Rare Vintage Radford Handcraft Pottery Woodpecker Vase

Beautiful and unusual Radford Handcraft Pottery vase featuring two hand-modelled, hand-painted woodpeckers perched against a naturalistic tree-trunk and root-form vase. The piece has wonderful Art Deco-era character, with highly detailed colorful birds in blue, green, yellow and rust tones and a softly weathered, crackle-glazed tree-trunk finish. Details: Maker: Radford Handcraft Pottery, England Design: Twin woodpeckers on a tree trunk Approximate date: circa 1930s Height: 8 inches Length: 9 inches Depth: 6 inches Impressed markings: No. 4 and 808.142 Handwritten Radford marking to the underside The birds are intact with no chips or cracks There is one area of damage/cracking to the underside/base, shown in the photographs This is an unusually charming and substantial piece of Radford pottery. Similar Radford twin-woodpecker vases have appeared at specialist British auctions, with examples attributed to Paul Dubois for Radford. I have not represented the designer attribution as definitive, but it is an interesting feature for collectors. Condition: Very good overall for its age. Both modeled birds are intact. Please examine all photographs carefully, particularly the underside/base where the damage is visible. Dimensions: 8”H × 9”L × 6”D. A wonderful statement piece for a collector of Radford, British Art Pottery, Art Deco ceramics, or bird/woodland-themed pottery.