A rare Burmantofts Faience lustre vase by Leonard King

A rare Burmantofts Faience lustre vase by Leonard King, model no.157, shouldered form, painted with a frieze of large owls, spaced with scrolling foliage and smaller perched owls, light red on a cream ground, impressed marks, painted LK and LGB monograms, 37cm. high

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The owl is one of the symbols on the Leeds city coat of arms and thus had a significant iconographical link to the Burmantofts company.