Lot 291: A Walter Moorcroft Anemone Pattern Pottery Pin Dish Category: Ceramics

A small, circular earthenware dish produced by Moorcroft Pottery, Burslem, England. This piece features a hand-painted and tubelined floral motif, identified as the Anemone pattern, rendered in shades of purple, yellow, and light green. The decoration is set against a vibrant green interior ground, while the exterior is finished in a contrasting deep teal or blue-green glaze. The dish retains an original oval gold-toned manufacturer’s sticker on the interior reading MOORCROFT ENGLAND. The underside bears a faint, illegible impressed mark and two small hand-painted green dots, characteristic of the mid-20th century Walter Moorcroft era. Diameter: approximately 11.5 cm (4.5 inches).