The Nick Rocke Collection of British Art Pottery - 25th February 2015

Lot 143

A large Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware vase and stand by William Howson Taylor

Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £1600

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Description

A large Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware vase and stand by William Howson Taylor, vase dated 1927, tapering cylindrical form with everted rim, modelled in low relief with a meandering flower stem, glazed lavender and sang de boeuf over ivory white with intense green spots vase impressed Ruskin England and date, stand impressed Ruskin England, stand with four restored chips to rim 28cm. high

Literature

Paul Atterbury and John Henson, Ruskin Pottery, Baxendale Press, page 130 for a comparable vase with the moulded decoration, glazed ivory, illustrated.