Vase (Primary Title)
'Sea Urchin' Vase (Former Title)
Christopher Dresser, British, 1834 - 1904 (Designer)
Linthorpe Pottery, English (Middlesbrough, Cleveland), 1879 - 1889 (Manufacturer)
Marked on bottom: "Linthorpe 312", and Dresser facsimile signature.
Gift of David K.E. Bruce, by exchange
"Linthorpe Art Pottery," The Furniture Gazette, June 12, 1880, advertisement drawing;
J. F. Blacker, Nineteent Century Ceramic Art, Stanley Paul & Co., Londoon, 1911, design drawing p. 409;
Richard Dennis and John Jesse, Christopher Dressert: 1834-1904, The Fine Art Society Ltd., London, 1972, similar p. 9 (ill);
Widar Halen, Christopher Dresser, Phaidon, Oxford, 1990, similar pl. 185 (ill.);
Victoria Bergesen, Encyclopedia of British Art Pottery: 1870-1920, Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1991, similar p. 159 (ill);
J. F. Blacker, Nineteent Century Ceramic Art, Stanley Paul & Co., Londoon, 1911, design drawing p. 409;
Richard Dennis and John Jesse, Christopher Dressert: 1834-1904, The Fine Art Society Ltd., London, 1972, similar p. 9 (ill);
Widar Halen, Christopher Dresser, Phaidon, Oxford, 1990, similar pl. 185 (ill.);
Victoria Bergesen, Encyclopedia of British Art Pottery: 1870-1920, Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1991, similar p. 159 (ill);
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