About this objectDella Robbia red earthenware vase, large ovoid with trumpet foot and neck, coated in white slip and sgraffito decorated and hand-painted with Birkenhead's coat of arms and on reverse an inscription on a shield shaped panel
MakerDella Robbia Pottery (active 1894-1906)
Maker Rolemanufacturer
MakerWalker, Cassandra Annie (1875-1936)
Maker Roledecorator
Medium and Materialsearthenware
Place MadeBirkenhead, Merseyside
Inscription and Marksinscription
JAN.21 1898 / THIS VASE WAS PRESENTED BY THE / DELLA ROBBIA POTTERY / TO THE MAYOR OF BIRKENHEAD / E G MASON ESQ / ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT OF / HRH PRINCESS LOUISE & THE MARQUIS OF LORNE / TO THE WORKS IN / HAMILTON / SQUARE
Method: painted in colours
Position: body
