Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground tall narrow neck bottle vase Shape_Dainty Signed to base [we think

Signed to base [we think it is Alan Maslankowski

1980s Approx 19cms (7 1/2") tall

Shelley Souvenir ware fluted rim pin dish

Royal Doulton figure Sweet Lilac HN3972

to forestall panic and to prevent communication routes from being blocked by refugees

Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground tall narrow neck bottle vase Shape_Dainty Signed to base [we thinkWalter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground tall narrow neck bottle vase The rich, iconic Moorcroft Blue background gives the delicate and colourful Orchid pattern a chance to shine and show the full palette of colours. The Orchid pattern was first drawn by William Moorcroft c. 1937 and developed by Walter from the mid 1940s [pg 142, Moorcroft Revised Edition 1897 1993, Atterbury] Walter Moorcroft initials to base and Impressed factory marks c. 1950's