British Art Pottery - 25th November 2015
Lot 132
Angel with Dove a rare watercolour design for a mosaic on paper by William De Morgan
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1000
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Description
Angel with Dove a rare watercolour design for a mosaic on paper by William De Morgan, framed, image 60 x 45.5cm.
Provenance
Mrs A.M.W. Stirling at Old Battersea House,
private collection
Literature
William Gaunt & M De Clayton Stamm William De Morgan Studio Vista, page 87 plate 64 for an illustration of the mosaic panel.
Catalogues Notes
The mosaic is held in the Kensington & Chelsea Borough collection - given by William De Morgan to the library in 1896.
Born in London in 1865, Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina Pickering (later Stirling) was the younger sister of Evelyn De Morgan and the sister in law of William De Morgan.