Circa 1970s
A superb example of the Troika Pottery 9″ tall Square Vase of typical moulded and decorated rough textured form with geometric shapes in shades of green, blue, grey, brown and cream. Signed to the base with the artist mark for Louise Graham who worked at the Newlyn site in the 1970s.
Excellent condition with no apparent losses or faults.
Size: 7.5(w) x 7.5(d) x 22.5(h)cm
1997
A wonderful example of a tin glazed eathenware pottery bowl from the Aldermaston Pottery established in 1955 and led throughout its existence until 2006 by the celebrated potter Alan Caiger-Smith MBE (1930-2020). Painted to the inner bowl with the inscription Love & Live Happy, around a central rose stem and flower head, the exterior a band of stylised flowers and foliage in mixed colours on a tine glaze base. Signed and dated on the base.
One of a pair, priced individually, but we’ll be happy to offer as a pair if clients wish.
Excellent overall condition, just the smallest of glaze chips evident on the underside outer rim, as shown in the image gallery below.
Alan Caiger-Smith employed a number of assistant potters throughout the potteries existence. This piece signed and dated on the base 1997, made by Andrew Hazelden who joined Alan in 1984 from Art School and worked with him for 22 years, learning the difficult technique of tin glaze and reduction fired lustre earthenware, until the pottery closed in 2006. Alan retired, Andrew has gone on to open his own Yarnton Pottery, which remains open today.
Size: 31(dia) x 12(h)cm
Circa 1920
An excellent pair of small vases designed by William Moorcroft in an apple green lustre glaze, part of a range of items retailed by Liberty & Co, London. Marked to the base in the expected manner.
Excellent overall condition with no major faults or signs of any professional repairs, just the smallest of natural firing marks on the top of the neck close to the rims.
Provenance: Peter Myers Collection 2021.
Size: 9 (dia) x 15(h)cm each.
2014
An excellent Sid Burnard driftwood, stiletto heel and wire assembled bird sculpture. Signed and dated 6/6/14 to the base.
Provenance: The Kate & Jon Catleugh Collection, Woolley & Wallis 2021. Purchased by Kate from the Goldmark Gallery.
Kate (1931-2021) and Jon (1920-2009) were notable collectors at the heart of the British arts and crafts and contemporary craft scene from when they met in the 1960s until their respective deaths. Jon had a particular passion and interest in the arts and crafts movement becoming an acknowledged expert in William De Morgan. Kates personal tastes were more wide ranging and contemporary, but always of the highest quality of artisan craftsmanship whether the material be wood, glass, pottery or metal.
Sid Burnard (born 1948) is an acclaimed beach combing artist, creating sculpted works of art, usually birds, boats or beasts, solely from the flotsam and jetsam he finds on his local home coastline in South Wales. Aside from skilfully cleaning and drying the sea washed timbers and other materials to ensure long term preservation nothing is cut or altered from its naturally found form, merely ‘assembled’ into a work of art, reflecting his own passion, integrity and humour. The Goldmark Gallery in Oakham have featured several exhibitions of his work.
Overall Size: 22 (w) x 61.5(h)cm. Base block: 13 (w) x 7(d) x 21.5(h)cm
2003
If you are looking for a statement piece of glass…. this is it.
A stunning large handblown Paradiso Stoneform Studio Glass Vase by the godfather of British art glass blowing, Peter Layton. Exquisitely drawn glass in soft hues of pink, blue, green, orange and clear. Signed and dated to the base. Perfect condition.
The image montage also shows the piece grouped with a number of other Peter Layton pieces currently in our stock portfolio.
Provenance: The Kate & Jon Catleugh Collection, Woolley & Wallis 2021.
Kate (1931-2021) and Jon (1920-2009) were notable collectors at the heart of the British arts and crafts and contemporary craft scene from when they met in the 1960s until their respective deaths. Jon had a particular passion and interest in the arts and crafts movement becoming an acknowledged expert in William De Morgan. Kates personal tastes were more wide ranging and contemporary, but always of the highest quality of artisan craftsmanship whether the material be wood, glass, pottery or metal.
Peter Layton (1937 -) Born in Prague, but forced to flee as war broke out in Europe, his family settled in Bradford where he grew up. He originally studied Ceramics but a teaching post at the University of Iowa in 1965 was to change his life and it’s here that he developed his passion for handblown studio glass art. On returning to the UK in 1968 he established a small studio in the Highlands of Scotland where he developed his skills and his reputation as one of the founders of British Studio Glass Art. In 1976 London called and he established the London Glassblowing Studio he still owns today, where he also nurtures the talents of up and coming glass artists. Courted ever since by major art Institutions, commercial and private buyers he is considered to be one of the finest glass blowing artists in the world, his work held in various prestigious museums in the UK, Europe and America
Size: 33(w) x 8(d) x 28(h)cm.
Circa 1900
A wonderful large Art Nouveau period Vase from the Lauder Pottery in Barnstaple, Devon. Of tall baluster form decorated with Carp in an aquatic scene in lovely blue, green, cream and brown glazed tones.
No major cracks or previous professional repairs, there is a tiny chip on the base rim and minor glaze rubbing under and around the top rim. Signed to the base.
Provenance: The David Coachworth and Peter Myers Collection, Woolley & Wallis 2021.
Size: 15(dia) x 31.5(h)cm.
Circa 1920s/early 30s
An excellent Art Deco patinated bronze dancing figurine standing on a green veined polished marble base. Signed in the cast M Le Verrier.
