Lot 118
JOSEPH HOLDCROFT (C.1832-1904)
PAIR OF MAJOLICA BIRD UMBRELLA STANDS, CIRCA 1875
Auction: Design Since 1860 Day One | Wed 14th October | Lots 1 to 245
Description
glazed earthenware (2)
Dimensions
Stork 74cm high, Heron 76cm high
Footnote
Literature: Dawes N.M. Majolica, Crown Publishers, New York, 1990, p. 129, fig. 225
Weber S., with Boston N. 'The Minton of Longton: Joseph Holdcroft's Sutherland Pottery' within Majolica Mania Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915, Bard Graduate Centre, Volume 2, p. 347
These are unusual examples in that their bases are in cobalt blue, mottled green and brown being the more commonplace colouring.