Moorcroft Number Edition Bleuet Vase MCR-293
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. We are proud to present this Moorcroft collection featuring stunning pottery designs.
In 1898, Florian Ware was born. These were the first designs identified as Moorcroft, complete with raised tubelined outlines. Tubelining is now deemed a heritage skill that Moorcroft has perfected over the generations. Next pieces were carefully hand painted with the small handful of limited colours William Moorcroft had available to him. Undoubtedly, one of William’s most famous Florian Ware designs, was Cornflower, with good examples of this design reaching astronomical heights on the secondary market.
Bleuet bursts into life with an abundance of golden cornflowers. This design is perfected by the sheer brilliance of decoration, as vast spectres of Sicilian red oranges and grapefruit-yellow, flood the senses. With the prowess of the post-millennium Moorcroft designers, Nicola Slaney drapes tiny forget-me-knot like flowers in hues of light-grey to true-blue over the sacred cornflower, as if giving William a garland of flowers, bestowed with a kiss. Dimensions: H 18.00 x W 16.50 x D 16.50 cm. Shape 35/7.
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