Moorcroft Heritage Rose Vase crystal leading to it also being

leading to it also being known as the ‘fierce’ rose

diameter of rim: 10

single creamy blooms and prominent yellow stamens

He has shiny auburn English hand blown glass eyes and a hand embroidered ivory DMC nose

Designed By Helen MacDonald Ltd Ed 200

Moorcroft Heritage Rose Vase crystal leading to it also beingMoorcroft designer, Emma Bossons was inspired by a hand coloured engraving of a rose styled as Rosa centifolia purpurea from Henry Cranke Andrewss Roses: or a Monograph of the Genus Rosa Volume 1 (London, 1805 1828). Moorcroft artistry has captured the large, fully double blooms of rich purple, with a mustard yellow central eye under glaze. This is not easy. The antique engravings used difficult colour shades: mulberry, grape and even egg plant.