Vintage Basil Matthews Signed Studio Art Pottery Ceramic Hippo Figure Animal.

Floral design, hand painted, with cute smiley face.

Signed “B” within a circle. Signed “Basil Matthews” and No16.

Some nibble chips to tops of ears and tall. All over glaze crazing present.

Measures approximately: 5 inches long by 2.5 inches wide by 2.25 inches tall.

Studio Potter, Basil Matthews, (1913 – 1985), whose delightful models of animals are becoming increasingly harder to find. This talented self-taught artist opened his own studio in the late 1940’s, and, starting with horses, went on to produce models of all kinds of animals, receiving an endorsement from H.M. Queen Mary for his work. Avoiding mass production, he instead concentrated on limited edition pieces, usually producing no more than about a hundred of each model. An internationally acclaimed designer and figurine artist, Basil Matthews was, until his death in 1985, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Member of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, and Fellow of the Society of Design Craftsmen.

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