Pair Holdcroft Majolica wren trumpet vases

Victorian, circa 1870. Tallest is 12.8ins high, 7ins wide, 7ins depth. Pair of Holdcroft Majolica vases which feature a small bird (a wren), butterfly, white flowers and green leaves.
Cobalt blue ground version.



Colouration: cobalt blue, ochre, turquoise, are predominant.















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

Condition

CONDITION: Vase 1: Very good.

Small flake to bird's tail.


KILN EFFECTS: tiny glaze pops to the interior and exterior;









glaze miss to one small leaf and behind wren's tail.





RESTORATION: Retouched flake to base rim.



Retouched flake to tip of flower bud.



Filled chip to bird's beak.



Vase 2: Very good.

KILN EFFECTS: tiny glaze pops to the interior and exterior;













shallow firing crack to the bird's leg.



RESTORATION: Remodelled butterfly wing.





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