That’s the Wade to go: rare figure sets auction record for pottery factory

A new auction record for the Wade factory was set by Potteries Auctions in Stoke-on-Trent when this monumental 3ft 10in (1.15m) high figure made for the 1951 Festival of Britain sold at £4200.

The circumstances were bittersweet.

This and other one-off Wade productions were coming to market…

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