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Auction alert: Lady Elizabeth Hart Collection and The Wallace Collection of Oriental Art

An extensive Midwinter Riviera pattern table service

This week, we’re featuring the Three Day Fine Art and Antique Auction, including the Lady Elizabeth Hart Collection and The Wallace Collection of Oriental Art. The sale will take place at Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers‘ head office, their auction house in Derby, which lies 10 minutes off the M1 on the Nottingham side of the city. The sale dates & times will be as follows:

  • 5th May 2022 from 10am
  • 6th May 2022 from 10am
  • 9th May 2022 from 10am

There’ll be a massive 1,724 lots going under the hammer across the three days. After trawling and trawling through the lots, we stumbled across some unexpected items. Tucked away within the more ‘fancy’ antiques – after the silver and jewellery and before the large collection of European and Far Eastern art we found the following few mid 20th century gems. We can’t believe the low estimate on the Midwinter Riviera set!

Bamfords charges a buyers’ premium of 24.75% plus VAT on the hammer price of each lot.

Live online bidding is available for all our auctions via www.easyliveauction.com or www.the-saleroom.com.  The charge for using these services is 3.6% of the hammer price or a flat fee of £3 with no further premium being charged for EasyLiveAuction and 5.5% of the hammer price (plus VAT where chargeable) for The Saleroom.

Bamfords can offer postage on items of a small and non-fragile nature, our minimum charge is £19.50 for Royal Mail Special Delivery service. Please be aware that we cannot offer postage of jewellery, weapons, ceramics or paintings & pictures and we do not offer postage internationally.

An extensive Midwinter Riviera pattern table service

Lot 359: An extensive Midwinter Riviera pattern table service
Designed by Hugh Casson inc dinner plates, salad pates, coffee pot, tea pot, milk jug, sugar bowl, cups, saucers, side plates, etc, printed marks, qty.
Estimate: £30 – £40

A large Troika Double Bass vase

Lot 363: A large Troika Double Bass vase
Estimate: £150 – £200
Designed by Sue Bladen, in relief with geometrical motifs, in earth tones and blue, 36cm high, painted mark, monogrammed. Hairline fractures to top of vase

A Troika Chimney vase

Lot 364: A Troika Chimney vase
Decorated with an arrangement of granular and smooth geometric and scraffito motifs, glazed in blue, brown and ochre, 20cm high, painted monogrammed HK, marks in black, c.1970
Estimate: £100 – £150

A Troika slab sided vase

Lot 365: A Troika slab sided vase
Decorated with geometric and scraffito motifs, glazed in mottled shades of sea green, brown and ochre, 17.5cm, painted marks, monogrammed, c.1970
Estimate: £100 – £150

A Troika Wheel vase

Lot 366: A Troika Wheel vase
Designed by Linda Taylor, incised with motif, 12cm high, painted marks, monogrammed; a square ashtray, 12.5cm high; a similar vase, 12cm high (3)
Estimate: £100 – £150

A Denby Tigo Ware Florence vase

Lot 367: A Denby Tigo Ware Florence vase
Designed by Tibor Reich, in black and white, 38 cm high, printed mark, c.1956. Slight crack through base
Estimate: £150 – £200

On our radar: Ilex Studio Acorn Vase and Avocado vase

Ilex Studio Acorn Vase® and Avocado vase®

As well as on Pinterest, we come across many brilliant products while scrolling through Instagram.That’s where we spotted these beautiful seed germination vases. They’re very much like traditional hyacinth vases but designed to accommodate an acorn or avocado stone.

You can buy the vases either with or without the already sprouting seed. As the vases are made of clear glass, you can watch the roots & shoots develop and grow into little saplings. Subsequently, they can be planted out into a garden or greenhouse and you can begin the process over again!

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Designer Desire: Pepa Reverter

Mosaic of Pepa Reverter designs | H is for Home

It was while researching another designer for our Designer Desire series that I stumbled across the work of Pepa Reverter. She’s a ceramic and plastics designer, collectable toy designer, furniture designer, gallery curator and illustrator (illustrating editorial pieces for the International Herald Tribune – now the New York Times International Edition).

Born in 1969 in Alcazar, Spain, Reverter is now based in Barcelona, the city where she obtained her degree and masters. Designed in 2012, her most well-known work – The Sisters Collection – comprises a series of sculptural vases named Louise, Frida, Sofia, Helen and Clara. They are manufactured by Bosa in Italy. Between 35 & 40cm tall, they are “A collection of vases that pays tribute to women of all cultures and all times”. They are available in plain white glaze or hand-decorated in various metallic or coloured designs. Many of them are available at the moment on 1st Dibs, Mohd, and B3 eshop. They retail for around £250 to £800 each depending on sister and decoration.

My work represents ingenuity, joy and enthusiasm, all those qualities that children have and that when we are older, we easily lose ourselves through the obstacles and challenges that make our lives.

Pepa Reverter portraitcredit

Additional image credits:

BD Barcelona | Casa Camper | Rotocasted

Tuesday Huesday: Dartington Kindred vases

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Collection of Dartington Kindred vases

Designed by Hilary Green, the design inspiration for Dartington Kindred vases was the Swedish glass blowers who originally went to Dartington in the 1960s and early 70s. The new Kindred collection is a modern version of what the Swedish glass makers would have originally made during that period.

Created in 8 great colours, they’re best displayed in pairs or trios to create an optic effect as they sit perfectly alongside each other. They’re available in 4 different sizes, perfect to mix & match.