Seconds Life on the Edge 65/16 Vase

Guillemots are perfectly adapted to live life on the edge. Even their beautiful speckled-blue or white eggs are unusually pear-shaped to reduce the risk of them rolling off the perilous cliff ledges where they are laid.

Moorcroft designer Kerry Goodwin allows us to have a bird’s-eye view of the Bempton Cliffs colony, tightly packed on steep ledges and chalk cliffs, where eggs can be found nestled into crevices on the bare rocks. The sheer heights of this great seabird city can be appreciated with each turn of the vase, as these dignified birds stand, fly, swoop and squawk, bustling for space in their black dinner suits. You may notice that some have a white mark around their eyes. This is called bridling.

Silvery fish swim in shoals 400-feet below, utterly unaware that these curious birds will dive down from the surface of the water, and use their wings to swim after their prey in Life on the Edge.

What is a Moorcroft second? All our art pottery is closely inspected before it leaves the Moorcroft factory and the selection process is as rigorous as any in the world. As a result, not all pieces emerge unblemished in their quality assessment. The fault or faults may be in the finish of a piece, whether it be a tiny tubeline miss, an incorrectly painted petal, or a small glaze run. Seconds are not ‘red-dotted’, all of them are far too good for that, and each seconds piece has a charm and individuality of its own. Any fault is not structural and the piece can still be used for the purpose it was made. 

The 'Was' price shown is the Best Quality RRP of this design and shape.

A Gift Box is not supplied with this product

Was: £3,730.00
Ex Tax: £2,020.42

• Designer: Kerry Goodwin
• Dimensions: H 41.00 x W 23.00 x D 23.00 cm
• Availability: In Stock