In addition there are conventionalized flowers, and other contemporary motifs worked into the pattern. The entire pattern is given a pastel treatment of brilliant turquoise, lavenders, yellows and pink against an ivory ground.
Sunflower and Classical Urn was a successful and extensively utilized pattern for the company, made in everything from huge tea trays to cuspidors to cane stands. I have seen few marked examples.
It spawned an almost identical twin, Narcissus, where the sunflower and urn were replaced by intertwined red Narcissus flowers.
An advertisement featuring Lear’s work showcases their sunflower pattern.
Both patterns are colorful, readily found and reasonably priced. They're a wonderful way of bringing a bit of the 19th Century Aesthetic Movement to your 21st Century home.
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