Arts and Crafts - 21st June 2017
Lot 209
A monumental Pilkington's Lancastrian vase by Gordon Forsyth
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £14000
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Description
A monumental Pilkington's Lancastrian vase by Gordon Forsyth, dated 1913, possible made for an exhibition, shouldered form, painted with panels of young ladies walking in a woodland landscape, in blue, brown, green and golden lustre on an orange lustre ground impressed marks and painted artist cipher and date code, 48cm. high
Provenance
Edward Fielden Pilkington,
thence by descent
It is possible that the vase was commissioned by Charles Pilkington (founder of the Pilkington company) and given to his son Edward Fielden Pilkington.