Pierrefonds (Faïencerie Héraldique de Pierrefonds), France
Monumental vase with twin dragon handles

Possible exhibition piece
Circa 1910
Green lustre partially crystalline glazed body, stoneware
Impressed to underside with helmeted knight between the letters F and H (referring to the company’s original name, Faïencerie Héraldique) and 'PIERREFONDS', incised '392' and additionally signed to the lower front of the vase
59cm high, 36cm wide

Presumed to have had a presentation plaque which has been removed, leaving surface marks in the shape of a rectangle on the upper neck

Preview: Barley Mow Centre

In the collection of Sir Forrest Fulton QC, Judge and Recorder of the City of London

Thence by descent

FOUNDED IN 1903 BY Olivier de Sorra (Count Hallez d'Arros)