William Moorcroft (1872-1945) for Moorcroft Pottery; A Grape Vine pattern tall vase

William Moorcroft (1872-1945) for Moorcroft Pottery

A Grape Vine pattern tall vase

slender baluster form, tubeline decorated with bands of grape vine, in shades of purple, green and blue on a mottled lustre ground

painted Moorcroft signature

40cm high.

Catalogue Notes:

The base is signed W Moorcroft New York suggesting the vase was made for export to Tiffany's New York.

Literature:

Paul Atterbury Moorcroft, Richard Dennis Publications, page 62 figure 1 for a comparable lustre vase and also a lustre rose vase made for Tiffany's New York.

The base has been drilled.