Posted 10 years ago
kivatinitz
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Now I am posting the second Moorcroft vase that we could buy because the seller has no idea of what they were. These one was bought a few weeks ago, you know January were holidays for me and we spent a lot of time going to antiques shops. We took it from “De aquellos tiempos” in front of the Cañada downtown . My first antique was bought to his father in 1985. Our vase is very similar to the one here http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/853180 but is half the height, 10 cm. Is fully marked (second picture) signed in green ‘W.Moorcroft’ impressed ‘Moorcroft Burslem England’, it dates from the Moorcroft designs of 1916-1920. https://images1.bonhams.com/original?src=Images/live/2014-05/09/S-22144-0-1.pdf here is an interesting catalog with many Moorcroft vases, the ones with the Persian design are on page 43.
On the site of the company you can read “Originally founded as a studio in 1897 within a large ceramic company. James Macintyre & Co. Moorcroft pottery soon made its mark on the world. Designs came from 24 year old William Moorcroft who personalised each piece of pottery produced with his own signature or initials. This did little for James Mcintyre’s name and reputation, and in 1913 the inevitable split occurred. William marched his workforce across Cobridge Park to a new factory in Sandbach Road where Moorcroft pottery is still made today. Money came from Liberty, the famous London store and Liberty continued to control Moorcroft until 1962. In 1904, Moorcroft won a gold medal at the St Louis International Exhibition and followed up the achievement with further medals and commendations, culminating in the appointment of the Moorcroft company as Potter to HM The Queen in 1928. On the death of William Moorcroft in 1945, his elder son, Walter, took over management and design. In 1962, the Moorcroft family bought out Liberty, but Moorcroft seldom prospered. Finally, in 1984, the family sold the bulk of their shares on the open market. After several material shareholder changes in the mid-1980’s and early 1990’s, Moorcroft is now controlled by the Edwards family, and has been since 1993. http://www.moorcroft.com/Site/History/. You can appreciate the glossy aspect of the surface the bright colors of the design but it is heavily cracked.
Very beautiful Kivanitz and not common! Well found.
Thanks Racer, Pat, Katherine, AGH and Vetraio
stunning!!
these are beautiful ... love them both ;-]