The Nick Rocke Collection of British Art Pottery - 25th February 2015
Lot 162
A Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware vase by William Howson Taylor
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2400
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Description
A Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware vase by William Howson Taylor, dated 1905, shape 193, shouldered baluster form, covered with a fissured sang de boeuf and lavender glaze over ivory, with lavender spots impressed Ruskin Pottery Smethwick mark, date and No.200, 16.5cm. high
Literature
Paul Atterbury and John Henson, Ruskin Pottery, Baxendale Press, page 60 for a comparable vase, shape 193, purchased by the Victoria & Albert museum in 1906.