{"id":6590800920634,"title":"Moorcroft Italian Iris Vase 4\/5 - Ltd Ed 30","handle":"moorcroft-italian-iris-vase-4-5-ltd-ed-30","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoorcroft Italian Iris Vase\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2021 R.H.S Fiora Bottan Collection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigner: Nicola Slaney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited Edition of 30\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShape: 4\/5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH 12.5 x W 11.5 x D 11.5 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eRHS Fiori Bottan Collection\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of 45 original watercolours on vellum from an album entitled ‘Fiori Bottan’ depicting cultivated plants including daffodils, anemones irises, tulips and lilies has this year inspired Moorcroft designer, Nicola Slaney.  ‘Fiori Bottan’ dates from the seventeenth century and the album is Italian but the artist is unknown.  It is also a mystery how the album and the original watercolours came to be in the RHS Lindley Collections but thanks to its careful preservation, the watercolours, and Moorcroft designs they have inspired, can be enjoyed by a new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItalian Iris.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoorcroft designer, Nicola Slaney, had been given the enviable task of converting the work of an artist who lived more than 300 years ago into a contemporary art form. 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The original irises had been painted by an unknown Italian artist whose purpose and identity remain unknown. The original iris flowers sit with military precision at the end of a straight stem balanced by two green leaves, and it is the flowers that are there to command our attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePresented with a brand-new Moorcroft shape, Nicola decided her irises would come in shades of blue, orange yellow as they swirled around the gracious curves of a hitherto unknown shape. This time, the Italian artist and the Moorcroft designer had met halfway in colours and technique and although their lives are 300 years apart, the result is a most mesmerising vase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e We Do Not Sell \"Graded or Seconds\" Moorcroft pieces!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}