A large Moorcroft limited edition Australiana vase, 'Tasmanian Blue Gum' pattern, designed by Sally Tuffin, circa 1992
Estimate $12,000 – $18,000
of baluster form decorated with flowering gum nuts amongst gum leaves on a blue ground, impressed factory mark, made for E.A. Joyce & Sons,Tasmanian Centenary, 1893-1993, signed J.Moorcroft,edition number 45/50
41.5 high
- Lot Sold $12,000 (Hammer Price)
- $14,640 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Literature
Paul Atterbury, Moorcroft Revised Edition 1897-1993, Denis and Edwards, England, 1993, p. 193 (illustrated, another example)
It is understood that only 45 of the 50 were released as the remainder were not up to the required standard
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