RARE HULL ART POTTERY SWAN BASKET VASE/PLANTER 413 "JUBILEE LINE" 1957 "BOW TIE

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FROM RECENT LOCAL ESTATE SALE, VINTAGE HULL "JUBILEE LINE" (50 YEAR CELEBRATION OF THE FOUNDING OF THE HULL POTTERY) PRODUCED IN 1957 . THIS UNUSUAL and HARD TO FIND SWAN "BASKET" VASE / PLANTER SHOWS THE SWAN WEARING A BOW TIE ! IT IS MARKED HULL U.S.A. and 413 ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PIECE . IT MEASURES 10 1/2 INCHES TALL . THIS PIECE IS FINISHED IN A WONDERFUL GLAZE OF SHADES OF GREEN WITH SILVER HIGHLIGHTS . THE ARTIST SHOWS A GREAT ATTENTION TO THE SWANS's FEATHERS and FACIAL DETAIL . AMAZINGLY, THIS DELICATELY DESIGNED PIECE HAS NO CRACKS. THERE IS A TINY "FLEA BITE" GLAZE CHIP ON THE TOP OF THE DUCK'S BILL . SEE THE CONDITION DESCRIPTION AND THE PURPLE ARROW IN PHOTO 9 ABOVE. IT IS ABOUT 1/4 THE SIZE OF A SEWING PIN HEAD and WAS PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED . THIS WHIMSICAL, RARE AND ELEGANT PIECE OF ART POTTERY IS BEFITTING FOR THE HULL POTTERY's 50TH ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE ! OF THE 179 HULL POTTERY SWAN PIECES CURRENTLY LISTED ON eBAY, THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THE 1957 SWAN WITH BOW-TIE BASKET PIECE #413 ESPECIALLY CREATED FOR HULL'S 50 YEAR JUBILEE CELEBRATION / LINE . FOR MORE ANTIQUE, VINTAGE and COLLECTIBLE TREASURES VISIT OUR eBAY STORE texianpedlar !