Arts and Crafts - 20th June 2018

Lot 118

Dancing Panel a Della Robbia Pottery plaque by Liz Wilkins

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £800

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Description

Dancing Panel a Della Robbia Pottery plaque by Liz Wilkins, after a design by Ellen Mary Rope, dated 1898, rectangular, cast in low relief with young children dancing around a tree, in shades of yellow, green and turquoise on a white ground, incised factory marks, date and various artist monograms including EMN and painted LW, 24.5 x 20.5cm. Literature Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead 1894-1906, Antique Collectors Club, page 207 figure 222 for another example illustrated. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.