Royal Doulton Gaffers Vase

A Royal Doulton seriesware vase from the Gaffers series, celebrating the old countrymen of English village life. A bearded gaffer in a tall black hat and white smock frock stands in a cottage garden with his walking stick and a small basket, between a leaded window, a picket fence and tall hollyhocks in bloom. The scene continues around the vase with a thatched cottage doorway framed by climbing roses and a garden gate, and the series title Gaffers is lettered across the side. The design is signed Noke, for Charles Noke, Doulton's art director. The square-shouldered shape has a black-edged rim and is decorated in rich, warm colours shading to bright yellow at the base.

Circa 1935. 6 inches tall, 5 inches wide and 3 inches deep.

No chips, cracks or repairs. Light crazing to the glaze.

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