Fine Arts & Crafts - 19th June 2024
Lot 182
'Claremont' a fine Moorcroft Pottery tea set designed by William Moorcroft with silver mounts for
Estimate £2,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £4032
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Description
'Claremont' a fine Moorcroft Pottery tea set designed by William Moorcroft with silver mounts for Shreve & Company San Francisco, tubeline decorated with mushrooms in shades of red, cream and blue on a streaked cream and blue ground, with applied silver handles and rims, comprising teapot and cover with over slung handle, milk-jug, sugar bowl and cover painted green signature and Shreeve & Co mark, stamped sterling, fine hairline to teapot cover,14.5cm. high (5)
Provenance
from a private collection of Moorcroft Pottery
Literature
Paul Atterbury Moorcroft Pottery 1897-1993, Richard Dennis Publications, page 92 and 93 for various comparable tea sets with silver mounts, decorated in the Claremont pattern.