Empire Ware Bright Speckled Blue Twin-Handled Urn Vase

At 16 cm tall and 7.5 cm wide, this Empire Ware urn-style vase in a bright speckled blue glaze with rounded side handles and a gently flared rim has the confident decorative character of English art pottery at its most distinctive, the speckled blue glaze, with its variation of tone across the surface, giving the piece a depth and liveliness that a plain glaze could not achieve.

Made by Empire Ware, an English pottery brand associated with the Staffordshire potteries, and dating to circa the 1930s, this urn vase is an example of the decorative earthenware produced by English potteries in the interwar period for the domestic and gift market. The urn form, with its classical proportions and twin side handles, gives the piece a formal elegance that the speckled blue glaze renders in a distinctly 20th-century idiom, the combination of classical form and modern surface treatment being characteristic of English decorative pottery of the 1930s. The speckled blue glaze, which varies in tone from a bright mid-blue to deeper and lighter passages across the surface, is applied with the evenness and quality that distinguishes the better English pottery production of the period. The piece is in very good condition throughout.

• Maker: Empire Ware, England
• Dimensions: 16 cm (H) x 7.5 cm (W)
• Condition: Very Good
• Features: Bright speckled blue glaze, twin rounded handles, gently flared rim, urn form
• Period: Circa 1930s
• SKU: SKU-00162

A rare and striking piece of 1930s English decorative pottery. Suits statement display, vintage pottery collections, and curated blue-and-white interiors.