A Burmantofts Faience hall vase, the shouldered baluster body with long neck and gently flared rim, decorated with four grotesque cartouche masks and foliage, painted in 'Anglo-Persian' manner in turquoise, blue, green and amethyst, the body with four maiden masks in oval cartouches with foliage and dolphins below a stylised band, impressed Burmantofts Faience 181, and painted monogram LK, D.621 - 2896, circa 1885
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A Burmantofts Faience hall vase, the shouldered baluster body with long neck and gently flared rim, decorated with four grotesque cartouche masks and foliage, painted in 'Anglo-Persian' manner in turquoise, blue, green and amethyst, the body with four maiden masks in oval cartouches with foliage and dolphins below a stylised band, impressed Burmantofts Faience 181, and painted monogram LK, D.621 - 2896, circa 1885
101cm. high
Cf. Bradford Art Galleries and Museums and Leeds City Museums, Burmantofts Pottery, Leeds 1983, p.44, plate 111, similar pieces
Lot Essay
This piece was on loan to the Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington 1988-1993