CIRCA 1885, IMPRESSED BURMANTOFTS FAIENCE FACTORY MARKS, INCISED SHAPE NO. 676

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A BURMANTOFTS FAIENCE GREEN-GLAZED DOUBLE GOURD VASE
CIRCA 1885, IMPRESSED BURMANTOFTS FAIENCE FACTORY MARKS, INCISED SHAPE NO. 676
Encircled by a red dragon and applied with a yellow amphibian creature above a frieze of moulded grasses and flowering plants with green and brown streaked glazes
23 ½ in. (59.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired 1983.

Literature

B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 156.
M. Levy, ‘Living with antiques: A collection of Victorian decorative arts’, Antiques, June 2000, pp. 948-955, p. 954, pl. xi.

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Lot Essay

The Burmantofts factory, based in Leeds and producing art pottery from 1880 until 1904, frequently featured dragons and other mythical creatures in its designs for vases. An example of this form is in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, museum no. 2002.396.

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