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Art & Design post 1880

Auction date Thursday 16 October 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale: 

William Parker


Auction: 

Thursday 16th October at 10.30am

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Including the following: 

The collection of Mavis Freer, Part II,

Works by, Edward Seago, Mary Newcomb, Charles Walter Simpson, Laurence Stephen Lowry, Frank McKelvey RHA and Léon De Smet.


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Total lots: 369

*CLARICE CLIFF (1899-1972) FOR NEWPORT POTTERY Two lidded ceramic vessels
Lot 1051 Sold
*CLARICE CLIFF (1899-1972) FOR NEWPORT POTTERY Two lidded ceramic vessels
circa 1930, both stamped 'FANTASQUE... BIZARRE', comprising an 'Oranges' preserve jar and lid, decorated with fruits and stylised leaves, 12cm high, and a 'Windbells' sugar box and cover (top broken but present), 5cm high (2)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*CLARICE CLIFF (1899-1972) FOR NEWPORT POTTERY A 'Farmhouse' plate
Lot 1052 Sold
*CLARICE CLIFF (1899-1972) FOR NEWPORT POTTERY A 'Farmhouse' plate
circa 1932, with the homestead against a backdrop of trees, 23cm diameter; together with a 'Tulip' teacup, 5.5cm high, both stamped 'FANTASQUE BIZARRE' (2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
ERIC RAVILIOUS (1903-1942) FOR WEDGEWOOD A 1953 Coronation mug for Elizabeth II
Lot 1053 Sold
ERIC RAVILIOUS (1903-1942) FOR WEDGEWOOD A 1953 Coronation mug for Elizabeth II
decorated in pink and yellow with fireworks, Royal insignia and '1953', with stamps to base, 10cm high
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £80 - £150
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
ERIC RAVILIOUS (1903-1942) FOR WEDGEWOOD A 1953 Coronation mug from Elizabeth II
Lot 1054 Sold
ERIC RAVILIOUS (1903-1942) FOR WEDGEWOOD A 1953 Coronation mug from Elizabeth II
decorated in pink and yellow with fireworks, Royal insignia and '1953', with stamps to base, 10cm high
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £80 - £150
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
A COLLECTION OF LINTHORPE ART POTTERY BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER
Lot 1055 Sold
A COLLECTION OF LINTHORPE ART POTTERY BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER
19th century, including a part-coffee service decorated with black flowering branches under a toffee-glaze, comprising two coffee pots with covers (one missing knop) with impressed mark of 'LINTHORPE... Chrs. Dresser', pattern no. '646' and 'HT' (for Henry Tooth), 26cm high, seven coffee cups (no. '639') and one coffee cup (no. '629'), with ten saucers (no. '629'), six teacups (no. '641') with three matching saucers (no. '640'),
and a LINTHORPE part-tea service of seven teacups (no. 641) and six saucers (no. 639), a creamer…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*RUTH DUCKWORTH (1919-2009), STUDIO POTTERY A stoneware part-coffee service
Lot 1056 Unsold
*RUTH DUCKWORTH (1919-2009), STUDIO POTTERY A stoneware part-coffee service
mid-century, with maker's stamp of 'RWD', comprising five coffee cups and six saucers, a creamer, a miscellaneous lid (photographed on top of creamer), and a coffee pot with cover, 24cm high (including knop on cover) (a lot)
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*DAVID EELES (20TH CENTURY), BEAMINSTER, DORSET, STUDIO POTTERY A large stoneware globular jug
Lot 1057 Sold
*DAVID EELES (20TH CENTURY), BEAMINSTER, DORSET, STUDIO POTTERY A large stoneware globular jug
with reeded applied handle, stamped 'DE' on base to outer rim, label to verso, decorated with mountainous landscape bathed by sun rays in turquoise and copper glazes, 38cm high
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*BENJAMIN EELES (20TH CENTURY), BEAMINSTER, DORSET, STUDIO POTTERY An incised stoneware jug
Lot 1058 Sold
*BENJAMIN EELES (20TH CENTURY), BEAMINSTER, DORSET, STUDIO POTTERY An incised stoneware jug
label to verso, the brown body with wavy abstract design, 21cm high
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £80
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*CLIVE DAVIES (B.1939), BRITISH, STUDIO POTTERY A polychrome glazed stoneware jug
Lot 1059 Sold
*CLIVE DAVIES (B.1939), BRITISH, STUDIO POTTERY A polychrome glazed stoneware jug
with maker's mark, comprising yellow cross-hatched abstract shapes with green leaves on a cream ground, 18.5cm high
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*ALAN ASHPOOL (1932-2024), BRIDPORT, DORSET, STUDIO POTTERY A stoneware bottle vase
Lot 1060 Sold
*ALAN ASHPOOL (1932-2024), BRIDPORT, DORSET, STUDIO POTTERY A stoneware bottle vase
with maker's stamp to the base, label to verso, the brown mottled ground decorated with two contrasting panels containing three and four ochre dots respectively, 20cm high
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £80
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*JANE YATES (20TH CENTURY), BIDEFORD, DEVON, STUDIO POTTERY A large baluster vase with striated decoration
Lot 1061 Sold
*JANE YATES (20TH CENTURY), BIDEFORD, DEVON, STUDIO POTTERY A large baluster vase with striated decoration
2005, the base signed, 52cm high
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*JAN MULLIN (20TH CENTURY), DEVON, STUDIO POTTERY A small smoke-fired baluster vase
Lot 1062 Sold
*JAN MULLIN (20TH CENTURY), DEVON, STUDIO POTTERY A small smoke-fired baluster vase
stamped to verso and above foot, black ground with terra sigiliata slip, 16cm high
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*PHILIP WOOD (B.1957) STUDIO POTTERY, SOMERSET A black and tan glazed squat lidded vessel
Lot 1063 Sold
*PHILIP WOOD (B.1957) STUDIO POTTERY, SOMERSET A black and tan glazed squat lidded vessel
with three applied strap handles to the top, 34cm high (to finial on lid)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*SVEND BAYER (B.1946) BRITISH DANISH, STUDIO POTTERY A squat brown and green speckle glaze vase
Lot 1064 Unsold
*SVEND BAYER (B.1946) BRITISH DANISH, STUDIO POTTERY A squat brown and green speckle glaze vase
with four applied handles and incised waves to the neck, 21cm high
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*TREVOR CORSER (1938-2015), LEACH STUDIO POTTERY, ST IVES, CORNWALL A brown and green glazed flagon
Lot 1065 Sold
*TREVOR CORSER (1938-2015), LEACH STUDIO POTTERY, ST IVES, CORNWALL A brown and green glazed flagon
1984, with raised medallion of cross-hatched design, 35cm high

