A Hancock & Sons Morris Ware pomander vase designed by George Cartlidge

A Hancock & Sons Morris Ware pomander vase designed by George Cartlidge, model C56-2, shouldered form, tubeline decorated with flowers and foliage, with pierced holes, inscribed Essence of Past Summers, in shades of green and purple on a mottled blue ground, printed factory mark, painted facsimile signature, missing cover, 19cm. high

Provenance

Tony Johnson

Literature

Tony Johnson, The Morris Ware Tiles & Art of George Cartlidge, Private Press, page 107 for a comparable example of a pot pourri with cover.

This lot is sold with a copy of The Morris Ware Tiles & Art of George Cartlidge, by Tony Johnson.