Shelley 'Indian Peony' Lustre

Shelley 'Indian Peony' Lustre Vases c1920

Shelley first reserved the Indian Peony design for Soane and Smith of Oxford Street, London. Introduced around 1918 it uses the print and enamel technique and features black printed leaves and branches with flowers enamelled in bright green. The background has a mother-of-pearl lustre and sets the style for a range of lustre wares produced by Walter Slater in the 1920s. For more details of these superb vases see Premier Antiques