WALTER CRANE (1845-1915) FOR MAW & CO., JACKFIELD
'SKOAL' TWIN-HANDLED VASE, CIRCA 1889
£3,024
Auction: Lots 1 to 336 | 16th October at 10am
Description
lustre-glazed earthenware, bears inscription SKOAL, unmarked
Dimensions
21.5cm high
Footnote
Note: This is one of a series of vases that Crane designed for Maw & Co. around 1889 when they first appear listed in the catalogue of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in London of that year, described along with a series of tiles that Crane also designed for the firm. The vases demonstrate Crane's interest in all historical forms and decoration, especially those of classical antiquity and of the Islamic world, with the current example a celebration of Viking fraternity.