VINTAGE RETRO 1964 PORTMEIRION TIGER LILY STORAGE JAR

VINTAGE RETRO 1960's PORTMEIRION SUSAN WILLIAMS ELLIS TIGER LILY PATTERN STORAGE JAR.

THIS STUNNING PIECE OF VINTAGE PORTMEIRION POTTERY WAS DESIGNED BY THE FAMOUS SUSAN WILLIAMS ELLIS FOR PORTMEIRION.

THIS PIECE IS MADE FROM A WHITE POTTERY CERAMIC BASE.

THE STORAGE JAR FEATURES A LARGE ELONGATED LIP LINE, AND HAS ITS ORIGINAL CORK STOPPER TO THE TOP OF THE JAR.

IT CARRIES THE TIGER LILY PATTERN WHICH IS COMPLETELY HAND PAINTED BY SUSAN WILLIAMS ELLIS HERSELF. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE WAS MANUFACTURED IN JULY 1964.

THE TIGER LILY PATTERN IS ICONIC AS IT IS ONE OF SUSAN WILLIAMS ELLIS FIRST DESIGNS AND WAS VERY POPULAR AT THE TIME AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER NOW.

THE TIGER LILY PATTERN INSPIRATIONS COMES FROM CANAL BARGE WARE, SUSAN TOOK HER INSPIRATION FROM THIS AND FORMULATED THE TIGER LILY PATTERN.

THE PATTERN ITSELF IS MADE UP OF GLORIOUS HAND PAINTED COLOUR WORK IN SEVERAL TONES OF PINK, ORANGES, YELLOW AND BROWNS AND SEVERAL SHADES OF GREEN.

THE DETAILING STRETCHES AROUND ONE HALF OF THE PIECE AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL EVERY PAINTED STROKE ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE.

THE STORAGE JAR IS STAMPED ON THE REVERSE WITH THE NUMBERS 7/64. OTHER SMALL PORTMEIRION PIECES I HAVE ALSO DONT CARRY THE PORTMEIRION STAMP THEY JUST HAVE DATE MARKS OR INITIALS.

THIS PARTICULAR PATTERN IS FEATURED IN MANY MILLERS ANTIQUE AND COLLECTABLE GUIDES AND AT SOME POINT MY LATE GRANDMOTHER HAD A FULL COLLECTION OF THIS PATTERN BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE THE LAST REMAINING PIECE. SHE WAS AN AVID COLLECTOR OF CHINA POTTERY AND CERAMICS WHICH SHE COLLECTED THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME. HER HOUSE WAS FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH CHINA CABINETS AND VAST COLLECTIONS OF EXQUISITE PIECES WHICH I AM SAD TO SAY I AM FORCED TO LIST NOW, SO THEY GO TO GOOD HOMES THAT WILL LOVE AND CHERISH THEM LIKE MY LATE GRANDMOTHER DID.

THIS VINTAGE RETRO STORAGE JAR IS IN A VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR RESTORATION THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LIES OF FINE CRAZING TO THE TOP LIP LINE BUT THIS IS VERY HARD TO NOTICE ONLY IF YOU LOOK EXTREMELY CLOSELY BUT THIS DOES NOT DETRACT IN ANY WAY FROM THE PIECES BEAUTY.

THE DECORATION ON THE PIECE IS FULLY INTACT, THE HAND PAINTED WORK IS AS BRIGHT AS THE DAY IT WAS PAINTED AND SEEMS TO BE IN THE SAME CONDITION AS IT LEFT THE FACTORY. THE CORK STOPPER DOES HAVE SOME MINUTE FADING TO THE TOP RIM AND A FEW MINUTE MARKS UNDERNEATH THE STOPPER BUT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL STOPPER BUT COULD BE REPLACED IF YOU WISHED TO.

THE STORAGE JAR STANDS 8.5CM HIGH WITHOUT THE CORK STOPPER AND 9.5CM HIGH WITH THE CORK STOPPER PLACED FIRMLY IN THE CERAMIC.

THIS FANTASTIC PORTMEIRION 1960's VINTAGE PIECE WOULD BE IDEAL FOR A COLLECTOR OF THE TIGER LILY PATTERN LOOKING TO ADD TO THEIR SOUGHT AFTER AND RARE COLLECTION BUT ALSO MOST IDEAL FOR A COLLECTOR OF PORTMEIRION LOOKING FOR AN EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE PATTERN TO ADD TO THEIR GLORIOUS COLLECTION BUT WOULD ALSO SUIT AN ENTHUSIAST OF 1960's CERAMICS LOOKING FOR A FINE EXAMPLE FROM THIS PERIOD.