Charming Art Deco small bowl by William S Mycock for Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian dated 1935. Geometric stylised floral design in tonal blues to outside and to centre of bowl. Impressed Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian mark to base. Incised monogram for William Mycock and his year cypher for 1935. The bowl is 15 cm in diameter and 5.5 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.