A very collectable and slightly crazy Royal Worcester 3-piece cruet set and tray designed by Scottie Wilson and in his immediately recognisable pattern.
Robert 'Scottie' Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1890 and emigrated to Toronto in 1931. During this time he started to draw, and developed a style of ink-drawing depicting birds, fish, trees and flowers which he exhibited in Canada in the early 1940's before returning to London in 1944. In the 1960's, Royal Worcester commissioned Scottie to design a tableware range in his style, and it was produced on both white and teracotta, manufactured at the Palissy Pottery in Stoke on Trent. The pattern he developed for this tableware was based on Totem Poles of the North American Indians which Scottie had studied during his visits to Canada.
The pattern was not a success for Royal Worcester due to the relatively high cost for the target market, even though the design was very much admired by designers of the era. Royal Worcester finished production in 1965 after only 4 years of production. These pieces are now highly sought after by both UK and North American collectors, and whilst crockery from the set is reasonably easy to pick up, these cruet sets complete are very much rarer.
The condition of this set is superb, with no noticeable damage save for a couple of very tiny edge frits to the salt pot that can only really be felt rather than seen. The set is also fully complete with the cover to the mustard, which are very often missing or damaged.
A really nice piece in an iconic design of the time which would make a wonderful talking point to a 20th century ceramics collection.
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