Lot 7

WEMYSS WARE
LARGE 'PHEASANTS EYE NARCISSI' GROSVENOR VASE

Auction: 24 January 2024 from 10:00 GMT
£1,008
Description
glazed earthenware, impressed maker’s mark WEMYSS
Dimensions
21cm high
Footnote
Literature: Davis P. et al Wemyss Ware: A Decorative Scottish Pottery Scottish Academic Press, 1986, p.102, fig. 194, where this example is illustrated.
Note: The 'Grosvenor' vase shape was named after Lady Henry Grosvenor (Dora Wemyss), the daughter of James Hay Erskine Wemyss of Wemyss Castle. Dora married Lord Henry Grosvenor, the son of the Duke of Westminster and set up the Wemyss School of Needlework in 1877.
