A small Moorcroft vase, 1996, the small ovoid vase with a…
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A small Moorcroft vase, 1996, the small ovoid vase with a gently waisted neck and foot rim, tubelined and decorated in a traditional purple maroon palette with flowers and sage green foliage upon an ink blue ground; backstamp, 'Gate' date cipher, incised Gj mark and other markings, height 10 cm

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  • Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
  • Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
  • 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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