William moorcroft pomegranate vase c1920s beautiful condition no restoration 9cm

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William moorcroft pomegranate vase c1920s beautiful condition no restoration 9cm:
$324.97

I have for your consideration this most exquisite Moorcroft vase in the pomegranate pattern c1920s full moorcroft impressed stamp to base standing 9cm high, this vase comes to you with NO CHIPS, CRACKS, paint loss or restoration, with bright vibrant colours, showing bright red of ripened pomegranates with blues and ochre berries and foliage. This is a beautiful display piece for any collector and a firm investment piece.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me on 07971247234 kindest regards steve. We also purchase unwanted and unusual items. William Moorcroft(1872-1945) was an Englishpotter who founded the Moorcroftpottery business.Vase in Hazeldene pattern by William Moorcroft, probably for retail at Libertys, c 1905-10

He was born in burslem Staffordshire. He studied art at Burslem then in Londonand Paris.He experimented with his own pottery designs around 1896 while working for James Macintyre & Co Ltd. and produced Aurelian Ware which was partly decorated with transfersand partly painted by hand. Moorcroft developed highly lustred glazes and used oriental shapes and decorations. Some of his techniques were closely guarded trade secrets. He then developed his famous Florian Ware, with heavyslipand a translucent glaze which produces brilliance of colour.

He married Florence Nora Fleay Lovibond (1879-1926) in 1913. They had a daughter, Beatrice (1914) and a son, Walter (1917).

In 1913, William Moorcroft set up his own factory at Cobridgewith staff from Macintyres, and backed by a financial arrangement with Liberty & coof London, The business succeeded. Much of the output was sold through Liberty & Co.and TiffanyIn newyork in 1928 Queen Marymade him \"Potter to the Queen\" through a Royal warrant, which was stamped on the pottery. His son, Walter joined the company when he was twenty, and took over the management of the pottery in 1945 just before William\'s death.