Lot 487: A Moorcroft Pottery Columbine Pattern Oval Dish

An English oval pottery dish featuring the Columbine pattern, with tubelined floral decoration depicting burgundy and yellow blooms with light green foliage against a dark green ground. The underside of the dish is finished with a graduated teal to light green glaze on the rim, surrounding a white central base. The base is marked with a hand-painted blue monogram and a partial gold foil adhesive label featuring the legible characters M O R C R O F and G L A N D. The white glazed central base displays fine crazing.