Art Pottery

A pair of C.H. Brannam art pottery vases, circa 1900, by Frederick Bowden, each body incised with three circular panels, filled with a swallow and clouds, reserved against a blue glazed ground, applied with three scroll handles, incised factory marks, artist's monogram and 'Rd 44561' to bases, height 27.5cm.

A T.W. Lemon & Son Art Nouveau style pottery vase, circa 1926-39, the squat body and slightly flared neck applied with three scroll handles and covered in a streaky green/grey glaze, incised 'T.W Lemon Weston S. Mare' to base, height 19.2cm (minor glaze loss to rim), together with an Art Nouveau pale blue glazed pottery vase, early 20th century, the shouldered body with three handles, printed mark to base, height 17.7cm.

A Pilkingtons Royal Lancastrian pottery vase of baluster form, covered in a mottled green glaze, impressed factory mark, height 25.5cm, a Royal Lancastrian yellow and orange streaky glazed vase of compressed circular form, height 14.5cm, and a Lancastrian pottery lustre vase, height 21cm.

A Pilkingtons Royal Lancastrian lustre two-handled pot by Richard Joyce, circa 1920s, the slightly tapered body flanked by a pair of loop handles, covered in a gold/green iridescent streaky glaze, impressed rosette factory mark and painted artist's monogram below a lustre fish motif, height 12.5cm.

A Burmantofts faience pottery spoon-warmer figure of a grotesque toad creature, circa 1890, modelled standing on three legs and covered in a turquoise glaze, impressed factory mark and model number '583' to underside, height 16cm, length 20cm (some restoration).

A Burmantofts faience turquoise glazed vase, circa 1882-1904, the slender baluster body decorated with an overall textured design, on a circular foot, impressed factory mark and shape number '1400' to base, height 39cm (chip to rim and foot), together with a similar Burmantofts faience blue glazed vase, impressed factory mark and shape number '1397' to base, height 42.5cm (cracked).

A Reginald Wells Coldrum Pottery vase, circa 1904-1909, the swollen cylindrical body covered in a blue and grey streaky glaze with hints of pink, impressed 'Coldrum' to base, height 29cm (chips to base), together with a Linthorpe Pottery red glazed vase, circa 1882-1889, of two handled urn form with yellow streaked base, impressed factory mark and shape number '1547' to base, height 46.5cm (repaired rim), and a turquoise glazed art pottery vase of globular form with swollen neck and yellow glazed interior, unmarked, height 28.5cm (some faults).

An Ault pottery vase, late 19th century, the stout ovoid body moulded in relief with a band of vertical sunflower panels and classical portrait medallions between anthemion borders, covered in a yellow to green glaze, relief moulded factory mark to base, height 59cm (reduced and restored neck).

A Minton Aesthetic bone china tea caddy, circa 1875, designed by Dr Christopher Dresser, modelled in the form of a parcel of tea, painted and gilt with Chinese characters and flowers on a turquoise glazed ground within gilt 'string' borders, unmarked, height 9.2cm (lacking cover and hairline crack to rim).

A Carlo Manzoni Minerva Ware pottery vase, circa 1896, the shouldered body and narrow neck decorated with four vertical leaf shaped panels against a yellow ground, divided by four long stemmed flowers, incised monogram and date to base, height 17cm. Note: Carlo Manzoni joined Harold Rathbone and Conrad Dressler, founders of the Della Robbia Pottery, in December 1893, within a few months of its establishment. He left in June 1895 to open his own Minerva Ware works at Granville Pottery in Staffordshire, before returning to Della Robbia in June 1898.

A Della Robbia pottery circular plate, circa 1894-1901, decorated by Harry Pearce and Annie Smith, with a two-tone green foliate medallion centre on a brown ground, within a yellow and green geometric rim, incised factory mark, 'HP' monogram and painted 'A.S' decorator's initials to base, diameter 19.7cm (minor rim chips).