Moorcroft Pottery Double Take Trial Two-Tile Framed Panel
A Moorcroft Pottery tubelined earthenware two-tile panel artwork in the Double Take pattern. This trial piece features a horizontal diptych composition depicting five fish swimming through an aquatic landscape with lily pads and reeds. The decoration is executed using traditional slip-trailing techniques with a color palette of cobalt blue, sage green, ochre, and earthy brown glazes. The tiles are mounted in a contemporary light-toned wood grain frame. The reverse of the frame features a circular aperture revealing the factory marks on the ceramic body. These marks include the impressed Moorcroft name in a circular arc, Made in Stoke on Trent England, a bell year cypher for 2014, and an impressed letter A. Hand-painted inscriptions in brown script read Trial and the date 9-4-14. The item is accompanied by its original navy blue Moorcroft presentation box with gold-stamped lettering.
Dimensions: 20.50"L x 9.00"W x 8.75"H
Condition: Good
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A Moorcroft Pottery tubelined earthenware two-tile panel artwork in the Double Take pattern. This trial piece features a horizontal diptych composition depicting five fish swimming through an aquatic landscape with lily pads and reeds. The decoration is executed using traditional slip-trailing techniques with a color palette of cobalt blue, sage green, ochre, and earthy brown glazes. The tiles are mounted in a contemporary light-toned wood grain frame. The reverse of the frame features a circular aperture revealing the factory marks on the ceramic body. These marks include the impressed Moorcroft name in a circular arc, Made in Stoke on Trent England, a bell year cypher for 2014, and an impressed letter A. Hand-painted inscriptions in brown script read Trial and the date 9-4-14. The item is accompanied by its original navy blue Moorcroft presentation box with gold-stamped lettering.
Dimensions: 20.50"L x 9.00"W x 8.75"H
Condition: Good