Watercolour of chrysanthemums by James Arthur “Arty” Hartshorne, signed and dated 1900.
Image: courtesy of the Hartshorne family
Wall plaque painted with chrysanthemums by James Arthur “Arty” Hartshorne.
The watercolour and plaque are used as evidence to attribute vases painted with chrysanthemums to “Arty” Hartshorne.
- Hand-painted decoration was applied with thinner slips than those used for barbotine decoration. The resulting decoration was more “painterly", enabling finer details to be painted.
- Included in this range of ware are uncommon pieces with over-glaze gilding, sometimes applied as highlights to painted decoration, or applied on its own.
- Where over-glaze gilding does occur, the glaze colour is typically a deep ruby red or a deep blue.
- Vases with painted chrysanthemums are similar to a watercolour of chrysanthemums painted in 1900, and to a wall plaque, both painted by James Arthur “Arty” Hartshorne (see images, right). From this evidence, the decoration on these vases is attributed to “Arty” Hartshorne.
- Painted pieces were usually marked with the simple impressed SALOPIAN mark, though one piece with over-glaze gilding has an applied paper label.
