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Record Breakers!

This week, the 19th June 2021, AD antiques made history for selling one of the most important pieces of British Art Pottery ever produced.

The Exhibition Vase, produced for the Franco British Exhibition of 1908, was made by the Director or Art, Gordon Forsyth. The exhibition ran for 4 months and attracted over 8 million visitors in the area of London now known as White City.

The catalogue for the exhibition can be viewed here where there is an entire section on the Pilkington’s exhibits.

The vase depicts St George slaying the Dragon in relief in a glorious golden lustre with a Maiden watching on with the text “St George for England” Standing 53cm high it bears the date cypher of 1908, the year of the exhibition.

The Vase was sold by AD antiques this week for in excess of £100,000 making it a world record price for a world class piece of Pilkingtons

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