Lot Essay
Compare anon. sale, Skinner's, Boston, 16 July 2005, lot 522A
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George Owen (1845-1917)
Anticipating their sale to erudite collectors, George Owen often worked without pay on highly detailed pieces of this type during quiet periods at the Royal Worcester Factory. Over the course of several months he spent painstaking hours on each vessel, carefully piercing the wet clay body freehand - no small feat as the piece had to be kept in its leatherhard stage and the smallest slip meant having to start over. Once reticulated the piece then faced multiple firings and possible destruction in the kiln. For a more detailed discussion on George Owen's experiments see Henry Sandon, Royal Worcester Porcelain, London, 1978, p. 31.
PROPERTY OF A LADY
A ROYAL WORCESTER (GEORGE OWEN) 'JEWELLED' AND RETICULATED FLARE VASE
DATE LETTER R FOR 1880, GREEN PRINTED CROWNED MARK
Details
A ROYAL WORCESTER (GEORGE OWEN) 'JEWELLED' AND RETICULATED FLARE VASE
Date letter R for 1880, green printed crowned mark
Of double-walled construction, the pale-turquoise body pierced with alternate geometric chain pattern and honeycomb, interrupted by alternate oval and circular panels enriched with gilt landscapes, the pink borders enamelled in white and turquoise with 'jewelled' zig-zag ribbons entwined with a gilt foliate scroll, the flaring rim and foot similarly pierced
7¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high
Date letter R for 1880, green printed crowned mark
Of double-walled construction, the pale-turquoise body pierced with alternate geometric chain pattern and honeycomb, interrupted by alternate oval and circular panels enriched with gilt landscapes, the pink borders enamelled in white and turquoise with 'jewelled' zig-zag ribbons entwined with a gilt foliate scroll, the flaring rim and foot similarly pierced
7¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high