MOORCROFT 17.8cm JUG (Shape No JU7) "IMAGINATION" Numbered Edition No 84 By Designer Rachel Bishop R.R.P. ...

MOORCROFT 17.8cm JUG (Shape No JU7) "IMAGINATION" Numbered Edition No 84 By Designer Rachel Bishop R.R.P. £295.00.
(Even in her early years at Moorcroft, Rachel already had an instinctive grip on the Arts and Crafts style of England’s much-loved art pottery. A quarter of a century later, that style must surely flow through the senior designer’s veins, just as it must have done with William Moorcroft. It is always cheerful news when a moment of celebration brings with it a design good enough to cause a sharp intake of breath at its artistic and technical qualities and the surge of imagination which must have literally fired its creation. Something truly magical must have happened. For Imagination, Rachel selected the familiar yet classical JU7 jug shape, covering its surface with soft cream flowers and buds all set against a lightly-washed yellow ground. Rachel’s jug has a dark neck, rim and handle matched with the same colour at the foot. So good is Imagination that it must be one of those designs which would have caused father William to nod his head with approval. This design has all the qualities of something very special indeed.)