Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Light Green transition to Blue Ground Fern Pot Artist_Walter Nunn Some clean glaze crazing only

Some clean glaze crazing only visible at very close inspection

He lost a leg and then his life in pursuit of the great white whale

Other similar sporting themes (including "The Rules of Cricket") followed with equal commercial success

Moorcroft Sulphur Crested Cockatoo plate

Saucer: 14

Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Light Green transition to Blue Ground Fern Pot Artist_Walter Nunn Some clean glaze crazing onlyWalter Moorcroft Orchid on Light Green transition to Blue Ground Fern Pot We feel that the light green body really gives the 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. 1945 1949 Approx 16cm (6 1 4")