Moorcroft Limited Edition Woolly Blue Curls Vase, MCR-025
Originally founded as a studio in 1897 within a large ceramic company, James Macintyre & Co. Moorcroft pottery soon made its mark on the world. Today, Moorcroft leads the world of art pottery with its own distinctive design style. C W Sellors are proud to present this Moorcroft collection featuring stunning pottery designs inspired by the dreamy state of California.
It may sound more like a species of sheep rather than a plant, but this evergreen shrub gets its name from the fuzzy ‘wool’ that covers its blue or purple flower spike. Native to California chaparral and coastal sage scrub, its range extends along western slopes from Monterey County to northern Baja California, Mexico. Both flowers and foliage have a sweet, fresh fragrance that some people describe as a combination of cedar and lavender. Hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies visit the flowers. The California dogface butterfly is also included in the design, which has been the state insect of the state of California since 1972. The ‘dogface’ name comes from a wing pattern resembling a dog’s face which is found on the male of the species. Its wings are an iridescent bluish-black, orange and sulphur-yellow. The female has a small black dot on each of its yellow fore wings.
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