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Manufacturer Lenox Incorporated (American)

Designer Frank G. Holmes

Date1906-1910

Geographic OriginTrenton, New Jersey

MediumPorcelain with etched gold decoration

DimensionsOverall: H 1 x Diam 10 1/2 in. (H 2.5 x Diam 26.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter Scott Lenox, 1911

Object number11.537

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Marks and Labels/StampsBottom, center: printed in green, Script "L" in laurel wreath/"Lenox". Bottom, foot in gold: "X 10 1/2"/G35D"ProvenanceThree catalogues of Lenox Belleek forms, all copyrighted 1909, were purchased for the Museum library in 2005; ; call number Rare / 738.2097 / L572 Exhibited in 1910-11 in "Modern American Pottery," given by Walter Scott Lenox after that exhibition; 7/28/00 curator visited Lenox archives in Cranbury, NJ, and saw original gold printed design drawing. Photocopy in object file. G35 is the pattern number in general, which consists of two etching patterns, the wide brim design, the large circular center, and two narrow border lines. Each lettered variation of G35 is a version of that. Ours, G35D, seems to be based on the fact that the daisies in the border are not gilt, but are left the white of the bone china. Other than that it appears to be the same as G35B. Etching done, per Ellen Denker at the archives, thusly: Design printed in an asphaltum ink on the glazed undecorated blank. Then all of the exposed body is painted with same tar-like asphaltum ink; then the entire piece is dipped into hydroflouric acid until the design is etched through the glaze to the bone china body. Then the gold is applied over the etched design, creating the relief effect. Finally, in this case, the blue lines would be applied by hand on a spinning wheel. The "x" designation on this piece might suggest it was a unique example done for the 1910 exhibition in Newark. Curator has queried archivist.

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