Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Old English Gentleman With Leaf Motif, circa 1900, UK

This male urinal is the counterpart to the previous post.  It, however, is beautiful in its proportions.  The details in its handle are very sensitive with its line on line gradation culminating into a vanishing point that dissolves into a stylized leaf motif.  Like its female cousin it too has a slightly rimmed lip with a keystone of the same leaf symbol very understated and elegant. No pretentious foot on this pot, but a similar contour that defines its athletic and virile form.  With all there similarities, they are made by different makers.  The seal on this guys bottom is totally different but just about as illegible.  The crest is a circle surrounded by five two pronged crowns connected by olive branches (ok I used my imagination just a bit), and the letters "K. T. & K. Granite" below the crest.  It, too, has extensive crazing to the glaze that adds a air of superiority and specialness only granted to old and well cared porcelain even though it resounds of pedestrian ironstone.        

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