{"id":6886302482490,"title":"Moorcroft Vine House Clock","handle":"moorcroft-vine-house-clock","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoorcroft Vine House Clock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2022  R.H.S - For the Love of Orchid Collections \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Nicola Slaney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShape:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e CL1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e H 16 x W 9 x D 5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCattleya tenebrosa\u003c\/em\u003e 'Victor Warbarton’ was shown by Mr A. Warburton to the RHS Orchid Committee on 27 June 1899 where it gained an Award of Merit and was painted by a young Nelly Roberts, the RHS orchid illustrator of that time. The Warburton family owned Flash Mill, a cotton mill in Lancashire and their home, Vine House, was famous for growing grapes and orchids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow the hands of time tick backwards in Vine House, a Moorcroft clock design which harks back to the original watercolour by Nelly Roberts of \u003cem\u003eCattleya tenebrosa\u003c\/em\u003e 'Victor Warburton'. Blasting out with golden marmalade glazes with bronze, copper and brownish undertones contrasting against the spectacular dark pink to deep purple lip around the clock face against an ivory ground, Vine House ticks away softly as a family home of orchid growers and a celebrated RHS illustrator are united in the Applied Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOR THE LOVE OF ORCHIDS COLLECTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn April 2022 a simple memorial plaque was placed at the burial site of Nelly Roberts, the first orchid artist for the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Orchid Committee and a bunch of orchids was laid beside it by the current RHS orchid artist Deborah Lambkin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheer beauty that this watercolourist’s brush captured during her 56-year career as an illustrator for the RHS Orchid Committee is incalculable, diffusing her talent on generations to come in much the same way as the forefather of Moorcroft pottery, William Moorcroft, born like Nelly in 1872, left a legacy of cultural heritage in the ceramic idiom. Nelly’s illustrations received no global fame outside of the horticultural world and yet are the most exquisite illustrations you are ever likely to observe – it is almost as if the orchids are unfurling before your very eyes to create a piece of heaven. The first and, to date, longest serving RHS orchid artist, Nelly was employed to paint life-sized illustrations of award winning orchids. These built a reference collection of images of cultivars and hybrids for the Society that are held within the RHS Lindley Collections. Nelly left behind over 4,500 studies of orchids, which have been lovingly commemorated by Moorcroft designer, Nicola Slaney, in For The Love of Orchids RHS Collection to mark the 150th Anniversary of her birth in October this year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn much the same way as William Moorcroft, potter extraordinaire, was inspired by flowers as he sought to set the world of Art Nouveau ablaze with his Florian ware designs, Nelly was inspired to capture the orchids she painted in glorious detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNelly lived and worked in a room above the family shop at 72 Loughborough Road in Brixton. ‘Very shy \u0026amp; retiring,’ she painted away in a ‘small, neat but rather cold room’, according to The Orchid Review. With sheer determination, notwithstanding rheumatoid arthritis and chilblains, the celebrated RHS illustrator worked tirelessly for the RHS until 1953, Coronation year. This year, as Great Britain celebrates a Platinum Jubilee, five Moorcroft designs, each holding a different orchid cultivar or hybrids inspired by Nelly’s work, and even orchids holding her own name, will blossom in fired earth as a worldwide testament to the genius of Nelly Roberts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaulconbridge Antiques are Authorised Moorcroft Retailers and we only sell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \"FIRST QUALITY\" pieces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\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\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2022-08-30T15:06:20+10:00","created_at":"2022-08-30T15:06:20+10:00","vendor":"Faulconbridge-Antiques \u0026 Giftware","type":"Pottery","tags":["Moorcroft","Moorcroft 2022 Catalogue \u0026 New Collection"],"price":39006,"price_min":39006,"price_max":39006,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39704034017338,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Moorcroft Vine House Clock","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":39006,"weight":1000,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftVineHouseClock.jpg?v=1661836209"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftVineHouseClock.jpg?v=1661836209","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21050816888890,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":800,"width":640,"src":"\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftVineHouseClock.jpg?v=1661836209"},"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":800,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftVineHouseClock.jpg?v=1661836209","width":640}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoorcroft Vine House Clock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2022  R.H.S - For the Love of Orchid Collections \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Nicola Slaney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShape:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e CL1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e H 16 x W 9 x D 5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCattleya tenebrosa\u003c\/em\u003e 'Victor Warbarton’ was shown by Mr A. Warburton to the RHS Orchid Committee on 27 June 1899 where it gained an Award of Merit and was painted by a young Nelly Roberts, the RHS orchid illustrator of that time. The Warburton family owned Flash Mill, a cotton mill in Lancashire and their home, Vine House, was famous for growing grapes and orchids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow the hands of time tick backwards in Vine House, a Moorcroft clock design which harks back to the original watercolour by Nelly Roberts of \u003cem\u003eCattleya tenebrosa\u003c\/em\u003e 'Victor Warburton'. Blasting out with golden marmalade glazes with bronze, copper and brownish undertones contrasting against the spectacular dark pink to deep purple lip around the clock face against an ivory ground, Vine House ticks away softly as a family home of orchid growers and a celebrated RHS illustrator are united in the Applied Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOR THE LOVE OF ORCHIDS COLLECTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn April 2022 a simple memorial plaque was placed at the burial site of Nelly Roberts, the first orchid artist for the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Orchid Committee and a bunch of orchids was laid beside it by the current RHS orchid artist Deborah Lambkin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheer beauty that this watercolourist’s brush captured during her 56-year career as an illustrator for the RHS Orchid Committee is incalculable, diffusing her talent on generations to come in much the same way as the forefather of Moorcroft pottery, William Moorcroft, born like Nelly in 1872, left a legacy of cultural heritage in the ceramic idiom. Nelly’s illustrations received no global fame outside of the horticultural world and yet are the most exquisite illustrations you are ever likely to observe – it is almost as if the orchids are unfurling before your very eyes to create a piece of heaven. The first and, to date, longest serving RHS orchid artist, Nelly was employed to paint life-sized illustrations of award winning orchids. These built a reference collection of images of cultivars and hybrids for the Society that are held within the RHS Lindley Collections. Nelly left behind over 4,500 studies of orchids, which have been lovingly commemorated by Moorcroft designer, Nicola Slaney, in For The Love of Orchids RHS Collection to mark the 150th Anniversary of her birth in October this year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn much the same way as William Moorcroft, potter extraordinaire, was inspired by flowers as he sought to set the world of Art Nouveau ablaze with his Florian ware designs, Nelly was inspired to capture the orchids she painted in glorious detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNelly lived and worked in a room above the family shop at 72 Loughborough Road in Brixton. ‘Very shy \u0026amp; retiring,’ she painted away in a ‘small, neat but rather cold room’, according to The Orchid Review. With sheer determination, notwithstanding rheumatoid arthritis and chilblains, the celebrated RHS illustrator worked tirelessly for the RHS until 1953, Coronation year. This year, as Great Britain celebrates a Platinum Jubilee, five Moorcroft designs, each holding a different orchid cultivar or hybrids inspired by Nelly’s work, and even orchids holding her own name, will blossom in fired earth as a worldwide testament to the genius of Nelly Roberts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaulconbridge Antiques are Authorised Moorcroft Retailers and we only sell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \"FIRST QUALITY\" pieces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\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\u003c\/div\u003e"}