Heirloom Tulips JU4 Jug

From the exquisite palace gardens of Ottoman sultans, to Rembrandt’s tulips which were all the rage during the Dutch Tulipmania of the 1630s, heirloom tulips could once be found in the landscaped gardens of many stately homes. Their broken colours and streaked petals made them rare and highly sought after. The reason their petals had such an appearance was due to a virus passed on by insects making true Rembrandt tulip varieties unsustainable long term. Not so for art pottery.

Tulips in the finest colours are found in this jug, holding sweeps of large and showy heirloom tulips. Their scalloped petals are truly eye-catching with broken colours of bright lip-stick reds against pale faced petals and others holding streaks in the petals of soft candyfloss, buttercream and deep maroon or even carrying multi-toned red and orange petals. Utterly exquisite is the perspective as one tulip glides the eye down a helter-skelter aerial view of striped honey and bright-reds beneath under-petals of pure-white, waving like the white sheets of a big top circus tent. Anyone who knows anything about Moorcroft artistry will appreciate the sheer prowess required to decorate such a colourful limited edition that will, no doubt, be handed down from one generation to the next.

Ex Tax: £908.33

• Designer: Emma Bossons
• Dimensions: H 20.00 x W 21.00 x D 17.00 cm
• Availability: In Stock