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Trials by Design

THE LONG ROAD TO SUCCESS

Designer trials can take up to two years before Moorcroft considers them ready to sign off as perfect. Some never make it that far at all. The long road to perfection has marker posts – Moorcroft calls them trials, each one of which is an improvement on its predecessor. Trial follows trial, some more than four months apart until the final piece emerges from the kiln. This becomes The Master, and is signed off as approved by the Moorcroft Director of Art. Some say that the trials can have a perfection all of their own – an individuality created by the very best tubelining and painting that Moorcroft can summon. There is something very personal about trials and it is that quality which makes them a pleasure to collect. Like all hand-made art pottery, some will carry a manufacturer’s blemish whilst others start to radiate the fact that a designer’s dream of perfection is there – or almost there. Each trial is a page in the story of design creation at Moorcroft, and for the first time, some of these exquisite trials are now available on-line for collectors worldwide to acquire.

Trials are selected on a run of kiln basis and may have a minor imperfection, as each trial is a unique piece.

Sapling - Bonbonniere Sapling - Bonbonniere

Sapling
28/6

£495.00
Short Eared Owl - Vase Short Eared Owl - Vase

Short Eared Owl
576/9

£1,545.00
Smithfield - Vase Smithfield - Vase

Smithfield
393/10

£995.00
Smithfield - Plaque Smithfield - Plaque

Smithfield
PLQ2

£830.00
Spotted Orchid Butterfly - Vase Spotted Orchid Butterfly - Vase

Spotted Orchid Butterfly
159/6

£415.00
Trees of Change - Vase Trees of Change - Vase

Trees of Change
49/13

£1,515.00
The Walk - Vase The Walk - Vase

The Walk
121/10

£695.00
Whinchat - Vase Whinchat - Vase

Whinchat
869/4

£485.00
White Beam - Plaque White Beam - Plaque

White Beam
PLQ23

£2,150.00
Wild Poppy-Pink - Vase Wild Poppy-Pink - Vase

Wild Poppy-Pink
122/8

£595.00
Winter Jasmine - Vase Winter Jasmine - Vase

Winter Jasmine
80/6

£380.00
Wisteria - Vase Wisteria - Vase

Wisteria
93/8

£495.00
Yellow Bird - Vase Yellow Bird - Vase

Yellow Bird
72/9

£630.00
Yellow Wisteria - Vase Yellow Wisteria - Vase

Yellow Wisteria
393/10

£595.00
Yellow Orchid - Plaque Yellow Orchid - Plaque

Yellow Orchid
PLQ9

£165.00