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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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Lot 1036 Sold

FRANZ BERGMANN (AUSTRIAN, 1861-1936) A large cold-painted bronze of a carpet trader

his turbaned head facing right whilst holding the edges of a polychrome painted rug aloft, bearing stamps to his feet and the rug stamped with 'B' within the outline of a vase shape and '3912'? model number, 18cm high x 18.5cm wide x 19cm deep

Hammer price: £600

Estimate: £400 - £600

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Lot 1037 Sold

*CHRISTINE FOX (1922-2012) 'Man in Wind'

1975, cast aluminium on stone plinth, 51.5cm high x 45cm wide x 15cm deep

Hammer price: £300

Estimate: £150 - £200

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Lot 1038 Sold

JOSEF LORENZL (1892-1950) An Art Deco bronze figure of a nude dancer

languidly balanced on one leg with arms outstretched above bobbed hair, terminating on faceted onyx socle with square plinth, signed in cast, 30.5cm high x 6.5cm wide x 6.5cm deep

Hammer price: £750

Estimate: £600 - £800

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Lot 1039 Sold

*PETER EUGENE BALL (B.1943) 'Waldo Pepper'

a biplane with pilot and 'acrobat' balancing on the wing, mixed media of driftwood, copper and pewter, 54cm high x 84cm wide x 59cm deep

Hammer price: £300

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 1040 Sold

*PETER EUGENE BALL (B.1943) 'Pliny the Younger with Harpy'

1984, mixed media of carved polychrome driftwood, copper and pewter, terminating on ebonised wood plinth, 75cm high

Hammer price: £400

Estimate: £400 - £600

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Lot 1041 Unsold

*PETER EUGENE BALL (B.1943) A carved coffee table with human and zoomorphic heads

mixed media of driftwood, copper and pewter, 41.5cm high x 58cm diameter

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 1042 Sold

*PETER EUGENE BALL (B.1943), STUDIO CERAMICS A set of three brown-ground figurative ceramics

all signed and dated 1983 verso, comprising a bowl decorated with an angel, 29cm diameter, a bottle vase adorned with animals and figures (possibly Jonah and the whale), 33cm high, and a large jug with a fallen angel, 25.5cm high (3)

Hammer price: £80

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 1043 Sold

*CASIMIR BRAU (B.1878) An Art Deco bronze 'Ape' Mascot

1920s, of stylized form figured crouching, 8cm high, on a wooden base

Provenance: Bearing an old Christie's label to the base;
The Peter Newall Collection.

Hammer price: £70

Estimate: £100 - £200

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Lot 1044 Sold

LALIQUE: A 'CHRYSIS' FROSTED GLASS MASCOT

after the original 1931 design by Rene Lalique, modelled in the form of a female nude, etched 'Lalique' to base, 13.5cm high overall

Hammer price: £260

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 1045 Sold

LALIQUE: A 'FAUCON' (FALCON) GLASS MASCOT

moulded 'R. Lalique' to one side of base, wheel-cut 'France' to the other side, 15.5cm high

Hammer price: £1,500

Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000

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Lot 1046 Sold

*PAUL CATON (B.1950) A patinated bronze bowl

stamped with maker's mark, 7.5cm high

Hammer price: £150

Estimate: £150 - £250

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Lot 1047 Sold

*IVO MOSLEY (1951-2024), STUDIO CERAMICS A celadon and terracotta charger with dancing figures

1976, signed and dated to base, 40cm diameter

Ivo Mosley is a British potter, writer and polymath whose ceramics unite craft tradition with a…

Hammer price: £70

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 1048 Sold

*CLARICE CLIFF (1899-1972) FOR WILKINSON LTD A rare 'Bowling' small plate

circa 1929, with 'Bizarre' marks beneath, hand painted with green and blue motifs over a brown, orange, yellow, green blue and black banded ground, 18cm diameter; together with a teacup in the same design, 5.5cm high (2)

Note: 'Bowling' is one of the rarest of Clarice Cliff's patterns and certainly one of the rarest abstract designs. The pattern has few examples in existence, with many being privately commissioned.

Hammer price: £200

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 1049 Sold

*CLARICE CLIFF (1899-1972) FOR NEWPORT POTTERY Three pieces of 'Berries' ceramics

circa 1930, comprising a small plate, 18cm diameter, and a cup and saucer, 6cm high and 14cm diameter respectively, both bearing 'FANTASQUE' and 'Bizarre' marks to the base, decorated with hand-painted stylised fruit and foliage against diagonal bands with conforming rings to the edges (3)

Hammer price: £160

Estimate: £50 - £100

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Lot 1050 Sold

*CLARICE CLIFF (1899- 1972) FOR NEWPORT AND WILKINSON POTTERY Three pieces of 'Red Gardenia' ceramics

circa 1931, all stamped 'FANTASQUE' and 'Bizarre' to base and with hand-painted stylised flowers in red, lilac and blue with conforming striped borders of orange and green, comprising a small plate, 17.5cm diameter (WILKINSON POTTERY), and a cup and saucer (NEWPORT POTTERY), 15.5cm high and 14cm diameter respectively (3)

Hammer price: £220

Estimate: £100 - £150

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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