Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Blue Ground 62/12 vase Sea From Charles Dickens' Characters series

From Charles Dickens' Characters series

The colour was changed to gold and the round disk with "deanta in eireann" was omitted

Has Canadian | Australian | NZ | USA patent numbers on rear

From the William De Morgan collection

John Deacons Scotland Facetted Magnum Barbers Pole paperweight

Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Blue Ground 62/12 vase Sea From Charles Dickens' Characters seriesWalter Moorcroft Orchid on Blue Ground 62 12 vase Shape 62 This is a large, centre of the table or sideboard piece rarely do large, prominent colourful pieces become available The Orchid pattern was first drawn by William Moorcroft c. 1937 and developed by Walter from the mid 1940s [pg 142, Moorcroft Revised Edition 1897 1993, Atterbury] (Feint) Walter Moorcroft full signature to base c. 1945 1949 Approx 32cms (12 1 2") tall Approx 20cms (8") wide at