196. A large Sunflower Pottery vase by Sir Edmund Elton, shouldered form with collar rim and rod handles to neck, slip decorated with Japoniste stylised blossom and bird in ochre and green on a streaked blue and green ground painted Elton mark 45cm. high £600-1,000 Literature John A Bartlett British Ceramic Art 1870-1940 Schiffer Publishing, page 101 this vase illustrated.
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197. A rare Sunflower Pottery vase by Sir Edmund Elton, shouldered form with knopped neck, slip decorated with flowers in ochre and green on a blue ground with two tone gold lustre painted Elton mark 22.5cm. high £700-1,000 Literature Malcolm Haslam Elton Ware Richard Dennis Publication page 33 plate 17 for a comparable example. Elton began to experiment with the use of lustre glazes circa 1902, the first examples using it as an additional background glaze.
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198. A massive Sunflower Pottery jug by Sir Edmund Elton, slip decorated with roundels of stylised flowers in shades of blue and green on a streaked green and blue ground painted Elton mark 45cm. high £400-600
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