A pair of Joseph Holdcroft majolica flower or stick stands in the form of a stork and heron, circa 1880
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May 26, 02:46 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
A pair of Joseph Holdcroft majolica flower or stick stands in the form of a stork and heron
circa 1880
each naturalistically modelled, the wading birds each feeding and standing on rockwork before bulrushes and iris, impressed marks
76cm., 30 in. high and 72cm., 28 3/8 in. high
See M. G. Karmason and J. Stacke, Majolica A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 103 for a similar pair of stands and p. 105 for a discussion of the model in comparisson to the larger Minton models of the same subject by John Henk.
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