WILLIAM MOORCROFT (1872-1945) FOR MOORCROFT POTTERY
'POMEGRANATE' PATTERN ASSEMBLED AND BOXED COFFEE SET, CIRCA 1914
£1,512
Auction: Lots 267 to 528 | 18th April at 10am
Description
glazed earthenware, silver, comprising six cups, six saucers, and six spoons, impressed maker's marks, signed with initials W.M., and signed W. MOORCROFT, one dated 1914, the spoons hallmarked for Sheffield 1919, all within fitted box with printed retailer's mark MARTIN WILKINSON, MANSFIELD
Dimensions
smaller cups 4.8cm high, 4.7cm diameter, larger cups 5.1cm high, 4.8cm diameter; saucers 10cm diameter
Footnote
Literature: Atterbury P. Moorcroft Pottery 1897-1993, Richard Dennis and Hugh Edwards 2008, P.144, fig.1