics as well as jewelry. The firm also often employed relatives and friends of its members, such as Burne-Jones's wife Georgiana (1840-1920) and Jane Morris's sister Bessie Burden (1842-1924). Kate Faulkner, the sister of one of the firm's early partners, Charles Faulkner (1834-1892), was an admirable craftswoman, contributing her skills to the firm not only as a decorator but also as a designer. She executed several textile designs in the late 1870s, two of which were also issued as tiles. The flatness of the designs on view for the vases suggests that they, too, may have served another function, perhaps as stencils.Status
Not on viewObject number2000.5.6
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.7
