A Moorcroft art pottery vase of squat, bulbous form featuring a short flared neck. The exterior is decorated in the tube-lined Orchid pattern, displaying large blooms in variegated shades of red, yellow, and blue with green foliage against a deep cobalt blue ground. The decoration is hand-painted with rich, blended glazes. The underside of the base bears the impressed factory mark MOORCROFT and the origin mark MADE IN ENGLAND. There is a hand-painted blue monogram, possibly the letter D, alongside various blue painter’s brush strokes. The item is composed of glazed earthenware.
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