Walter Moorcroft HIBISCUS Cobalt Blue SPADE Circa 1970s Stoke - On - Trent England
Item History & Price
Moorcroft Hibiscus on Cobalt Blue Spade circa 1970s Walter Moorcroft
{Photo taken indoors with no flash. Reflectons on image. More photos below.} Beautiful Walter Moorcroft Design, circa: 1970s
HIBISCUS
on Cobalt Blue Ground, Spade Dish
Approximate Dimensions:
5.375" (13.6525cm) Length
4.625" (11.7475 cm) Width
0.875" (2.2225 cm) Height Source: Atterbury, Paul (1993...), Moorcroft: Revised Edition 1897-1993. Richard Dennis & Hugh Edwards (Publishers): The Old Chapel, Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, England. This is a handsome cobalt blue glazed spade-shaped dish (circa 1970s) featuring the Walter Moorcroft Hibiscus floral design from the renowned Moorcroft Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent, England, founded by William Moorcroft in the early 1900s.
Photo from our personal visit to Moocroft Pottery in 2006 The center of the dish features the tubelined (slipstreamed) Hibiscus on a cobalt blue glaze background. The bottom of the dish has the impressed wording "MOORCROFT Made in England, " as well as a paper label with "By Appointment, Potters to the Late Queen Mary, " and there is a gold foil "Moorcroft England" label on the inner side of the dish.
Condition. The dish is in great condition with no chips, cracks, orrestorations. The blue glaze on the upper top of the rim has either been worn down some to the white or it was applied that way. And, it has the under-glaze crazing well associated with the older Moorcroft pottery.
... a lovely piece for thecollector of items from Queen Mary's Potter --Moorcroft. Paypal payment must be received within 3 days of auction or store close. We are always glad to combine shipping when safe to save you shipping costs. Thank you.
Please visit our Ebay store, DesertGold Store, for more vintage carnival, opalescent, and EAPG pieces and other great finds, e.g., restaurant ware, pottery, crystal, books, vintage typewriters, and the like!
{Photo taken indoors with no flash. Reflectons on image. More photos below.} Beautiful Walter Moorcroft Design, circa: 1970s
HIBISCUS
on Cobalt Blue Ground, Spade Dish
Approximate Dimensions:
5.375" (13.6525cm) Length
4.625" (11.7475 cm) Width
0.875" (2.2225 cm) Height Source: Atterbury, Paul (1993...), Moorcroft: Revised Edition 1897-1993. Richard Dennis & Hugh Edwards (Publishers): The Old Chapel, Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, England. This is a handsome cobalt blue glazed spade-shaped dish (circa 1970s) featuring the Walter Moorcroft Hibiscus floral design from the renowned Moorcroft Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent, England, founded by William Moorcroft in the early 1900s.
Photo from our personal visit to Moocroft Pottery in 2006 The center of the dish features the tubelined (slipstreamed) Hibiscus on a cobalt blue glaze background. The bottom of the dish has the impressed wording "MOORCROFT Made in England, " as well as a paper label with "By Appointment, Potters to the Late Queen Mary, " and there is a gold foil "Moorcroft England" label on the inner side of the dish.
Condition. The dish is in great condition with no chips, cracks, orrestorations. The blue glaze on the upper top of the rim has either been worn down some to the white or it was applied that way. And, it has the under-glaze crazing well associated with the older Moorcroft pottery.
... a lovely piece for thecollector of items from Queen Mary's Potter --Moorcroft. Paypal payment must be received within 3 days of auction or store close. We are always glad to combine shipping when safe to save you shipping costs. Thank you.
Please visit our Ebay store, DesertGold Store, for more vintage carnival, opalescent, and EAPG pieces and other great finds, e.g., restaurant ware, pottery, crystal, books, vintage typewriters, and the like!
