WILLIAM MOORCROFT (1872-1945) FOR MOORCROFT POTTERY
'POMEGRANATE' PATTERN BOXED COFFEE SET, CIRCA 1914
glazed earthenware, silver, comprising six cups, six saucers, and six spoons, impressed maker's marks, signed with initials W.M., and signed W. MOORCROFT, one dated 1914, the spoons hallmarked for Sheffield 1919, all within fitted box with printed retailer's mark MARTIN WILKINSON, MANSFIELD
cups 5cm high; saucers 10cm diameter
Literature: Atterbury P. Moorcroft Pottery 1897-1993, Richard Dennis and Hugh Edwards 2008, P.144, fig.1