A rare Pilkington's Lancastrian vase designed by Walter Crane

A rare Pilkington's Lancastrian vase designed by Walter Crane, painted by Richard Joyce dated 1917, shouldered form with everted rim, painted with a frieze of classical figures dancing between cypress trees and oil lanterns, in silver and ruby lustre on a rich blue lustre ground above a flame and column band impressed marks, painted artists ciphers and date mark, small restored drill hole, 31cm. high

Literature

A J Cross Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles, Richard Dennis Publications, page 9 plate II for two comparable vases