Moorcroft vase sells for 'world record' price
Kinghams Auctioneers & Valuers LtdA new world record has been set in the sale of a single piece of Moorcroft, which dates back more than 100 years.
The previous top price paid for a piece of pottery created by Moorcroft Pottery, based in Stoke-on-Trent, was £31,500, which was achieved last summer at an auction in Wiltshire.
But the record has now been set at £41,984, following an auction held by Cotswold-based auctioneers, Kinghams.
The rare vase, dating from around 1925, was designed by Moorcroft founder William Moorcroft and has a flambe landscape pattern, standing 38.5cm high.
According to Kinghams, the item was likely produced for an exhibition, with another example selling at Christie's, London in 1992.
The lot was estimated to sell at between £15,000 and 25,000, but the vase attracted a "huge amount of pre-sale interest" from collectors across the globe.
A bidding battle on the day of the auction ensued, with buyers bidding online and on the phone.
The winner was an anonymous UK-based private collector.
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