Best Moorcroft Treetops Vase 117/12 – Ltd Ed 15 Moorcroft

Moorcroft Treetops View Vase

2022  The Succession – Platinum Jubilee Collection 

Designer: Emma Bossons FRSA

Shape: 117/12

Limited Edition: 15

Dimensions: H 31 x W 18.5 x D 18.5 cm

 On February 5^th 1952, Princess Elizabeth, then 25, spent the afternoon with her cine-camera capturing a herd of rhinos from her elevated vantage point above the Treetops waterhole in Aberdare National Park.  That night, as she slept cradled in a fig tree, she actually ascended to her throne.  This is a dramatic Moorcroft design.  A lone rhino calf sits as two others sup at the waterhole while fig trees rise like cumulonimbus clouds lifting Treetops towards the distant outline of Mount Kenya, known across the world as the mountain of brightness.

THE SUCCESSION COLLECTION

For the Platinum Jubilee

In the multitude of countries, realms and states which have hosted a royal tour for HRH Queen Elizabeth II, there is perhaps no other location more magical than a hideaway place in Kenya.  For Queen Elizabeth, Treetops and Sagana Lodge were chosen for a relaxing, wildlife-watching pause in Kenya during what was set to be a long tour of Australia and New Zealand, but destiny had other plans.

On February 6, 1952, George VI died in his sleep, making his heir apparent and elder daughter, Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.  This remarkable collection holds scenes from the natural world where the crown of our greatest and longest serving monarch began to shimmer under the heat of the African sun.