Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A Minton Cloisonne vase designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, cylindrical form, decorated with panels of butterflies and a finch on a bough between geometric panels, impressed and printed factory marks, re-stuck damages to base 23.5 cm. high

Literature

The John Scott Collection - Modern English Design from the 1860s and 1870s, The Fine Art Society, page 48-49 for comparable Minton pieces decorated with butterflies,

Provenance

Design, Woolley and Wallis, 14th October 2009, lot 550.

Private collection.

Catalogue notes

This vase bears the printed retailers mark for John Mortlock, Oxford Street and Orchard Street, London.