Arts and Crafts - 19th June 2019
Lot 159
A Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery vase designed by William S Mycock
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £140
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Description
A Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery vase designed by William S Mycock, dated 1933, model no.194, swollen cylindrical form, modelled in low relief with scaly fish swimming in turbulent waters, glazed olive on a matt silver-grey ground, a Pilkington's bowl by Mycock inscribed Carior Libertas Patria Cara, a flaring bowl and two vases decorated in a matt silver-grey glaze impressed marks, incised artist cipher and date mark, 22.5cm. high (5)
Literature
A J Cross Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles Richard Dennis, page 42 plate 40 for an original design by Mycock for a similar fish vase.
Provenance
Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery Exhibition, Richard Dennis, 1980, Carior Libertas bowl catalogue number 439.
Private collection.