BRITISH ART POTTERY

BRITISH ART POTTERY

16th December 2020

DEPARTMENT MICHAEL JEFFERY +44 (0) 1722 424505 mj@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

ZOE SMITH +44 (0) 1722 446955 zs@woolleyandwallis.co.uk

Now accepting consignments for the 17th March 2021 auction of Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design.

Closing date for entries 24th January 2021.

OPPOSITE. Detail of a large and impressive Minton’s Art Studio charger by William S Coleman, in original ebonised wood frame, 57cm diam Estimate £5,000 – 8,000

1. A tall Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, 28cm high Estimate £15,000 – 20,000

A smaller Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1913, 15cm high Estimate £8,000 – 12,000

2. A fine stoneware bottle vase by Dame Lucie Rie, 27cm high Estimate £15,000 – 20,000

3. A fine porcelain bowl with bronze rim by Dame Lucie Rie, 20cm diam Provenance: purchased from Lucie Rie directly in 1988 Estimate £15,000 – 20,000

The British Art Pottery auction includes a fine selection of work from the Victorian potters to contemporary potters of today.

Following the recent success of our Martin Brothers bird, which sold for £32,500 (including buyer’s premium) in the Arts and Crafts auction on the 6th October, we have two additional covered jars. One modelled as a small finch bird, the other a taller, long legged bird with long tapering beak. In contrast to these grotesque sculptures by Robert Wallace Martin is a wonderful Minton’s wall plaque painted in the aesthetic manner, with a young girl collecting butterflies, by the artist William S Coleman.

There will also be a section dedicated to tiles with a private collection of William De Morgan tiles, recently removed from a bathroom, likely to cause considerable interest.

The studio pottery section is dominated by several works by Dame Lucie Rie including a wonderful spinach green porcelain bowl purchased from the potter directly in 1988.

The auction includes works by Peter Hayes, John Maltby, John Ward, Bernard Leach and Richard Batterham, and possibly the largest winged pot made by Colin Pearson.