Large Holdcroft Majolica bird vase

Victorian, circa 1870. 17.1ins high, 9.1ins wide, 9.1ins depth. Holdcroft Majolica vase which features a small bird (a wren), butterfly, white flowers and green leaves. Colouration: cobalt blue, ochre, turquoise, are predominant.









Bears a pattern number, '230'.







Book reference,'Majolica' by Nicholas M. Dawes, page 126, figure 221.

Condition

Generally good.

Small flake to rim



and bird's tail.



Some wear to rim.



Wear to the high points of the molding.





KILN EFFECTS: bird's right leg was never moulded on;





firing hole under bird's tail.



RESTORATION. Butterflies wing





and tail of bird reglued and joins retouched.





Filled chip to bird's beak,



white flowers





and rim.





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