
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A ROYAL WORCESTER RETICULATED PORCELAIN MODEL OF A SHOE BY GEORGE OWEN 1919
of elegant form, the top edge applied with a band of 'pearls', and further garlands hanging from gilded florets of pearls, the toe section double-walled, the outer wall pierced with a unique design and two honeycomb panels surmounted with a large flower formed of gilded pearls, the whole enriched with raised gilding, factory mark and shape number 439 in gold, incised signature 'G. Owen', date code for 1919.
Length 7¾ in.
19.5 cm
Sotheby's Belgravia, March 18th, 1982, lot 233
Tulman, Ars Ceramica, 2019, no. 31, p. 75, fig. 12
Sandon, Ars Ceramica, 2019, no. 31, p. 104, fig. 4