Arts and Crafts - 6th October 2020

Lot 151

A Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware vase by William Howson Taylor

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £500

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Description

A Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware vase by William Howson Taylor, slender, shouldered form with cylindrical neck, covered in a mottled moss green souffle glaze, impressed WHT monogram, 231 shape no and remains of Ruskin Pottery paper label, 11cm. high

Provenance

Private collection.

The remains of a paper label on the base of the vase proudly alludes to the occasion of the pottery winning the Grand Prize at the St Louis International Exhibition in 1904.