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CuriousCeramic

I amhopefulthatyoumaybe

abletohelpmeidentifythe

makerandthecountryoforigin

forthisceramicpiecethatI

inheritedfrommymother.

I thinkthestyleiscalled

tubelining.Also,I canonly

assumeit’sa jardinière,dueto

theholeintheboom.I would

bedelightedifyourexperts

couldhelpmeinanyway.

JanAndrews,viaemail

Thisisa well-executedpiece

ofBritishpoery.Thedate

wouldbeearly20th-century,

followingtheartnouveau

movement,whichstarted

around1890.Manydesignsof

thiseraconsistedoforaland

foliagemotifs.Itisdenitelyan

Englishpiece– I wouldsaythe

tubeliningworkonit wasmade

ina similarfashiontofactories

likeCharloe Rheador

evenMoorcro.

Theuseofturquoise

insideremindsme

ofMinton’smajolica

ware,howeverI

havebeenunable

totraceit back

toa specic

factory.I

believeyour

vasecouldhave

beenmadeas

a tablelamp,

whichwould

explainthehole

andalsothelackof

anyfactorymarks.

Overall,thevalueint

marketwouldbe

around£40-£60.

From atubelined‘vase’witha holeinthebase,toanartworkseemingly signed

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Thomas

Jenner-Fust

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RachelAssous

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I havea paintingthatI would

likesomemoreinformation

aboutandalsotoknowits

value.I havea Montague

Dawsonartworkthathas no

glassoverit andappears to be

anoilpainting.Youcansee

somebrushmarksandthe

signaturelookslikehis,but I

amnotsureofitsauthenticity.

Itoriginallybelongedtomy

lategrandparents.

ClaireMartin,viaemail

I believethisisprobablyan

oleograph– a print

witha surfacethat is

texturedtoresemble

anoilpainting.

Theimagehas a

bluehuewhich is

causedasthe blue

inksaretheleast

resistanttofading.

When the other colours fade the

blues become dominant.

This can be seen in the

prints of many 20th-century

artists such as Lionel Edwards

or William Russell Flint. An

original Montague Dawson

can fetch six gures, alas this

oleograph is likely to be worth

less than £50. TJF

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BELOW

The tubelining

on Jan’s vase

has echoes

of Moorcroft.

While Claire’s painting

may appear to be an

oil, it is actually

an oleograph,

says Thomas

Jenner-Fust.

118 Homes & Antiques August 2019