Moorcroft Pottery from the Elgin Cooley Collection: Part III D EC EM B E R 9 - 14, 2 023
Moorcroft Pottery from the Elgin Cooley Collection: Part III DECEMBER 9 - 14, 2 023
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front cover Lot 109
Macintyre Moorcroft Two-Handled Landscape Vase, for Townsend & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, c.1903-04 front inside cover Lot 110
Macintyre Moorcroft Large Two-Handled Claremont Vase, for Shreve & Co., c.1905-10 back inside opposite
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Lot 117
Pair of Macintyre Moorcroft Pansy Vases, c.1910-13
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back inside cover Lot 140
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Moorcroft Moonlit Blue Large Vase, c.1925 back cover Lot 113
Macintyre Moorcroft Pomegranate Vase, dated 1911
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101 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT FLORIAN WARE POPPY VASE, C.1900 height 11.7 in — 29.6 cm, printed Florian marks and Rd. No. 401753 in brown, painted signature W. Moorcroft / des. in green $300 — 500
102 PAIR OF MACINTYRE MOORCROFT FLORIAN IRIS VASES, C.1900 rims restored, height 9.8 in — 25 cm, printed Rd. No. 326689 in brown, painted W. Moorcroft / des. in green $350 — 500
103 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT FLORIAN POPPY VASE, C.1900 rim restored, height 8.7 in — 22 cm, printed Florian marks and Rd. No. 401753 in brown, painted signature W. Moorcroft / des. in green $250 — 350
104 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT FLORIAN WARE POPPY VASE, C.1900 restored, height 12.1 in — 30.7 cm, printed Florian marks and Rd. No. 326470 in brown, painted signature W. Moorcroft / des. in green $200 — 300
105 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT FLORIAN WARE POPPY VASE, C.1900 minor restoration, height 11.8 in — 30 cm, printed Florian marks and Rd. No. 401753 in brown, painted signature W. Moorcroft / des. in green $300 — 400
106 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT FLORIAN WARE POPPY VASE, C.1900-05 restored, height 9.5 in — 24.2 cm, printed Florian mark and Rd. No. 401753 in brown, painted signature W. Moorcroft / des. in green $150 — 250
107 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT FLORIAN WARE CORNFLOWER VASE, C.1900-05 minor restoration, height 8.7 in — 22 cm, printed Florian marks in brown, painted signature W. Moorcroft / des. in green $250 — 350
108 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT GREEN AND GOLD FLORIAN VASE, C.1903 height 11.8 in — 30 cm, printed Macintyre mark in brown, painted initials W.M. / des. in green $400 — 600
109 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT TWO-HANDLED LANDSCAPE VASE, FOR TOWNSEND & CO., NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, C.1903-04 height 11.8 in — 30 cm, printed Florian mark and Rd. No. 397964 in brown, painted signature W. Moorcroft in green, printed retailer’s mark in black $1,500 — 2,000
110 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT LARGE TWO-HANDLED CLAREMONT VASE, FOR SHREVE & CO., C.1905-10 height 11.8 in — 30 cm, printed Rd. No. 420081 in brown, painted signature W. Moorcroft and Shreve & Co. / San Francisco in green $1,500 — 2,000
111 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1910 height 11.7 in — 29.8 cm, painted signature in green $600 — 800
112 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT CORNFLOWER VASE, C.1910 height 12 in — 30.5 cm, printed Macintyre mark in brown, painted signature in green $500 — 700
113 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, DATED 1911 height 12.2 in — 31 cm, painted signature and dated 1911 in green $1,000 — 1,500
114 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT WISTERIA LARGE VASE, C.1912 height 16.7 in — 42.3 cm, printed Macintyre mark in brown, painted signature in green $500 — 700
115 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT WISTERIA VASE, C.1912 height 12.1 in — 30.8 cm, printed Macintyre marks in brown, painted signature in green $300 — 500
116 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT CORNFLOWER VASE, C.1910-13 rim restored, height 11.4 in — 29 cm, printed Macintyre mark in brown, painted signature in green $300 — 400
117 PAIR OF MACINTYRE MOORCROFT PANSY VASES, C.1910-13 height 11.4 in — 29 cm, printed Macintyre marks in brown, painted signatures in green $1,000 — 1,500
