EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLACK PRINTED LION AND CROWNED MONOGRAM MARK, PRINTED RETAILER'S MARK AND PAPER LABEL FOR DAVIS COLLAMORE & CO., SIGNED C.B. HOPKINS, THE GILDING PROBABLY BY WILLIAM H. SKINNER

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A ROYAL DOULTON GREEN-GROUND VASE AND COVER
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, BLACK PRINTED LION AND CROWNED MONOGRAM MARK, PRINTED RETAILER'S MARK AND PAPER LABEL FOR DAVIS COLLAMORE & CO., SIGNED C.B. HOPKINS, THE GILDING PROBABLY BY WILLIAM H. SKINNER
OF BALUSTER FORM, THE DOMED COVER WITH SPIRE FINIAL, THE BODY FINELY PAINTED WITH A CONTINUOUS VIEW OF THREE YOKED HORSES IN A PASTORAL LANDSCAPE, THE SHOULDER APPLIED WITH BEARDED MASKS ISSUING SCROLL HANDLES, THE COVER, NECK AND SOCLE WITH GILT-ENRICHED FLUTES, BEADS AND GADROONS, ON A SQUARE BASE
23¼ IN. (59 CM.) HIGH (2)

Lot Essay

CHARLES BERESFORD HOPKINS IS RECORDED AT THE DOULTON BURSLEM MANUFACTORY FROM 1895-1922. WILLIAM H. SKINNER IS RECORDED AS A GILDER 1886-1916. FOR A SIMILARLY DECORATED VASE THAT WAS SHOWN AT THE 1904 ST. LOUIS LOUISIANA PURCHASE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, SEE PAUL ATTERBURY AND LOUISE IRVINE, THE DOULTON STORY, VICTORIAN & ALBERT EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, 30 MAY - 12 AUGUST 1979. ALSO SEE AN ANON. SALE, SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, 14 DECEMBER 1989, LOT 43 FOR TWO MATCHED VASES PAINTED WITH PASTORAL VIEWS BY C.B. HOPKINS ($38,500).

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