Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground tall narrow neck bottle vase Type_Lady Doulton Here they opened a colliery

Here they opened a colliery called Glebe Colliery which supplied coal to the factory and to other pottery manufacturers in the area

Turpin was found guilty on two charges of horse theft and sentenced to death

Complete with full Moorcroft boxingGUARANTEED free from damage and repair

5cms (8 7/8") wide

1891 - 1921

Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground tall narrow neck bottle vase Type_Lady Doulton Here they opened a collieryWalter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground tall narrow neck bottle vase The rich, iconic Moorcroft Blue background gives the delicate and colourful Orchid pattern a chance to shine and show the full palette of colours. 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] Walter Moorcroft initials to base and Impressed factory marks c. 1950's