A Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware Elephant's-Foot vase designed by William Howson-Taylor,

A Ruskin Pottery high-fired stoneware Elephant's-Foot vase designed by William Howson-Taylor, swollen cylindrical form, covered in a sang de boeuf glaze, with silver-grey top rim, streaked with lavender and turquoise speckles, impressed factory mark and date, applied collection label, professional restoration, 20.3cm. high

Provenance

The Albert E Wade Collection

The Albert E Wade Collection, Sotheby's Olympia, 2nd May2002,lot263.

Literature

Paul Atterbury & John Henson, Ruskin Pottery, Richard Dennis Publications, page 59 (top) this vase illustrated.