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Special MOORCROFT Moon Shadows by Kerry Goodwin LARGE TRIAL trumpet

Name: Special MOORCROFT Moon Shadows by Kerry Goodwin LARGE TRIAL trumpet
Brand: Moorcroft Pottery
Price: 870 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

MOORCROFT Art Pottery Moon Shadows pattern by Kerry Goodwin LARGE TRIAL trumpet vase. Dated 15/1/16. A Modern Moorcroft Moon shadow trumpet vase, design by Kerry Goodwin. Trial. Dated 15.1.16. Signed and dated. Limited Edition: 75 Shape: 365/15 Height: 15 inches/ 38cm Moorcroft site about this vase said: HYPNOTIZED BY MOON SHADOWS When the moon beams out in full brilliance, it dazzles you. It is said that the day after the full moon, when it turns a haunting shade of yellow, onlookers become mesmerised. Some even enter a trance-like state, and can barely walk at all, with mouth open, and eyes half-closed – simply hypnotized. Moon Shadows enters into this sublime territory which excites the mind and enraptures the spirit. About the Edition Metamorphoses, a Latin poem by Ovid, and considered his best work, or magnum opus, sees a female nymph transformed into a laurel tree. Similarly, Moonlight Ladies sees the great nymphs of the Moorcroft designer’s past (Wood Nymph {2009}, Oak Nymph {2010} and Water Nymph {2012}) rise up into something much taller in stature than before and yet still rooted in creativity. Lissom Moorcroft nudes now mesmerizingly captured under moonlight, echo the very essence of Art Nouveau design. One nymph allows her long, black locks to disappear with the exposed roots of an ancient tree into a ground coloured by violet harebells, and carpeted in moss and lichen. Another sylph-like nymph twists onto her side as she hears the wind softly calling her name, before moving like a luminous wax figurine into the trees above. Finally, there is an image of total surrender. The last nymph kneels under a full autumn moon, naked and still. The vase captures the metamorphosis midway, with a golden haze from a setting sun still penetrating into the glen. In contrast, the strange, cool tones of the moon mimic the nymph’s deathly pale skin. In time, the moonlight ladies will be gone. For now, these nymphs enchant and beckon us all into a surreal clearing. Without doubt, this is the Moorcroft designer’s magnum opus. It is more than just a design celebrating the female form within an eerie rapture - this is a designer who does not conform to the patterns of this world but is herself transformed by the renewing of her own creative and marvellous mind.

Creator:

Moorcroft Pottery (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Diameter: 5 in (12.7 cm)

Style:

Arts and Crafts (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Ceramic,Glazed

Place of Origin:

England

Period:

2010-

Date of Manufacture:

2016

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Richmond Hill, CA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU9154236001062

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William Moorcroft (1872–1945), the founder of the celebrated British art-pottery company that shares his last name, was both an aesthete and a technical innovator. Along with William de Morgan, he is regarded as one of the greatest ceramists of the Arts and Crafts movement, yet Moorcroft’s singular style is heavily inflected with the lush naturalism of the Art Nouveau school of art and design.

The son of a decorative pottery painter, Moorcroft was born in Staffordshire, the center of English ceramics-making, studied at the Wedgwood Institute and in 1897 joined the local pottery manufacturer James Macintyre & Co. as a designer. After a year, he was put in charge of the company’s art-pottery studio, and there he developed a new style of wares named “Florian,” made with a technique called tube-lining, or slip-trailing. In this method, decorative motifs are outlined with a thin, raised border produced by piping a thread of clay onto the body of a vessel — much like squeezing toothpaste from a tube.

Moorcroft, who took the unusual step of signing his ceramics, would go on to win numerous international awards. In 1913, backed by the London department store Liberty & Co., he left Macintyre to open his own workshop. Queen Mary, wife of King George V, gave Moorcroft her Royal Warrant in 1928. Shortly before he died in 1945, his son, Walter Moorcroft (1917–2002), took over as head of the firm. The pottery company is still in business in Staffordshire, with a design department headed by Rachel Bishop.

William Moorcroft’s ceramics are noted for their colorful, ebullient (and often slightly surreal) decorations depicting stylized natural forms — flowers, toadstools, fruit (pomegranate is a favorite among collectors), insects and landscapes. Most Moorcroft wares are finished with a glossy overglaze. Blue-and-white and pastel shades were generally used as underglazes on early Moorcroft pieces, and he later developed a rich, ruddy background glaze he called “flambé.”

Moorcroft art pottery has a rich, warm and inviting look — a comforting aesthetic that explains their enduring appeal.

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