{"product_id":"the-bristol-cat-and-dog-pottery-tall-ewer-decorated-by-louis-wain","title":"The Bristol Cat and Dog Pottery tall ewer | decorated by Louis Wain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bristol Cat and Dog Pottery tall ewer\u003cbr\u003edecorated by Louis Wain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe motto depicted is \"It is years since last we met\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ec.1915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 31.5cms (12 1\/2\") tall\u003cbr\u003eApprox 5cms (2\") wide at rim\u003cbr\u003eApprox 9cms (3 1\/2\") wide at base\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn excellent condition\u003cbr\u003eClean glaze crazing commensurate with Antique Pottery present - not detracting in any way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Bristol Cat and Dog Pottery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bristol \"Cat \u0026amp; Dog\" Pottery was a short-lived early 20th-century enterprise (circa 1910–1920) famous for producing whimsical earthenware featuring the distinctive anthropomorphic animal designs of artist Louis Wain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Louis Wain\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLouis William Wain (5 August 1860 – 4 July 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWain was born in Clerkenwell, London. He sold his first drawing in 1881 and the following year gave up his teaching position at the West London School of Art to become a full-time illustrator. He married in 1884 but was widowed three years later. In 1890 he moved to the Kent coast with his mother and five sisters and, except for three years spent in New York, remained there until the family returned to London in 1917. In 1914, he suffered a severe head injury in a horse-drawn omnibus accident and ten years later was certified insane. He spent the remaining fifteen years of his life in mental hospitals, where he continued to draw and paint. Some of his later abstract paintings have been seen as precursors of psychedelic art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWain produced hundreds of drawings and paintings a year for periodicals and books, including Louis Wain's Annual which ran from 1901 to 1921. His work also appeared on postcards and advertising, and he made brief ventures into ceramics and animated cartoons. In spite of his popularity and prolific output, Wain did not become wealthy, possibly because he sold his work cheaply and relinquished copyright, and also because he supported his mother and five sisters. \u003cstrong\u003eRead more about the sale of Louis Wain items \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-gloucestershire-67086329\" title=\"Louis Wain ceramic cat collection fetches £27k at auction\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bristol Cat and Dog Pottery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49770931454180,"sku":"RA-0014036_C","price":850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9528\/7908\/files\/tall_jug_1a_61dc7cad-3226-4cef-b619-489d09224549.jpg?v=1788390768","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutantiques.com.au\/products\/the-bristol-cat-and-dog-pottery-tall-ewer-decorated-by-louis-wain","provider":"Roundabout Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}