Max le Verrier (1891-1973) A French sculptor best known for his elegant figurines and lamps. Whether depicting dancers or panthers, Max depicted his pieces in the Art Deco Style. He studied Art in Geneva before serving as a French pilot in WW1 and was shot down and imprisoned as a POW by the Germans. He opened his own studio in Paris in 1918 and was at his most prolific during the 1920s and 30s. He fled the occupation in WW2 returning in 1944 to Paris where he lived and worked until his death in 1973.
Size: 15(w) x 19.7(h)cm. marble base 9 (w) x 9(d)cm
Circa 1900
A wonderful 8 3’4″ Art Nouveau Cylinder Vase from the Barnstaple, North Devon pottery CH Brannam. In a deep blue background glaze with white / black stylised flower forms. Factory marked to the base.
Excellent overall condition with just a small glaze chip on the top rim as shown in the image montage.
Provenance: The David Coachworth and Peter Myers Collection, Woolley & Wallis 2021.
Size: 10.5(dia) x 22.2(h)cm
2008
A superb studio handblown Paradiso 6″ Sphere Glass Vase by the godfather of British art glass blowing, Peter Layton. Exquisitely drawn glass in hues of purple blue, green, pink, red and clear. Signed and dated to the base.
Provenance: The Kate & Jon Catleugh Collection, Woolley & Wallis 2021.
Kate (1931-2021) and Jon (1920-2009) were notable collectors at the heart of the British arts and crafts and contemporary craft scene from when they met in the 1960s until their respective deaths. Jon had a particular passion and interest in the arts and crafts movement becoming an acknowledged expert in William De Morgan. Kates personal tastes were more wide ranging and contemporary, but always of the highest quality of artisan craftsmanship whether the material be wood, glass, pottery or metal.
Peter Layton (1937 -) Born in Prague, but forced to flee as war broke out in Europe, his family settled in Bradford where he grew up. He originally studied Ceramics but a teaching post at the University of Iowa in 1965 was to change his life and it’s here that he developed his passion for handblown studio glass art. On returning to the UK in 1968 he established a small studio in the Highlands of Scotland where he developed his skills and his reputation as one of the founders of British Studio Glass Art. In 1976 London called and he established the London Glassblowing Studio he still owns today, where he also nurtures the talents of up and coming glass artists. Courted ever since by major art Institutions, commercial and private buyers he is considered to be one of the finest glass blowing artists in the world, his work held in various prestigious museums in the UK, Europe and America
Size: 16 (dia) x 15.5(h)cm
1905
An excellent art nouveau plate by Frederick Braddon for the C H Brannam pottery in Devon. 10 3/4″ diameter, slip decorated with three radiating flowers in blue, green and brown on a green background. Fully signed and dated to the rear.
Excellent condition to the upper surface and the base, just a tiny chip evident to the underside of the rim, as photographed in the image montage below.
Size: 27.5(dia) x 2.5(h) cm
1910
An excellent early Pilkington’s Lancastrian Lustre Vase by Charles Cundall. 10″ tall of shouldered form, painted with a frieze of fruiting grape vines in a gold and ruby lustre. Impressed factory marks, painted artist cipher and date code.
Excellent condition with no known faults or professional repairs.
Established by the Pilkington family in 1892 adjacent to the canal at Clifford Junction, Manchester. Initially known for its tile output the business expanded rapidly under the management of William Burton, formerly a chemist at J. Wedgewood’s. An ardent follower of the Arts & Crafts principles he recruited a formidable team of the leading designers, potters and artists around him. Experimentation with complex glazes led to the introduction in 1906 of what has become their most famous and desirable range, the high end Lancastrian Lustre Ware, named after the county of Lancashire, production of which continued until 1938. The company was granted a Royal warrant by King George V in 1913 and their wares were hence known as Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian pottery.
Today it’s a number of their skilled artists who developed an international reputation whose work is most highly prized. Most notable amongst them are Gordon Forsyth, Richard Joyce, William S Mycock, Charles Cundall and Gladys Rodgers, each marking their work with their own distinctive initials.
Size: 15(dia) x 25.5(h)cm
Circa 2000s
A superb example of a Stonware Square Dish by John Maltby, one of the UK’s best potters. features a sloped raised rim in tenmoku, the inner dish painted in resist to the well with John’s traditional cross pattern motif in iron red, blue and oatmeal colour glazes. Painted Maltby signature to the rear.
Provenance: The Kate & Jon Catleugh Collection, Woolley & Wallis 2021.
Kate (1931-2021) and Jon (1920-2009) were notable collectors at the heart of the British arts and crafts and contemporary craft scene from when they met in the 1960s until their respective deaths. Jon had a particular passion and interest in the arts and crafts movement becoming an acknowledged expert in William De Morgan. Kates personal tastes were more wide ranging and contemporary, but always of the highest quality of artisan craftsmanship whether the material be wood, glass, pottery or metal.
John Maltby (1936-2020) a distinguished UK studio potter and sculptor. He studied at Leicester College of Art and Goldsmith’s College, London. After a period of teaching art he visited Bernard Leach and on his advice joined Bernard’s son David in 1962 as his apprentice for two years. He set up his own pottery in 1964 at Stoneshill near Crediton. His work is much sought after and is exhibited worldwide.
Size: 22.5(w) x 22.5(d) x 4.5(h)cm
