'Sea Sprites' a large Della Robbia Pottery plaque designed by Ellen Mary Rope

'Sea Sprites' a large Della Robbia Pottery plaque designed by Ellen Mary Rope, dated 1902, worked on by Liz Wilkins and Marion de Caluwe, modelled in relief with two sea figures swimming in turbulent waters, glazed in blue, yellow and cream, in wooden frame, incised Rope signature and date bottom left, incised Della Robbia, 184 and artist monograms to reverse, cracked, 55 x 28cm (panel)

Literature

P Hyland Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead 1894-1906, ACC Books, page 208 figure 23 for a comparable example.

Catalogue notes

This panel was originally known as Water Babes but also known as Water Sprites and Sea Sprites, a similar panel is held in the Victoria & Albert Museum collection. (C.145-2018).