A Della Robbia twin-handled Moorish vase by John Cecil Shirley and Ruth Bare, dated 1917, shouldered

A Della Robbia twin-handled Moorish vase by John Cecil Shirley and Ruth Bare, dated 1917, shouldered form with applied twin-handles, incised and painted with kingfishers flying and perched on reeds by a river, in shades of blue, yellow and green, incised Della Robbia mark, C Shirley and 17, painted RB monogram 26cm. high

Literature

Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery, ACC Books, page 212 figure 228 for a comparable vase byShirleyillustrated.