Arts & Crafts, including the Aesthetic Movement - 22nd June 2011

Lot 403

A rare pair of Linthorpe Pottery vases designed by Dr Christopher Dresser

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A rare pair of Linthorpe Pottery vases designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, model no. 266, urn shaped with pulled twin-handles to shoulder, decorated with a simple band of rope-twist decoration glazed brown to green impressed marks, facsimile signature, restored top rims, 46cm. high Literature Michael Whiteway Christopher Dresser a Design Revolution, V&A, page 91 this shape illustrated in the original Linthorpe Art Pottery advert (Furniture Gazette 1880) reproduced