Best Moorcroft Prestige Manhattan Charleston Vase 262/16 – Numbered Moorcroft

Prestige designs are amongst the most sought after pieces to emerge from Moorcroft’s kilns, and have been ever since the first pieces were made over a century ago.  They are often pieces not only prestigious in size, but often with highly intricate, complex and captivating design subject matter.  Due to the very nature of their size, which can be up to almost 70cms in height, it can take many weeks for a single piece to be made from start to finish.

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Prestige Manhattan Charleston Vase

Designer: Paul Hilditch

Numbered Edition

Dimensions: H 48.00 x W 13 x D 13 cm

You are swept into the world of the roaring twenties as luxurious deco facades host the young women who flouted the clothing norms of their generation so that they could be free to express themselves in the Jazz age, with loud makeup and bobbed hair – these were the women who raised the hems and the eyebrows of their era. Paul’s scene transports the viewer into the 1920’s with jaw-dropping art deco extravagance complete with Deco chevrons to frame Paul’s silent movie, suggestive imagery is clever – Epstein tables and iconic cloud back chairs hold ladies looking out of arched Deco windows at ‘Chrysler’ style buildings. In the same way, greyhounds sit elegantly on striking black and white Deco tiled floors, mimicking the streamlined form of their mistresses. Art Deco design is characterised by strong lines and patterns, highly-defined shapes, and blocks of solid colours. This limited edition is not simply in the Deco style – it is a window into another time and place, and as such, holds the hallowed hallmark of Paul’s work.