MOORCROFT: A "Launching Liberty" numbered edition vase

MOORCROFT: A "Launching Liberty" numbered edition vase, c.2015, of squat form with long tapering slender neck, tubeline decorated and painted in polychrome with sailing vessels on rough seas, on an ivory and dark blue ground, designed by Paul Hilditch, no. 158, signed, painted and impressed marks, paper label, 28.5cm high The vase depicts two 19th century British war ships, HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan, which were de-commissioned in 1921. The timbers were then bought by Arthur Lasenby, Liberty, and used in the building of his famous "Liberty London" retail store.