Mandarin's Chatting Carlton Ware Vase

• Lustre Ware - Lustre decoration on ceramics is created by painting a thin deposit of metal oxide such as gold, silver or copper onto the surface, and then firing the item again, so that metal oxide forms a thin film on the surface. The finished effect is a shiny metallic surface. The technique was used in the 19th century by potteries such as Crown Devon, Grimwades, Maling, and Royal Doulton. However the best known use was by Wedgwood for its Fairyland lustre.
• Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
• Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.

This item has been included into following indexes:

• Carlton Ware (England), colourway - Rouge Royale colourway 196
• Carlton Ware (England), item types
  • figurines 44
  • vases and ewers 308
• Carlton Ware (England), patterns
  • Mandarin / Mandarin Tree pattern 4
  • pattern numbers 214
• Elmer, Violet, England - Carlton Ware (England), designers 24