118 MACINTYRE MOORCROFT LARGE POMEGRANATE VASE, FOR SPAULDING & CO., DATED 1913 height 15.7 in — 40 cm, painted signature, dated 1913, and made for / Spaulding / & Company in green $500 — 700
119 MOORCROFT CORNFLOWER VASE, DATED 1914 height 9.3 in — 23.6 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature and dated 1914 in green $400 — 600
120 MOORCROFT LARGE SPANISH VASE, DATED 1915 restored, height 17.9 in — 45.5 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature and dated 1915 in green $700 — 1,000
121 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1914-16 chip, height 6.8 in — 17.3 cm, diameter 9.4 in — 24 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $200 — 300
122 MOORCROFT SPANISH VASE, C.1916-18 minor restoration, height 10.4 in — 26.3 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $250 — 350
123 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE LARGE VASE, C.1916-18 height 13.7 in — 34.8 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $600 — 800
124 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1916-18 minor glaze chips, height 10.6 in — 26.8 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $300 — 400
125 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1916-18 height 12.4 in — 31.6 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $250 — 350
126 MOORCROFT ORCHIDS TWO-HANDLED VASE, C.1916-18 height 12.6 in — 32 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $700 — 1,000
127 MOORCROFT PANSY VASE, C.1916-18 height 10.3 in — 26.2 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $700 — 1,000
128 MOORCROFT LARGE POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1916-18 height 14.7 in — 37.4 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in green $300 — 500
129 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1916-18 height 10.4 in — 26.5 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $300 — 500
130 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1916-18 height 10.5 in — 26.7 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $250 — 350
131 MOORCROFT PANSY LARGE VASE, C.1916-18 restored, height 13.9 in — 35.3 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $300 — 500
132 MOORCROFT TWO-HANDLED PANSY VASE, C.1916-18 restored, height 12.4 in — 31.6 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $300 — 400
133 MOORCROFT PANSY VASE, C.1916-18 height 8.1 in — 20.5 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $150 — 250
134 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1916-18 rim restored, height 15.4 in — 39 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $300 — 400
135 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1916-18 restored, height 8.7 in — 22 cm, impressed Burslem marks, painted signature in green $100 — 200
136 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1920 rim restored, height 10.7 in — 27.2 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in green $150 — 250
137 MOORCROFT PANSY VASE, C.1920 rim restored, height 8.9 in — 22.5 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in green $100 — 200
138 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1920 height 8.7 in — 22 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in green $100 — 200
139 MOORCROFT WISTERIA VASE, C.1920 height 10.2 in — 26 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in green $300 — 400
140 MOORCROFT MOONLIT BLUE LARGE VASE, C.1925 restored, height 16.1 in — 41 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in green $1,000 — 1,500
141 MOORCROFT PANSY VASE, C.1925 base restored, height 8.5 in — 21.5 cm, impressed marks, partially covered painted signature in blue $200 — 300
142 MOORCROFT BIG POPPY VASE, C.1925 height 12 in — 30.6 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $250 — 350
143 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1920 restored, height 6.7 in — 17 cm, impressed marks, painted initials in green $50 — 100
144 PAIR OF MOORCROFT WISTERIA VASES, C.1925 height 9 in — 22.8 cm, impressed marks, painted signatures in blue $300 — 400
145 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1920-25 height 10.6 in — 26.8 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in green $300 — 500
146 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1925 height 10.6 in — 26.8 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $200 — 300
147 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1925 height 7.6 in — 19.2 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $100 — 200
