A ROYAL CROWN DERBY COBALT-BLUE GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE

DATE CYPHER FOR 1920, IRON-RED CROWNED MONOGRAM MARK, SHAPE NO. 1492, GREEN PAINTED W., SIGNED A. GREGORY

Details

A ROYAL CROWN DERBY COBALT-BLUE GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE
Date cypher for 1920, iron-red crowned monogram mark, shape no. 1492, green painted W., signed A. Gregory
With curved scroll handles, finely painted front and back with a lush bouquet flanked by raised gilt acanthus suspending bellflowers, above a strapwork reserve, the socle with embossed roses above a spreading circular foot
15½in. (39.3cm.) high

Literature

See David Battie, Guide to Understanding 19th & 20th century British Porcelain, Suffolk, p. 253 for an illustration of this piece.

Lot Essay

See John Twitchett and Betty Bailey, Royal Crown Derby, New York, 1976, p. 117 & 191 for a listing in the forms inventory and a line drawing from the Shape Book.
Albert Gregory joined Derby at Ormaston Road in the 1890's. Reknowned for his naturalistic flower painting, his name became synonymous with the large cabbage roses (The Gregory Rose) which dominate his compositions.

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