WALTER CRANE (BRITISH, 1845-1915) FOR PILKINGTON'S LANCASTRIANLarge and impressive 'Peacock' charger, 1907-1913
Earthenware, polychrome lustre glazes, decorated with a male peacock with outspread tail feathers, stylised 'eyes' of the peacock feathers repeat around the border. Designed by Walter Crane and decorated by Charles Cundall.
49 cm diameter
Impressed factory mark, indistinct date numeral and 2477, painted Charles Cundall seal with 'PINX' written below and Walter Crane seal with 'DES' written below. With Richard Dennis paper exhibition label to reverse.
FootnotesProvenance
Sotheby's, New York, 'The Harriman Judd Collection: British Art Pottery', 22 January 2001, lot 396
Exhibited
'Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles', Richard Dennis, 4-27 June 1980
Literature
A.J.Cross, Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles, Richard Dennis, London, 1980, p. 13, pl. VIII
Malcolm Haslam, English Art Pottery 1865-1915, Antique Collector's Club, UK, 1975, p. 27, pl. XI
WALTER CRANE (BRITISH, 1845-1915) FOR PILKINGTON'S LANCASTRIANLarge and impressive 'Peacock' charger, 1907-1913
Earthenware, polychrome lustre glazes, decorated with a male peacock with outspread tail feathers, stylised 'eyes' of the peacock feathers repeat around the border. Designed by Walter Crane and decorated by Charles Cundall.
49 cm diameter
Impressed factory mark, indistinct date numeral and 2477, painted Charles Cundall seal with 'PINX' written below and Walter Crane seal with 'DES' written below. With Richard Dennis paper exhibition label to reverse.
FootnotesProvenance
Sotheby's, New York, 'The Harriman Judd Collection: British Art Pottery', 22 January 2001, lot 396
Exhibited
'Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles', Richard Dennis, 4-27 June 1980
Literature
A.J.Cross, Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles, Richard Dennis, London, 1980, p. 13, pl. VIII
Malcolm Haslam, English Art Pottery 1865-1915, Antique Collector's Club, UK, 1975, p. 27, pl. XI
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