Goodbye Friend Design by Burslem Pottery

Description Goodbye Friend Design Stoneware vase in the Goodbye Friend Design. Hand cast vase. Prior to the first firing. The design is hand drawn onto the vase. Using the sgraffito method. Then hand painted. Produced by Burslem Pottery in their studio. Based in Stoke on Trent. Design from the Industrial Range of Stoneware Vases. Depicting the final farewell to the last Cart Horse, Billy, owned by Burslem Corporation.  By Charlie who had been in charge of the Horse Drawn Cart. The design inspired by an article in the local Stoke on Trent newspaper. A quality hand painted stoneware vase. Great gift idea. Particularly for that very special occasion. Limited Edition of only 35. Numbered on the base. Our online price for this Burslem Pottery Stoneware Goodbye Friend Design Vase is £249.95 Height 27cm. Including UK Post and Packing (2 day delivery). International Shipping Rates Discounted. Stoke Art Pottery are Stockists for Burslem Pottery products. In addition to this Goodbye Friend Design Vase. We have in stock other items produced by them. Click Burslem Pottery to check out their other products currently available. Burslem Pottery. Burslem Pottery, in its present form. Established in 2006. Acquiring the moulds and design rights of Cobridge Stoneware. A pottery recently closed down. That had been a company within the Moorcroft group of companies. Including the designs aqcquired. The Grotesque Birds designs.  Designed by Andew Hull. Inspired by the designs of Martin Brothers. The new owner Tracy Bently. Who had worked for Moorcroft and Cobridge Stoneware. Well known by the collectors of Moorcroft and Cobridge Stoneware. And continues produce pottery in the Cobridge Stoneware style. Including the Grotesque Birds. Vases are hand cast. Prior to the first firing. Whilst the vase is still in the clay state. The design is hand drawn onto the vase. Which is etched into the clay. A method known a “sgraffifo”. At that point the vase is ready for its firing. Which is a high temperature firing. When this firing is completed. And cooled down. It is ready for hand painting. Using different colour oxide glazes. Then fired for the second and final time. A process that takes a total of five to six working days to complete. Using these techniques means that each vase produced is different and unique. Stoke Art Pottery Established in 2006. Selling high quality pottery and ceramics online.