John Stinton Royal Worcester Highland Cattle Vase

A Royal Worcester covered vase by John Stinton, circa 1903-1909,…
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A Royal Worcester covered vase by John Stinton, circa 1903-1909, of slender ovoid profile with moulded grotesque handles, relief moulded decorations and raised on a waisted socle to a circular base, painted with highland cattle in a sublime landscape to one reserve and a misty loch scene to the reverse, signed John Stinton lower right of image, puce backstamps with rubbed date cipher, shape number 1764, 41.5 cm high. Provenance: Elders Auctions, April 2013

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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.
  • Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Socle - The short plinth, usually cylindrical, that serves as a pedestal for a sculpture or vase

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