Seconds Champagne Anemones PLQ11 Plaque

Winter anemone watercolour on paper (22.3 x 18.9 cm. 1818) from artist, Caroline Maria Applebee (c. 1787–16 September 1854) holds the most delicately painted, saucer-shaped pink flowers on tall, slender, branched stems with a blush-pink colour fusion. It is tragedy that artwork of such sheer brilliance did not receive publication during her lifetime, as Applebee kept her water colours in albums until after her death. Nicola raises a glass to Applebee’s champagne-pink winter anemones with a design combining their form and colour with contrasting blue anemones.

The sintering of cobalt oxide with aluminium to create just the right blue pigment is not always streamlined and to accurately recreate Nicola’s soft lilac-blue hues, careful mixing of oxides and colour trials were required. Anyone witnessing Moorcroft artists applying colour to unfired clay, will know that there are multiple hidden layers of metallic oxides in these ‘blue’ anemones. Indeed, Moorcroft’s artists were keen to ensure that these flowers are more violet than blue in accordance with Nicola’s directions. The Moorcroft designer likes to think that Caroline Maria Applebee would have been proud to see her anemones flourish with another colour variant to create such a feast for the eyes in fired earth.

What is a Moorcroft second? All our art pottery is closely inspected before it leaves the Moorcroft factory and the selection process is as rigorous as any in the world. As a result, not all pieces emerge unblemished in their quality assessment. The fault or faults may be in the finish of a piece, whether it be a tiny tubeline miss, an incorrectly painted petal, or a small glaze run. Seconds are not ‘red-dotted’, all of them are far too good for that, and each seconds piece has a charm and individuality of its own. Any fault is not structural and the piece can still be used for the purpose it was made. 

The 'Was' price shown is the Best Quality RRP of this design and shape.

A Gift Box is not supplied with this product

Was: £295.00
Ex Tax: £61.46

• Designer: Nicola Slaney
• Dimensions: H 29.00 x W 22.00 x D 2.00 cm
• Availability: In Stock