Art Pottery

A Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1920-1938, by Edward Thomas Radford, the short cylindrical neck and ribbed ovoid body covered in a mottled turquoise and dark blue glaze, impressed factory mark and '3184' and incised artist's initials to base, height approx 15.5cm.

A pair of Ruskin orange lustre glazed vases, circa 1918, with slightly flared rims and tapering bodies, impressed factory marks and dated '1918' to bases, height approx 24.5cm (restoration and faults).

A Ruskin pottery crystalline glazed jug, circa 1933, the narrow neck and ovoid body flanked by a loop handle, decorated in green, brown and orange drip glaze, impressed factory mark and dated '1933' to base, height approx 23cm.

A Doulton Lambeth Art Union of London stoneware vase by Frank A. Butler, the narrow neck flanked by griffon handles, above an ovoid body incised with foliate panels within beaded borders, impressed factory marks and incised artist's monogram to base, height approx 24cm.

A Bretby art pottery vase, late 19th Century, the bulbous body covered in a turquoise glaze and moulded in relief with two mice and fruiting branches between a pair of ascending acanthus leaves, impressed maker's mark and shape number '544' to base, height approx 30cm (chip to footrim).

A green glazed pottery jardiniere designed by Christopher Dresser, late 19th Century, manufactured by Linthorpe or Ault, the ovoid body decorated in relief with three frogs climbing up one side, raised on three frog feet, impressed facsimile signature to base, height approx 16.5cm (minor chips). Note: a very similar 'frog bowl' is illustrated, plate number 188, in 'Christopher Dresser' by Widar Halún, p.166, and described as being from Dresser's personal collection.

A Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1906, by Gordon M. Forsyth, the cylindrical neck above a heptagonal body, each facet decorated with a ruby and silver lustre coat of arms within scrolling stems of leaves against a blue ground, impressed factory marks and '207' and painted artist's monogram to base, height approx 24cm (hairline crack to body).

A Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1920, by Richard Joyce, the stout body and short flared neck decorated with quatrefoil motifs framed by scrolling leaves against a blue ground, impressed factory mark and '3256' and painted artist's monogram to base, height approx 19cm.

A pair of Doulton Lambeth stoneware vases, early 20th Century, by Frank A. Butler, each shaped narrow neck above a lobed globular body incised with stylized leaves in green, brown and blue against a mottled blue ground, impressed factory mark, incised artist's monogram and '539' to bases, height approx 32.5cm (restoration to each neck).

A Royal Doulton stoneware vase, early 20th Century, by Eliza Simmance, the high shouldered ovoid body decorated in relief with stylized pink poppies, slender leaves and scrolling tendrils against a mottled two shades of blue and brown ground, impressed factory marks, incised artist's monogram and '866' to base, height approx 37.5cm (restoration to neck).

A Brownfield porcelain blue printed dessert service, circa 1877, decorated with elves, fairies and fauna in woodland and pond scenes within gilt dentil rims, comprising two comports, three low comports and nine plates, impressed factory marks, blue printed titles and date lozenge to bases (hairline cracks, restoration and chips).

A Farnham pottery green glazed bowl, early 20th Century, the trefoil shaped body with three owl masks to the sides, width approx 18cm (glazing chips), together with a similar bowl (restoration).

A Burmantofts art pottery sunflower pattern jardinière stand, late 19th Century, decorated in relief with panels of sunflowers on a cream textured ground within brown strapwork borders, impressed maker's mark and numbered '1948 C' to underside, height approx 74cm (minor chips to rim).

A set of four rare Minton Arts and Crafts pub sign decorated earthenware plates, circa 1878, comprising 'Ye Boar's Head', 'Ye Peacock', 'Light' and 'Ye Bear', each centre decorated with a square pub sign panel within a Gothic style fleur-de-lis surround, the rim picked out with flowers, impressed factory marks including date cypher to base, diameter approx 26cm (one with small rim chip).

Benjamin Creswick - an early 20th Century terracotta maquette full-length figure of a seated nude man, the base inscribed 'Creswick Sc', height approx 24cm. Note: this sculpture has some similarities to a figure group maquette produced for the Boldmere Swimming Club Memorial.

A Doulton Lambeth stoneware vase, late 19th Century, the flared narrow neck above an ovoid body decorated with a band of stylized flowerheads and leaves, impressed maker's mark and indistinct monogram to base, height approx 40.5cm.