A rare Della Robbia Pottery twin-handled Pilgrim's Flask vase and cover by Ruth Bare, dated 1900,

A rare Della Robbia Pottery twin-handled Pilgrim's Flask vase and cover by Ruth Bare, dated 1900, cast with classical mask handles, incised and painted with Art Nouveau foliate panels in green and ochre, incised factory mark, date and monogram, minor professional restoration to neck rim, 53cm. high (2)

Provenance

Arts and Crafts Woolley and Wallis Auctioneers, 18th June 2014, lot 244

Literature

Victoria Bergesen The Encyclopaedia of British Art Pottery, plate X, this vase illustrated.

Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery, ACC Books page 220 figure 239 for a comparable vase illustrated.