A rare Linthorpe Pottery dish designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, model no.286, Japoniste design,

A rare Linthorpe Pottery dish designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, model no.286, Japoniste design, circular form moulded in low relief with a fruiting bough, glazed in colours impressed factory marks, facsimile signature, 13cm. high

Literature

Michael Whiteway Christopher Dresser A Design Revolution V&A, page 89 for plate 106 for a comparable example illustrated and 107 for this Japanese design made from Bamboo illustrated by Dresser in Japan Its Architecture, Art and Art Manufacturers, (1882).

Provenance

Fine Art Society, London

Private collection.