Sturrock's Green Glazed Grotesque Fantasy Vase
Richard Sturrock 19th century green glazed grotesque vase of a seated fantasy creature, stamped on the base 'Sturrock, Guildford'. This piece was inspired by the popular Martin Bros. Pottery piece that was designed as a spoon warmer
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- Grotesque - Grotesque decoration is any fanciful ornament applied to furniture and decorative arts, and includes distorted faces, mythical animals such as satyrs and sphinxes and less frequently fantastical fruit and flower forms.
The Martin Brothers who set up their pottery at the end of the nineteenth century in Southall, Middlesex derived their fame from their hand made models of grotesque stoneware birds.
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