Tag: studio pottery

Auction alert: The Fine Sale

'Rolex' style advertising wall clock

Our featured auction this week is Lockdales – The Fine Sale #203. It takes place across two days – the 1st & 2nd September from 9.30am. The auctioneers are based in Martlesham Heath, IP5 3RF (just east of Ipswich). However, as usual, you can bid online and organise with them to have items shipped to you.

All the lots we’ve chosen to feature this week are from day 2. There’s an eclectic assortment on offer; from antique furniture, and fine art paintings, transfer printed ironstone pot lids to mid century modern pottery, silver flatware to luxury fountain pens.

A buyers’ premium of 18%+VAT is added on top of the hammer price. In addition, any bids you put on via The Saleroom.com are subject to a surcharge of 4.95%+VAT and all bids made via Easyliveauction.com are subject to either a surcharge of 3%+VAT or a one-off, fixed pre-payment of £3.00 per auction.

'Rolex' style advertising wall clock

Lot 524: Advertising Wall Clock
Red & blue (Pepsi) ‘Rolex’ style advertising wall clock, black dial reads ‘Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date, GMT Master II’, diameter 34cm approx.
Estimate: £60 – £80

Two Modernist Arts & Crafts style silver Orbit caddy spoons

Lot 733: Two Modernist Arts & Crafts style silver Orbit caddy spoons
Two Modernist Arts & Crafts style silver Orbit caddy spoons both marked MJP 925 with the Birmingham anchor Town mark. MJP stands for Martyn Pugh. Together they weigh 49.3g approx.
Estimate: £50 – £60

Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. 'An Industrial Town'

Lot 816: Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. ‘An Industrial Town’
Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976). An Industrial Town. Signed limited edition off-set lithograph (no.490/500). Titled lower left. Signed L S Lowry, lower right margin. Glazed and mounted in a slim metallic frame. Image measures 59.5cm x 43.7cm
Estimate: £1000 – £2000

Large two handled milk pail, 'Pure Milk'

Lot 913: Large two handled milk pail, ‘Pure Milk’
Large two handled milk pail ‘Pure Milk’, with black transfers to side depicting two cows, circa late 19th to early 20th Century, height 23.5cm, diameter 32.5cm approx.
Estimate: £250 – £350

Troika Pottery rectangular 'slab' vase

Lot 1004: Troika Pottery rectangular ‘slab’ vase
Troika Pottery rectangular ‘slab’ vase, base reads ‘Troika Cornwall AP’, height 17cm, width 11cm, depth 4.5cm approx.
Estimate: £80 – £120

Forthcoming Attractions: End-May 2021

Vintage miniature Lixo rubbish bin

Even though 2021 seems to be flying by, we’ve somehow found the time to update our web shop three times this month! With everything slowly opening up here in Wales and over in England, we’ve been heading out on buying trips to both old haunts and new territories.

Here’s a small selection of the freshly-picked vintage items that we’ve listed online this week. Click on each image to be taken to the individual product page.

Louis Hudson studio pottery vase Trio of tiny pottery owls
Pair of Royal Doulton 'Sheerlite' pottery lamp bases Vintage wood & brass washboard

Designer Desire: Louis Hudson

Montage of Louis Hudson studio pottery | H is for Home

We have one or two examples of Louis Hudson studio pottery in our personal collection, and we’ve just listed another in our web shop. Therefore, we thought it an opportune time to feature him as this week’s Designer Desire appointee.

Hudson founded his pottery in Trethevy, Cornwall in 1971; only to give it up in 1983, to become a lorry driver!! This is probably why I could find very little information about him online. Despite this short period of production, his work can be found easily and at an affordable price on eBay and Etsy.

We think it’s a bit undervalued, at present. It’s got a classic look from the period – sculptural form, abstract patterns and muted natural tones. It works well in groupings or as stand-alone pieces.

Additional image credits:

Pinterest

Designer Desire: John ffrench

Mosaic of John ffrench pottery designs | H is for Home

John ffrench (1928-2010) was an Irish studio potter / ceramic artist whose work is fantastically colourful and unique.

ffrench attended the National College of Art in Dublin after which he moved to Florence to attend the Instituto Statale D’Arte to specialise in ceramics. He returned to Ireland in 1962 where he was a founding member of Arklow Studio Pottery. In 1969, he emigrated to Massachusetts to teach and where he he founded The Dolphin Studio. However, he maintained a studio in County Galway where he spent time making each summer.

Check out eBay and Etsy for available pieces. His work occasionally comes up for sale in places such as Sotheby’s and Tennant’s Auctioneers.

At the end of this post is a very short film featuring the artist. It’s part of a 2007 retrospective exhibition entitled A Life of Colour. There’s a book available (shown in the montage above) which contains almost 750 illustrations of his work.

Portrait of John ffrenchcredit

John ffrench video clip from David Shaw-smith on Vimeo.

Additional image credits:

Crawford Gallery | Pinterest