148 MOORCROFT WISTERIA VASE, C.1925 height 12.6 in — 32 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $400 — 600
149 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ PANSY VASE, C.1925 glaze scratch, height 10 in — 25.3 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $350 — 500
150 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1925 height 8.1 in — 20.5 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $150 — 250
151 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1925 height 9.9 in — 25.2 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $200 — 300
152 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ WISTERIA GINGER JAR, C.1925-30 restored, height 10.6 in — 27 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $300 — 500
153 MOORCROFT POWDER BLUE CORNFLOWER LARGE VASE, DATED 1928 height 16.2 in — 41.2 cm, impressed marks, painted signature and dated 1928 in blue $600 — 800
154 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF VASE, C.1925-30 height 9.1 in — 23 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $300 — 400
155 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ BIG POPPY VASE, C.1925-30 restored, height 17.9 in — 45.5 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $400 — 600
156 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ WISTERIA VASE, C.1925-30 height 12 in — 30.5 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $400 — 600
157 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE VASE, C.1925-30 height 10.1 in — 25.6 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $150 — 250
158 MOORCROFT PANSY VASE, C.1925-30 height 9.4 in — 24 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $250 — 350
159 MOORCROFT POMEGRANATE LARGE VASE, C.1925-30 height 13.9 in — 35.3 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in green $300 — 500
160 MOORCROFT POPPY LARGE VASE, C.1925-30 height 12.8 in — 32.5 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $400 — 600
161 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ WISTERIA VASE, C.1925-30 height 8.7 in — 22 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $350 — 500
162 MOORCROFT BANDED WISTERIA PANELS VASE, 1925-30 height 7.6 in — 19.2 cm, impressed marks, painted initials in blue $300 — 400
163 MOORCROFT LARGE PANSY VASE, C.1925-30 rim restored, height 14.8 in — 37.6 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $350 — 500
164 MOORCROFT CORNFLOWER FLAMBÉ LARGE VASE, C.1928-30 height 12.7 in — 32.3 cm, impressed marks, painted signature in blue $600 — 800
165 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ BLACKBERRY AND LEAF VASE, 1930S height 11.7 in — 29.8 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted signature in green $500 — 700
166 PAIR OF MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF LARGE VASES, 1930S height 12.6 in — 32 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signatures and Royal Warrants, painted signatures in blue $700 — 1,000
167 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ ORCHIDS VASE, 1930S height 6 in — 15.2 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in green $150 — 250
168 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ BLACKBERRY AND LEAF VASE, 1930S height 9.4 in — 24 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted signature in blue $600 — 800
169 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ BLACKBERRY AND LEAF VASE, 1930S height 5.9 in — 15.1 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted signature in blue $300 — 400
170 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ ORCHIDS VASE, 1930S height 12.6 in — 32 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted signature and indistinctly dated in blue $500 — 700
171 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF JUG, FOR J.W. BAKER, ABERDEEN, C.1930 rim restoredimpressed marks, painted initials in blue, J.W. Baker paper label $150 — 250
172 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF VASE, 1930S height 6.1 in — 15.5 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $150 — 250
173 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF VASE, C.1938-45 height 12.2 in — 31 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted signature in blue $500 — 700
174 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ FREESIA VASE, C.1940 height 11.8 in — 30 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, circular paper label, painted signature in green $400 — 600
