Carlton Ware Chinoiserie Rouge Royale Spiderweb Large Vase

Carlton Ware Chinoiserie Rouge Royale 
Spiderweb Pattern Hand Painted - attributed to the designer Irene Robertson
Large Vase
Measuring 31cm 
Beautifully gilded with a spider web amounts polychrome enamel leaves and flowers with dragon flies, butterflies and floral detail 
C1940 
The condition is amazing there is one or two spots where the gilded ends of the spiderweb appears to be worn however this could also be in the detail of the piece. No chips, cracks or restoration. Perhaps some enamel missing from body of the spider.

The formula for the Carlton Ware ruby lustre was a closely guarded secret but it was revealed to other potteries when Horace Wain left Copeland Street in the early 1920s and when Enoch Boulton left for Fieldings, makers of Crown Devon, in 1930. The addition of rare metals, in this case gold, gave the sparkle to these fine finishes. Perhaps this is why the ruby and Rouge grounds provide a perfect foil for the gold prints and gold edge work that Carlton Ware used to perfection.

The Carlton Ware works were set up about 1890 by James Frederick Wiltshaw, James Alcock Robinson & William Herbert Robinson in Stoke-on-Trent, and Carlton Ware was adopted as a trade name in 1894.

About 1890 the company introduced its "Blush Ware" range, with floral designs on delicate pastel coloured backgrounds, sometimes with gilded additions.

In 1911 the partnership was dissolved and James Frederick Wiltshaw became the sole proprietor.

During the 1920s, the company became known for its Art Deco lustre wares, which command high prices today.

Many of the patterns were of imaginative geometric and stylised floral designs, some using Egyptian and oriental influences, such as the highly collectable 'Tutenkahmen' and 'Mikado' ranges.