MOORCROFT POTTERY BOWL - BRAMBLE DESIGN in Ayr, Cornwall for sale
MOORCROFT POTTERY BOWL - ORIGINAL BRAMBLE DESIGN. MEASURES 6½" DIAMETER AND 3" HIGH. JAMES MACINTYRE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED A STUDIO WITHIN A LARGE CERAMIC COMPANY IN 1897. WILLIAM MOORCROFT WAS THE DESIGNER AND THE TWO SPLIT COMPANY IN 1913. INVESTMENT CAME FROM LIBERTY OF LONDON AND THEIR INTEREST REMAINED UNTIL 1962. IN 1904 MOORCROFT WON A GOLD MEDAL AT THE ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND IN 1928 WAS APPOINTED AS POTTER TO HM THE QUEEN. ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM MOORCROFT IN 1945, HIS ELDER SON, WALTER, TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN. IN 1962 THE MOORCROFT FAMILY BOUGHT OUR LIBERTY. FINALLY, IN 1984, THE FAMILY SOLD THE BULK OF THEIR SHARES ON THE OPEN MARKET. AFTER SEVERAL MATERIAL SHAREHOLDER CHANGES IN THE MID 1980s AND EARLY 1990s. MOORCROFT IS NOW CONTROLLED BY THE EDWARDS FAMILY AND HAS BEEN SINCE 1993. AVAILABLE TO BE COLLECTED OR WILL INCLUDE DELIVERY TO MAINLAND UK. PAYMENT BY CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD ANY REASONABLE OFFER CONSIDERED
