A Burmantofts Faience hall vase, decorated by Lewis Kander, the shouldered baluster body with long neck and gently flared rim, painted in 'Anglo-Persian' manner with galleons on a dragon - full sea with sun and clouds overhead, the shoulder with a band of playful dolphins, all in shades of turquoise, blue, green and amethyst, impressed Burmantofts Faience 162 and painted monogram LK, D.623 2902, circa 1885

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A Burmantofts Faience hall vase, decorated by Lewis Kander, the shouldered baluster body with long neck and gently flared rim, painted in 'Anglo-Persian' manner with galleons on a dragon - full sea with sun and clouds overhead, the shoulder with a band of playful dolphins, all in shades of turquoise, blue, green and amethyst, impressed Burmantofts Faience 162 and painted monogram LK, D.623 2902, circa 1885
97.5cm. high

Cf. Bradford Art Galleries & Museums and Leeds City Museums, Burmantofts Pottery, Leeds 1983, p.44, plate 111, similar pieces illustrated


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This piece was on loan to the Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington 1988-1993.

One of the rarer Burmantoft lines was the style known as 'Anglo-Persian'. All known pieces are decorated by the talented Lewis Kander and signed with his monogram LK. These vases made their first appearance at the Saltaire Exhibition in 1887. Arabesques, stylised floral and foliage patterns and fish and birds were used as decorative motifs obviously inspired by the 'Persian' wares of William de Morgan. The 'Anglo-Persian' style was used to decorate very large, moulded hall vases, chargers, plaques and small vases of simple shapes.

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