175 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF VASE, C.1945-49 height 10.2 in — 26 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $400 — 600
176 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ ANEMONE LARGE VASE, C.1945-49 height 12.8 in — 32.5 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $400 — 600
177 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF LARGE VASE, C.1945-49 height 12.2 in — 31 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $300 — 500
178 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ FREESIA LARGE VASE, C.1945-49 height 12.8 in — 32.5 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $500 — 700
179 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF VASE, C.1945-49 height 6 in — 15.2 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, circular paper label, painted initials in blue $150 — 250
180 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF VASE, C.1945-49 height 8.1 in — 20.5 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $300 — 400
181 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ ANEMONE VASE, C.1945-49 height 9.8 in — 25 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $250 — 350
182 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ ORCHIDS VASE, C.1945-49 height 7.9 in — 20 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $350 — 500
183 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ GRAPE AND LEAF LARGE VASE, C.1945-49 restored, height 14.2 in — 36 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $350 — 500
184 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ ANEMONE LARGE VASE, C.1945-49 rim restored, height 10 in — 25.5 cm, impressed marks including facsimile signature and Royal Warrant, painted initials in blue $300 — 500
185 MOORCROFT ORCHIDS LARGE VASE, 1950S height 12.4 in — 31.5 cm, impressed marks, painted initials in blue $300 — 400
186 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ ORCHIDS VASE, C.1960 height 8.1 in — 20.5 cm, impressed marks, late circular paper label, painted initials in blue $200 — 300
187 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ ORCHIDS LARGE VASE, C.1960 height 14.1 in — 35.8 cm, impressed marks, painted initials in blue, paper label remnants $600 — 800
188 MOORCROFT FLAMBÉ AUTUMN POPLAR LEAVES LARGE VASE, DATED 1962 height 12.6 in — 32 cm, impressed marks, painted initials and dated 1962 in blue $500 — 700
189 MOORCROFT ‘RED TULIP’ VASE, SALLY TUFFIN, 1990 height 10.5 in — 26.7 cm, impressed and painted marks $150 — 250
190 MOORCROFT ‘FLEUR ROUGE’ VASE, SHIRLEY HAYES, 18/50, 2002 height 13 in — 33 cm, impressed and painted marks $300 — 500
191 MOORCROFT ‘TULIPA’ VASE, ALICIA AMISON, 37/150, 2003 height 14.4 in — 36.7 cm, impressed and painted marks $300 — 400
192 MOORCROFT ‘SWEET HARMONY’ LARGE VASE, RACHEL BISHOP, 62/150, 2004 height 16.3 in — 41.3 cm, impressed and painted marks $300 — 500
193 MOORCROFT ‘HIDCOTE MANOR’ LARGE VASE, PHILIP GIBSON, 15/75, 2004 height 18.2 in — 46.3 cm, impressed and painted marks $600 — 800
194 MOORCROFT ‘HIDDEN DREAMS’ MASSIVE VASE, EMMA BOSSONS, 26/50, 2005 height 26.6 in — 67.5 cm, impressed and painted marks $1,000 — 1,500
195 MOORCROFT ‘EVENING SUNSET’ VASE, ANDREW HULL, 8/50, 2005 height 14.3 in — 36.2 cm, impressed and painted marks $300 — 400
197 MOORCROFT ‘LAZENBY’ VASE, RACHEL BISHOP, 19/50, 2005 height 14.2 in — 36 cm, impressed and painted marks $300 — 400
198 GROUP OF NINE MOORCROFT BOOKS, COLLECTOR’S CLUB BOOKLETS, AND A LARGE POSTER Books include: ‘Moorcroft: 1897-1993’, Paul Atterbury, 1993 Revised edition (2 copies) and 2008 New Edition (1 copy); ‘William Moorcroft: Behind the Glaze’, Neil Swindells, 2013; ‘Walter Moorcroft: Memories of Life and Living’, edited by Sue Evans, 1999; ‘Collecting Moorcroft Pottery’, Robert Prescott-Walker, 2002; ‘Moorcroft: The Phoenix Years’/’Winds of Change’/’A New Dawn’, Fraser Street, 1997/2000/2006; Poster from The Richard Wright Collection of Moorcroft Pottery, Bonhams, London, 2010, $100 — 200
199 LARGE COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE ELGIN COOLEY COLLECTION comprising fifteen binders including over one hundred catalogues from Bonhams, Wooley & Wallis, Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Waddington’s, and Philips, organized by auction house and date, $100 — 200
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