Key Information
Reference code
NMC/0240
Title
Lustre bowl
Date(s)
- 1924 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1
Content and Structure
Scope and content
Thought to have been lost in the fire in the Mackintosh Building, 23rd May 2014.
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General Information
Name of creator
(1879-1952)
Biographical history
Born in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Gordon M Forsyth trained in Aberdeen and then the Royal College Art, winning a travel scholarship in 1902. Acting as the Art Director at Minton Hollins and Co. (c1902-1905) and then at Pilkington Tile and Pottery Co. from c1906. After the First World War he was superintendant of art instruction at Stoke and Burslem Schools of Art and then became an adviser to the British Pottery Manufacturers Association.
Archival history
Custodial history
Gifted to GSA by the artist, 1924.
Physical Description and Conditions of Use
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Physical Description
Ceramic/Lustre glaze
Dimensions: 220 mm diameter