{"id":7042987360314,"title":"Moorcroft Catch Me If You Can Vase 67\/16 - Ltd Ed 5","handle":"moorcroft-catch-me-if-you-can-vase-67-16-ltd-ed-5","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoorcroft Prestige Catch me if you Can Vase\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2023 Prestige Collection \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigner: Emma Bossons FRSA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited Edition of 5 only\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShape: 67\/16\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003eH 40 x W 31 x D 31 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany people love black cats. Well, perhaps not if you are a fish and the black cat is hungry. It’s all very well if a designer has hidden you among a forest of colourful water plants and flowers, but cats have flexible claws. Those agile paws might reach over and catch you. However, cats hate water and even a wet paw may be too high a price to pay for trying to catch a little Japanese fighting fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmma has taken care to ensure that the fish are camouflaged among the colorful plants and flowers. This provides an artistic touch to their watery home. The cat is fighting a losing battle, mostly with himself. The water is hatefully wet; the fighting fish have no wish to be caught and the swishing of their fins and tails tell of a worrying possibility of aggression and harm to a vulnerable, wet paw. Waterlilies grace the top of the design with a dragonfly or two flitting around as a captive audience to the drama. To ensure a little calm near the base of the vase, the designer has added colorful foliage and the black cat can do nothing other than acknowledge defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrestige designs are amongst the most sought after pieces to emerge from Moorcroft’s kilns, and have been ever since the first pieces were made over a century ago.  They are often pieces not only prestigious in size, but often with highly intricate, complex and captivating design subject matter.  Due to the very nature of their size, which can be up to almost 70cms in height, it can take many weeks for a single piece to be made from start to finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaulconbridge Antiques are Authorised Moorcroft Retailers and we only sell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \"FIRST QUALITY\" pieces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e We Do Not Sell \"Graded or Seconds\" Moorcroft pieces!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2023-04-12T16:12:01+10:00","created_at":"2023-04-12T16:00:18+10:00","vendor":"Faulconbridge-Antiques \u0026 Giftware","type":"Pottery","tags":["Moorcroft","Moorcroft 2023 Catalogue and New Collections","Moorcroft Limited - Numbered Editions and Trials","Moorcroft Prestige"],"price":1259100,"price_min":1259100,"price_max":1259100,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39881434988602,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Moorcroft Catch Me If You Can Vase 67\/16 - Ltd Ed 5","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1259100,"weight":10000,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftCatchMeIfCanVase.jpg?v=1681279796"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftCatchMeIfCanVase.jpg?v=1681279796","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21344905953338,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":800,"width":640,"src":"\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftCatchMeIfCanVase.jpg?v=1681279796"},"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":800,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftCatchMeIfCanVase.jpg?v=1681279796","width":640}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoorcroft Prestige Catch me if you Can Vase\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2023 Prestige Collection \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigner: Emma Bossons FRSA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited Edition of 5 only\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShape: 67\/16\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003eH 40 x W 31 x D 31 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany people love black cats. Well, perhaps not if you are a fish and the black cat is hungry. It’s all very well if a designer has hidden you among a forest of colourful water plants and flowers, but cats have flexible claws. Those agile paws might reach over and catch you. However, cats hate water and even a wet paw may be too high a price to pay for trying to catch a little Japanese fighting fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmma has taken care to ensure that the fish are camouflaged among the colorful plants and flowers. This provides an artistic touch to their watery home. The cat is fighting a losing battle, mostly with himself. The water is hatefully wet; the fighting fish have no wish to be caught and the swishing of their fins and tails tell of a worrying possibility of aggression and harm to a vulnerable, wet paw. Waterlilies grace the top of the design with a dragonfly or two flitting around as a captive audience to the drama. 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