MOORCROFT 15cm (Shape No11/6) IN THE WINDS OF MARCH DESIGN (Colourway). (Trial Piece Dated 27.2.19.Later Went Into ...

MOORCROFT 15cm (Shape No11/6) IN THE WINDS OF MARCH DESIGN (Colourway). (Trial Piece Dated 27.2.19.Later Went Into A Limited Edition Of 40 Only) By Designer Rachel Bishop BA. R.R.P. £545.00.
(Daffodil designs are almost as old as Moorcroft itself. In truth they stretch back to the days when William Moorcroft was employed by James Macintyre & Co., between 1897 to 1913, and it was during those years that the humble daffodil made its debut as a fine Florianware vase. After that, only a handful of pieces made an appearance. Daffodils did not remerge in Moorcroft design until decades later, largely because of the efforts of its new, young designer, Rachel Bishop. It was in 1995, that Rachel created a ground-breaking design simply called Daffodils. The flower had literally leap-frogged into contemporary Moorcroft, where Daffodils became one of the most successful limited editions of its time. These days, a year does not pass at Moorcroft without a new, stunning and vibrant daffodil design. Unique colouration and shapes convincingly lends the flowers to the Moorcroft style, and every time that Rachel has bestowed her rich pigments and detailed linework on daffodils they have emerged from the kilns with what can only be described as well-earned floral royalty. In Winds of March, more glorious daffodils parade their trumpets against a dramatic, dark background, their petals, which we are so accustomed to seeing as yellow, take on two distinctive colours; a soft, creamy buttermilk and wholesome ochre. All of us will celebrate these cheerful blooms and the designer who has captured them so wonderfully for 25 years after literally resurrecting them from history.)