Moss Eccles Tarn 65/12 by Kerry Goodwin. Moss Eccles Tarn was bought by author Beatrix Potter in 1913, the year she married William Heelis. The couple kept a boat on the tarn and spent many happy summer evenings there – William fished and Beatrix sketched. They planted one red water lily and one white water lily, and over the years…
Life with Morris 195/8 by Paul Hilditch of Moorcroft. One of motoring history's iconic and beloved names, the Morris Minor has been a firm favourite with drivers ever since its launch in 1948. It was quintessentially British, with its bulbous front hood and majestic front wings. Paul beckons us back to the ramshackle garages of the swinging sixties, with a…
Life with Farina 198/5 by Paul Hilditch of Moorcroft. Some cars are just simply part of the family; they have their own quirky habits and misdemeanours as well as sharing some of our dearest memories. The Austin A40 Farina was the first in a new generation of family cars that employed Italian design houses. The crisply styled two-box design, was…
Leaf and Grapes 70/9 by Emma Bossons of Moorcroft. William Moorcroft’s Leaves and Fruit flambé design, produced between 1928-1934, held a simple tube lined leaf and cluster of grapes on the vine in purple, plum and autumnal shades and is considered to be a Moorcroft classic. With an exquisite and total mastery of colour by two of Moorcroft’s longest serving…
Ladder of Heaven 87/6 by Nicola Slaney of Moorcroft. Solomon’s seal, also known as the ladder of heaven, has graceful, arching stems with pleated oval leaves. These are joined by lightly scented, green-tipped, white bell-like flowers in May and June which enjoy growing in shadier areas of woodland, where, if undisturbed, they will naturalise and form clumps, bringing a carpet…
Kudus PLQ16 by Vicky Lovatt of Moorcroft. Dominance between male kudus is peacefully determined by male antelopes show of their unique tawny-grey colouring and thin, white, sparse vertical stripes with their spiral horns echoing the silhouettes of Acacia trees. Harmoniously, female kudus, and their calves, with cinnamon coats and iced-white stripes, form a loose herd with pumpkin-red impala and their…
Kalahari 62/11 by Paul Hilditch of Moorcroft. Secretive, silent, smooth and subtle, the African leopard is deep gold and tawny with black rosettes and it is only the head, lower inside limbs and belly which are spotted with solid black. Kalahari holds Paul’s signature style of incredible detail, particularly in the leopard's coats. Usually solitary predators, this leap of leopards…
Grass-of-Parnassus PLQ3 by Nicola Slaney of Moorcroft. Grass-of-Parnassus is not actually a grass as its name implies, but is a plant whose five white petals create a cup-shaped flower that has at its centre a cluster of yellow stamens. The plant used to be commonly found, but today it is now confined to pastures, moors and marshes, mainly in the…
Ephipany 161/11 by Emma Bossons of Moorcroft It was a moment of epiphany. Emma was taken aback by a piece of art. As the dawn seeped through the windows of a church in Luss, Scotland, Emma was captivated. Unusually, the stained glass did not hold pictures of saints, but instead the purest white lilies gliding up to the apex of…
Dmitry by 37/8 by Vicky Lovatt of Moorcroft. While reading in Whitby library located at the end of the pier, Dram Stoker was captivated by accounts he read of the 15th century blood-thirsty tyrant of Transylvania, Count Dracula, an old Romanian name for the Devil himself. Later, he would be told seafarers’ tales about a shipwreck on the 18th October…
Cold Hunters 780/4 by Nicola Slaney of Moorcroft Both the humble dwarf cornel and the sweet-tasting cloudberry seek out and thrive in cold climates and both have delicate and attractive small flowers. The flowers of a dwarf cornel are tiny and black. The more familiar four white petals of the plant are not, in fact, petals at all but bracts…