Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground ball vase | Shape 41/4 Flowers of Love Royal Doulton figure The Mayor

Royal Doulton figure The Mayor HN2280

Small Size | Umbrella Moulded to Dress

Quite an early example of this plate with the curtains and Corinthian column background [normally this plate is seen with Ophelia in the forest

with the earliest examples created by our founder

Walter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground ball vase | Shape 41/4 Flowers of Love Royal Doulton figure The MayorWalter Moorcroft Orchid on Dark Blue Ground ball vase Shape 41 4 The rich, iconic Moorcroft Blue background gives the delicate and colourful Orchid pattern a chance to shine and show the full palette of colours. The Orchid pattern was first drawn by William Moorcroft c. 1937 and developed by Walter from the mid 1940s [pg 142, Moorcroft Revised Edition 1897 1993, Atterbury] Impressed factory marks to base and original paper label c. 1950s Approx 10.