Moorcroft 'Poppy' Design Vase, 1918-1926 Period, Plum and Terracotta
A Moorcroft 'Poppy' design vase, 1918-1926 period, continuously decorated and tubelined in rich plum and terracotta colours upon an ink ground, impressed marks and facsimile signature underside, 6.69 in. high, 7.87 in. diameter
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- Terracotta - Terracotta is lightly fired earthenware, red or reddish-brown in colour, used in ancient times. Fired at higher temperatures terracotta was used in the nineteenth century for decorative vases and similar objects, but rarely for utilitarian goods. Other uses for terracotta include roofing tiles, garden pots and ornaments. Glazed terracotta is known as faience.
- Tubelined - In tubelined decoration, a thin line of clay is piped on to the surface of the object through a nozzle to define the design outlines, then the glazes are poured into the areas of the object that are created behind the shallow "dams" formed by the tube-lined decoration.
Tubelined decoration was extensively used by Moorcroft Pottery. It was an expensive decorating technique, owing to the many possibilities of error in manufacture.
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