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AN OLD HALL EARTHENWARE CO. LTD. PINK AND BLUE GROUND ENTWINED DRAGON-HANDLED EWER

CIRCA 1880, PRINTED IRON-RED CASTLE MARK AND IMPRESSED 38

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AN OLD HALL EARTHENWARE CO. LTD. PINK AND BLUE GROUND ENTWINED DRAGON-HANDLED EWER
Circa 1880, printed iron-red castle mark and impressed 38
The tapering conical neck entwined with a gilt dragon, the bulbous body printed allover with a fantastic multi-blossomed vine; together with two Wedgwood transfer-printed plates, printed and enriched in the 'water-lilly' pattern, date code for 1878, pattern no. A4363 and A4364, one predominantly in iron-red; the other in fuchsia; and two Cauldon transfer-printed plates, pattern no. L4899 and L4891, the first printed and enriched with blooming geraniums, the second with flowering apple tree branches
12¼in. (31cm.) high (5)

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Lot Essay

The Old Hall firm is known to have collaborated on design work with Christopher Dresser. See Christopher Dresser, Principles of Decorative Design, London, Paris, and New York, 1873, p. 130, fig. 129 for an outline of this ewer's form listed by Dresser as an ideal pouring vessel.

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