Attractive relief decorated Art Deco period bowl from Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian by William S Mycock 1932. Stylised design of cresting waves below clouds in tonal blues - repeated around its body and to centre of bowl. Impressed Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian mark to base. Incised monogram for William Mycock and his year cypher for 1932. The bowl is 15.5 cm in diameter and 6.5 cm in height.
 
William Mycock completed his apprenticeship at Wedgwood but left to become a "jobbing" artist working at a number of potteries, gaining experience of a variety of techniques. He joined Pilkington as a tile artist in 1894 but moved to Pilkington’s pottery department c1906 where he remained until his retirement in 1938 (after its closure). He was Pilkington's longest serving pottery artist.