Live Auction 1644Important English Furniture including Property from Villa San Maurizio La Jolla, California
A PILKINGTON'S ROYAL LANCASTRIAN POTTERY VASE
Lot 175

A PILKINGTON'S ROYAL LANCASTRIAN POTTERY VASE

IMPRESSED TUDOR ROSE FACTORY MARK FOR 1914-1923, BLACK PAINTED W.S.M. MONOGRAM FOR WILLIAM S. MYCROFT AND DATED 1921, IMPRESSED SHAPE NUMBER 3138

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A PILKINGTON'S ROYAL LANCASTRIAN POTTERY VASE
Impressed Tudor rose factory mark for 1914-1923, black painted W.S.M. monogram for William S. Mycroft and dated 1921, impressed shape number 3138
Lustred in silver on an iridescent caramel ground, the front inscribed PARVAHEV TABELLA QUANTAM VEHIT FATI flanking a rampant lion on a ruby ground within crossed laurel branches, the back with a galleon in full sail on a roiling sea, scudding clouds overhead
16½ in. (42 cm.) high

with The Fine Art Society, London, 1990.

Specialist note

See A.J. Cross, Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles, London, 1980, p. 44, plate 43 for Richard Joyce's design for a rampant lion and plate 44 for William Mycock's adaptation, similar to that lustred on the present vase.