{"product_id":"victoria-bourne-temptress-english-ceramic-figurine-c-1980-90","title":"“The Temptress” by Victoria Bourne for Peggy Davies Ceramics, Original Artist Colorway 1\/1, c. 1990-2010","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"\u003e“The Temptress” is a one-of-one hand-painted earthenware figure from Peggy Davies Ceramics of Stoke-on-Trent, decorated by Victoria Bourne as an Artist Original Colorway. The base is signed by hand, marking it as the only example painted in this scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure takes the classic odalisque pose, a theme that runs from Ingres through the Art Deco salon. A nude woman reclines in a pale celadon hooded cloak that pools beneath her in deeply modeled folds. Her eyes and lips are rendered in a stylized Deco manner, and she wears a forehead ornament, a fine painted necklace, a wrist bangle and anklets. One knee is raised and one foot is pointed like a dancer’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plinth is what makes this colorway. Its front face is a patchwork of hand-painted animal prints: leopard spots in lilac and butter yellow, tiger stripes in pink and gold, and a lavender giraffe pattern, all outlined in black. The top is glossy black, and the reverse and ends are left in a creamy glaze. The effect sits somewhere between 1930s Deco and 1980s Memphis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned by hand on the base: “Artist Original Colorway 1\/1, For Peggy Davies, By Victoria Bourne.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAKER: \u003c\/strong\u003eVictoria Bourne, for Peggy Davies Ceramics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDIMENSIONS: \u003c\/strong\u003e10.5\" L x 6.5\" H\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eORIGIN: \u003c\/strong\u003eStoke-On-Trent, England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePERIOD: \u003c\/strong\u003ec. 1990-2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMATERIALS: \u003c\/strong\u003eGlazed ceramic, hand-painted plinth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONDITION: \u003c\/strong\u003eVery good original condition. Intact. No chips, cracks, or repairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU:\u003c\/strong\u003e BR00060\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brontosaurus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67831445684468,"sku":"BR00060","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/4420\/9908\/files\/BR00060_1315-Edit.jpg?v=1792357551","url":"https:\/\/bronto.studio\/products\/victoria-bourne-temptress-english-ceramic-figurine-c-1980-90","provider":"Brontosaurus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}