A Private Collection of Burmantofts Faience Pottery - 22nd June 2017
Lot 616
A Burmantofts Faience Dragon vase
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £600
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Description
A Burmantofts Faience Dragon vase, ovoid with waisted cylindrical neck, applied to the neck with a Dragon, the base modelled with bull-rushes, glazed yellow graduating to brown, the dragon glazed green, blue and turquoise with silver aventurine impressed marks, incised AF monogram, minor professional restoration to dragon's tail, 19cm. high.
Literature
Malcolm Haslam English Art Pottery 1865-1915, Antique Collector's Club, page 160-161 figures 115-117 for three comparable examples illustrated.