A fine Pilkington's Lancastrian Pegasus moon flask designed by Walter Crane and painted by...

A fine Pilkington's Lancastrian Pegasus moon flask designed by Walter Crane and painted by William S Mycock, dated 1932, flattened disc form with cylindrical neck and loop handles, painted to one side with Pegasus, inside a foliate border, the reverse with heraldic coat of arms for Manchester and motto Concilio et Labore, (wisdom and effort), glazed in ruby and golden lustre on a blue lustre ground impressed Pilkington's mark, painted Crane cipher, Mycock cipher and date code 27cm. high

Provenance

The Collection of Robert Henry Mellers,

thence by descent

Literature

A J Cross Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles, Richard Dennis Publications, page 51 plate 58 for the original watercolour design of Pegasus. Plate 59 for a comparable moon flask painted by Richard Joyce with a depiction of Manchester and the reverse with the Manchester coat of arms. It is believed that this example combining the Pegasus image and the Manchester coat of arms is unique.