Vintage Poole Pottery "Volcano" Living Glaze Small Bud Vase - Variant B

This vibrant vintage ceramic miniature bud vase is an iconic piece of British art pottery. Sourced at the renowned Sunbury Antiques Market, this globular vase belongs to Poole Pottery's celebrated "Volcano" collection, featuring their innovative and dramatic "Living Glaze" technique.

The design is instantly recognizable for its collision of fiery high-gloss tones. Layers of bold red, orange, and sunshine yellow slip cascade down the upper body before melting into rich, organic drips of emerald green and deep volcanic ash gray. Because Poole's Living Glaze reactively fuses in the kiln during the firing process, every piece matures with completely unique surface coverage. This particular example features an incredibly bold, deep red upper body bleeding beautifully into dark, molten green and charcoal tones.The base features the fully molded "Poole, England" backstamp.

This piece bears a distinct handwritten painter's monogram painted in black glaze across the center, identifying the individual studio artist who hand-decorated this specific vase. It retains its original teal blue paper retailer label reading "Hand painted in Poole, Dorset", which is showing some honest signs of age and tatty edge wear.

This contemporary Living Glaze line was produced on the original Poole Quay site in Dorset during the late 20th century to early 2000s.The vase is in great vintage condition, remaining free from any chips, cracks, or structural restoration. Faint surface crazing is present within the thick clear high-gloss glaze layer upon close inspection, which is entirely normal for English earthenware of this type and composition.