Five to buy from a super selection of studio pottery by big and upcoming names
20 July 2023 The sale of studio ceramics at Adam Partridge in Macclesfield on July 28 includes a Bernard Leach (1887-1979) porcelain flared dish with banded iron decoration and a flying bird motif to the well.
Bernard Leach (1887-1979) porcelain flared dish with banded iron decoration and a flying bird motif to the well. Estimated at £1200-1800. View the Bernard Leach dish via thesaleroom.com.
Estimated at £1200-1800, the dish has a provenance to the Alan & Pat Firth collection, the remarkable assemblage of studio pottery from a Leeds bungalow sold by the auction house for £900,000 in October 2015.
Here are five ideas on what to buy at the One Day Sale of Studio Ceramics (Macclesfield) auction including the Leach dish (pictured top).
Pippin in
Shown here is Dalmore Plains, a deep porcelain vessel with inlaid decoration, incised signature and serial no. TM111, dated 2014. The 29.5cm high and 27cm diameter item is by Pippin Drysdale (b.1943) and is estimated at £8000-10,000. Bid for Dalmore Plains on thesaleroom.com.
Rie classic
Estimated at £3000-5000 is this classic Lucie Rie (1902-95) design, an oval fluted stoneware footed bowl covered in pale grey glaze with iron speckling, impressed LR mark, made late 1950s, diameter 25cm. It was purchased from Paul Rice Gallery, London, early 1980s. Bid for the Lucie Rie bowl on thesaleroom.com.
Figure it out
By John Maltby (1936-2020) Two Figures Against a Wall is a stoneware sculpture, impressed M mark and inscribed signature and title, height 46.5cm. Estimate £1000-1500. See thesaleroom.com to bid for John Maltby’s Two Figures Against a Wall.
Turquoise temptation
Abdo Nagi (1941-2001) created this stoneware pedestal bowl covered in mottled turquoise glaze with bronze rim and meander decoration, impressed mark, made 1997, diameter 21cm. It is estimated at £600-800. Bid for the Abdo Nagi bowl using thesaleroom.com.