Trevor Corser served forty years at Leach Pottery, St Ives, until it closed in 2005. Originating from Oldham, he had worked as a fisherman in St Ives and gradually progressed from portering at the Leach Pottery to actual skilled production of its iconic wares. He studied under Bernard Leach and alongside William Marshall. He later became the recognised studio potter we know today, all true to the Leach traditions of simple design.
The emergence of studio pottery in the early 20th century represented a profound shift in attitudes…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*JEREMY LEACH (B.1941) LOWERDOWN POTTERY, DEVON A fluted tenmoku lidded vessel
Lot 1066 Sold
*JEREMY LEACH (B.1941) LOWERDOWN POTTERY, DEVON A fluted tenmoku lidded vessel
stamped by potter and 'LP', the lid with applied conforming strap handle, 25cm high (to top of handle on cover)
The emergence of studio pottery in the early 20th century represented a profound shift in attitudes…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
*CORNELIA GRIEHL (20TH CENTURY), STUDIO POTTERY A blue-black textured flat curvilinear vase
Lot 1067 Sold
*CORNELIA GRIEHL (20TH CENTURY), STUDIO POTTERY A blue-black textured flat curvilinear vase
1984, monogram impressed to underside, 35cm high
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
MOORCROFT: AN 'ANENOME' GINGER JAR WITH COVER
Lot 1068 Sold
MOORCROFT: AN 'ANENOME' GINGER JAR WITH COVER
monogram by artist and with impressed mark, 16cm high; together with a small baluster vase in similar pattern, 20cm high, both on dark blue ground (2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
MOORCROFT: A 'BERMUDA YELLOW LILY' VASE
Lot 1069 Unsold
MOORCROFT: A 'BERMUDA YELLOW LILY' VASE
yellow blooms on green background, signed by artist and with impressed mark, 33cm high
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
MOORCROFT: AN 'ODE TO MAY' MINIATURE VASE
Lot 1070 Sold
MOORCROFT: AN 'ODE TO MAY' MINIATURE VASE
2005, monogrammed by artist and with stamped base, 11cm high
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
MOORCROFT: A 'MOON DAISY' SMALL BULBOUS VASE
Lot 1071 Sold
MOORCROFT: A 'MOON DAISY' SMALL BULBOUS VASE
2009, with stamps to the base, 14cm high
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
MOORCROFT: A 'COLUMBINE' SMALL BOWL
Lot 1072 Sold
MOORCROFT: A 'COLUMBINE' SMALL BOWL
with impressed mark to base, 14.5cm diameter; together a large 'Hibiscus' plate on green ground, signed by artist and with impressed marks, 26cm diameter (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
MOORCROFT: A 'HIBISCUS' LIDDED BOWL
Lot 1073 Sold
MOORCROFT: A 'HIBISCUS' LIDDED BOWL
with early paper label to lid interior and to verso, impressed with maker's mark, 10cm high x 14.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 October 2025
16 October 2025
WALTER MOORCROFT: A 'HIBISCUS' SQUAT VASE
Lot 1074 Sold
WALTER MOORCROFT: A 'HIBISCUS' SQUAT VASE
monogram by artist and with stamped mark, on dark blue ground, 16cm high
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
16 October 2025
16 October 2025

Total lots: 369

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