Arts and Crafts - 24th August 2021
Lot 359
'Rhinemaidens' a rare Pilkington's Lancastrian vase designed by Walter Crane
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £850
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Description
'Rhinemaidens' a rare Pilkington's Lancastrian vase designed by Walter Crane, compressed form, cast in low relief with three mermaids joining hands around the neck of the vase, covered in a graduated matt blue glaze, impressed factory mark to base and artist monogram to the side of the vase, 10.5cm. high
Provenance
Private collection
Literature
Greg Smith, Walter Crane, Artist, Designer & Socialist, Lund Humphries/Whitworth Art Gallery, K18 for an example, from The collection of Peter Rose & Albert Gallichan Collection, illustrated.
Brian Coleman The Best of British Arts and Crafts, Schiffer Books, page 216 for a comparable, possibly the same example, from the collection of Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan collection.
Victoria & Albert Museum for an identical vase covered in a matt olive glaze, (accession number C138-1980).