easter lily 121/14 Vase

A magnificent Easter Lily plant formed in the shape of a cross inspired Nicola Slaney to adapt a William Morris pencil and watercolour embroidery design. Believed to have been made for an ecclesiastical commission by Morris & Co after 1917, Nicola dares to take us into the realm of symbolic needlework, where the Tudor Rose, a hybrid of two heraldic badges, is etched into the Easter lily pattern. Gloriously, the Moorcroft Easter Lily soar upwards to banish the darkness in the ground colour, their pure-white trumpets, with golden anthers, closed and open, burst with movement. With Moorcroft’s famous tubelining, each lily is pulled together by entwined threads to create a marriage of the craft of needlework and the heritage craft of tubelining.

Out of a conflict 560 years ago, the famed War of the Roses, a magnificent symbol of unity and peace was birthed with the Tudor Rose, now gently fanned with elliptic leaves, the scarlet-red and white rose emblems fused, and this symbol, found so often in Arts and Crafts design, resurrected for our time. How poignant to place it at the pinnacle of the Moorcroft design, neatly tucked under the rim, and again, released like flowers tossed onstage at the opera as a sign of appreciation, at base of the vase. What a wonderful legacy from a beautiful needlework design - a reminder that even out of deep conflict, lasting good can prevail.

Ex Tax: £1,495.83

• Designer: Nicola Slaney
• Dimensions: H 35.00 x W 13.50 x D 13.50 cm
• Availability: Out Of Stock