Moorcroft Flambe Orchid Pedestal Dish

A Moorcroft Flambe 'Orchid' pedestal dish, circa 1950s,…
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A Moorcroft Flambe 'Orchid' pedestal dish, circa 1950s, original pattern drawn by William Moorcroft in 1937, tubelined orchid blooms and foliage in rich dark colours upon a modulating flambe ground, Moorcroft Royal warrant label for late Queen Mary underside and number 205, height: 6 cm, diameter 14 cm

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  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Tubelined - In tubelined decoration, a thin line of clay is piped on to the surface of the object through a nozzle to define the design outlines, then the glazes are poured into the areas of the object that are created behind the shallow "dams" formed by the tube-lined decoration.

    Tubelined decoration was extensively used by Moorcroft Pottery. It was an expensive decorating technique, owing to the many possibilities of error in manufacture.

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