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

Lot 161

A Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware Elephant's Foot vase by William Howson Taylor

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware Elephant's Foot vase by William Howson Taylor, dated 1911, covered in a running blue-lavender glaze over purple, partially fissured, impressed Ruskin Pottery, dated 1911, small bruise to foot rim, 21cm. high

Literature

Paul Atterbury and John Henson Ruskin Pottery, Baxendale Press, page 59 for three similar elephant's foot vases with fissured glazes.