Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground tall narrow neck bottle vase Shape_Dainty Unlike its predecessors

Unlike its predecessors

Cup Diameter: 9cms (3 1/2")

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

1980s Approx 19cms (7 1/2") tall

Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground tall narrow neck bottle vase Shape_Dainty Unlike its predecessorsWalter 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