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Christopher Dresser for Old Hall Aesthetic Movement Pottery Bird Painted Ewer

$1,339.66per set
£980per set
€1,144.82per set
CA$1,868.10per set
A$2,047.17per set
CHF 1,069.07per set
MX$24,601.33per set
NOK 13,365.26per set
SEK 12,605.57per set
DKK 8,544.78per set

About the Item

A large and rare Old Hall Aesthetic Movement ewer hand painted with a blue tit perched on a crab apple tree designed by Christopher Dresser (British, 1834-1904) and dating from around 1885. This impressive earthenware ewer is made in the Japonesque taste and stands raised on a round foot with a large round body and narrow tall shaped neck with raised pouring spout. The neck with a lower ring oriental style ring design and with a shaped and relief decorated square ornate handle applied to the side. The ewer is decorated with fruiting crab apple to two sides and with a blue tit perched on a branch to one side. The decoration is painted on a blush ivory ground with gilded and stained elements. The Ewer has red printed makers marks to the base. In good condition.
  • Creator:
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 16.34 in (41.5 cm)Diameter: 7.49 in (19 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Style:
    Aesthetic Movement (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1885
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Bishop's Stortford, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: DA216301stDibs: LU1328227740942

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