Stand-up Butterfly Vases B-103.


B-103 (Butterfly Vase)

Love is a butterfly which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly it may alight upon you. - Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Who can resist a butterfly? There's the distinctive orange and black of the Monarchs floating gracefully on a breeze. The red and gold of our native Red Admiral* and the small blue hued or copper coloured moths drifting across fields of long grass. They remind me of lazy childhood Christmases spent on the Coromandel Peninsula. And school holidays riding on the back of trailers, hauled by noisy tractors at Puhoi. A time of eeling, making hay forts and looking for frogs beside an overgrown fish pond. Mum hated frogs!! 

*The New Zealand red admiral (Vanessa gonerilla) is a butterfly endemic to New Zealand. Its Māori name is kahukura, which means "red cloak". (wikipedia.org)

B-103 Butterfly Vase

Titian Studio designed, and slip cast stand-up butterfly vases and butterfly wall vases. These stand-up vases were made between 1957 - 1971 and are beautifully hand sprayed in various glazes front and back, with some finished in lustre. The body and antennae are hand-painted. Some butterflies have extra decorations on the wings. As was popular in the sixties you'll find them also glazed in white. Such a wonderful way to have summertime memories at home with butterflies all year round.

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B-103 Butterfly Vase

Anatomically correct with the three distinct parts; head with antennae, thorax with six legs, and the abdomen. The forewings (big upper wings) and the hindwings (lower wings) are impressed with veins. If you look closely, you can see slight variations in the moulds of where the antennae and wing veins finish. Some designs incorporate an ‘eye’ decoration on the wings. Above the head is what appears to be three flower petals.          

B-103 Butterfly Vase

The base of these vases may have Titian Studio written in italics and the code B-103 impressed into them with a foot ring around the outside. However, some have no markings at all and have a flat base. The 'B' actually denotes bowl. 


Being so easily recognisable by their shape due to no other maker, English or otherwise, designing such a fabulous vase, they stand out as being one of Titian’s special pieces. 

B-103 Butterfly Vase




B-103 Butterfly Vase



B-103 Butterfly Vase


Happy and long, summer days,
Louise



*HELP NEEDED!
If I don't have a Sherwood Pottery or Titian Studio piece to photograph, I'll put out a request on the Titian Studio Facebook page for help.  I try to ask ahead of time so collectors have a chance to respond. If you have a piece that I'm missing, and would like to offer a photograph for the blog please put up an image on the Facebook page that shows it off to its best advantage. A plain white, grey or black background works best. I will credit you for the photo. You are welcome to private message me your photos if you prefer. On most occassions I will only need a single photo however collectors, like myself, enjoy seeing the different glazes on the same piece. If I've seen a photo of your piece online which I'd like to use I will message you asking for permission. Please share my blog online and follow me for a new post each week. There's still a lot to show and tell!

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Comments

  1. Val Monk10 July 2022 at 20:46

    My little beauty is in pastel colours... I would love to add a pic but I can't see how to do that.

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  2. Titianstudiopottery15 July 2022 at 22:35

    Sorry Val, I'm still a beginner and haven't worked our the how to on some stuff including on comments. I'm glad to see it on the fb page.

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