Auction - Studio Ceramics & Modern Design 30/04/2021 10:00 AM GMT+1 Lot Title/Description Lot Title/Description 1 EDWIN BEER FISHLEY (1832-1912) for Fremington Pottery; a small 12 GORDON FORSYTH (1879-1952); a white earthenware jug, copper slipware jug covered in yellow galena glaze with copper green neck lustre on honey glaze, painted mark and Royal Winton Grimwades incised with the traditional drinking verse 'Fill me full of liquor sweet/For stamp, height 20cm. (D) that is good when friends do meet/When friends do meet and liquor plenty/Fill me again when I.B.M.T.', incised signature and pottery mark, Est. 150 - 250 height 15cm. 13 GORDON FORSYTH (1879-1952); a white earthenware jug, copper lustre on honey glaze, painted mark and Royal Winton Grimwades Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection; purchased from stamp, height 20cm. (D) the Peter Highley collection. Est. 150 - 250 Est. 120 - 180 14 WILLIAM STAITE MURRAY (1881-1962); a deep stoneware bowl 2 EDWIN BEER FISHLEY (1832-1912) for Fremington Pottery; a small decorated with a bird, impressed mark and incised and painted slipware jug covered in pale yellow glaze incised with the traditional number/year marks, diameter 21.5cm. (D) verse 'He that will not when he may/When he will he shall have nay', incised signature and pottery mark, height 13cm. Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection. Est. 80 - 120 Est. 400 - 600 3 EDWIN BEER FISHLEY (1832-1912) for Fremington Pottery; a large 15 WILLIAM STAITE MURRAY (1881-1962); a stoneware vase with iron slipware jug covered in pale yellow glaze, incised with the traditional brushwork on oatmeal ground, impressed M mark and incised and verse 'Good luck to the hoof & the horn/Good luck to the flock and the painted number/year marks, height 12.5cm. (D) fleece/Good luck to the growers of corn/May we always have plenty and peace', incised signature and pottery mark, height 23.5cm, and a Est. 400 - 600 small Mary Wondrausch jug bearing the same verse (2). 16 BERNARD LEACH (1887-1979); a small slipware pot, painted BL mark and inscribed 'Wenford Bridge Pottery 1948', impressed mark (but not Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection; Fishley jug Wenford or Leach), height 6cm. (D) purchased from the Dan Manning collection This simple pot was made and decorated by Leach during a visit to Est. 200 - 300 Michael Cardew's Wenford Bridge Pottery after Cardew had returned to 4 REGINALD FAIRFAX WELLS (1877-1951) for Coldrum Pottery; a tall Britain from Africa in 1948. stoneware vase decorated with running blue glaze on mottled dark green ground, impressed pottery marks, made circa 1912, height Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection; purchased from 26.5cm. (D) Cheddington Studio Pottery. Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection; purchased from Est. 200 - 300 Paul Rice Gallery, London. 17 BERNARD LEACH (1887-1979); an earthenware bowl covered in celadon with underglaze blue and red decoration and crackle glaze to Est. 250 - 350 the well, stylised Chinese motifs to the exterior, unusual impressed BL 5 REGINALD FAIRFAX WELLS (1877-1951) for Coldrum Pottery; a mark, made while travelling in Japan, diameter 20.5cm. (D) stoneware vase covered in streaky blue glaze, impressed pottery mark, height 18cm. (D) Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection; purchased from Oxford Ceramics Gallery; originally sold at Christie's, September 2013, Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection. 'Asobi: Ingenious Creativity: Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary and Ceramics from th Est. 100 - 150 6 REGINALD FAIRFAX WELLS (1877-1951) for Coldrum Pottery; a Est. 500 - 700 stoneware vase covered in mottled green glaze, impressed pottery 18 BERNARD LEACH (1887-1979); 'The White Mustang', a soft ground mark, height 21.5cm. (D) etching, 1918, Leach-Redgrave edition posthumously printed from steel plate, 'Bernard Leach 1918' etched into plate, numbered in pencil 4/25, Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection. 16.4 x 23.1cm, unframed. Est. 100 - 150 Literature: 'The Etchings of Bernard Leach' by Simon Olding (Crafts 7 GORDON FORSYTH (1879-1952); a white earthenware charger, copper Study Centre, Farnham, 2010, no. 62). lustre lion rampart on honey glaze, painted mark, diameter 36cm. (D) Provenance: Purchased from New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, 1990, Fosyth is renowned for his sumptuous lustre work at Pilkington's Royal and sold with original receipt. Lancastrian Pottery. The work is characterised by its medieval motifs, heraldic symbols, sailing ships and lions rampant ... and above all its Est. 300 - 500 rich colouring. It is therefore unsurprising that similar designs and motifs 19 Attributed to BERNARD LEACH (1887-1979) for Leach Pottery; a large appear on these later works made between 1945-46 in his studio at slipware jug with yellow slip to rim and handle and green to body, Royal Wi impressed pottery mark, height 25cm. (D) Est. 200 - 300 Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection. 8 GORDON FORSYTH (1879-1952); a white earthenware charger, copper lustre on cobalt underglaze, painted mark, diameter 36cm. (D) Est. 200 - 300 20 Attributed to BERNARD LEACH (1887-1979) for Leach Pottery; a Est. 200 - 300 slipware jar with pronounced ribbing covered in treacle glaze, impressed 9 GORDON FORSYTH (1879-1952); a white earthenware charger, copper pottery mark, height 18.5cm. (D) lustre on honey glaze, painted mark, diameter 36cm. (D) Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection. Est. 200 - 300 10 GORDON FORSYTH (1879-1952); a white earthenware open bowl, Est. 120 - 180 copper lustre running deer on cobalt underglaze, painted mark, diameter 21 Leach Pottery; a stoneware yunomi, iron and copper decoration on 31cm. (D) hakeme ground, impressed pottery mark, height 8.5cm, and a small bowl covered in turquoise glaze (2). Est. 150 - 250 11 GORDON FORSYTH (1879-1952); a white earthenware Athena vase, Est. 80 - 120 copper lustre on honey glaze, painted mark, height 26.5cm. (D) 22 Leach Pottery; a stoneware Z bowl, impressed pottery mark, diameter 24cm, and a pair of jam pots and covers (plus spare cover), jug and Est. 150 - 250 small brush pot (6). Est. 40 - 60 Auction - Studio Ceramics & Modern Design 30/04/2021 10:00 AM GMT+1 Lot Title/Description Lot Title/Description 23 Leach Pottery; a stoneware casserole, impressed pottery mark, 34 MICHAEL CARDEW (1901-1983) for Winchcombe Pottery; a large diameter 24cm (including side handle), and a set of ramekins (one by slipware vase with iron brush decoration on peach coloured ground, Lowerdown Pottery), pair of soups and various dishes/plates (15). impressed MC and pottery marks, height 25.5cm. (D) Est. 40 - 60 Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection. 24 TOYOZO ARAKAWA (1894-1985); a stoneware chawan covered in pitted shino glaze, incised mark, diameter 14cm, with signed box, Est. 600 - 800 Shifuku and four matching pillows. 35 MICHAEL CARDEW (1901-1983) for Winchcombe Pottery; a slipware calligraphic tankard covered in rich treacle glaze, incised seriffed Toyozo Arakawa rediscovered the techniques of manufacturing shino lettering 'Money to him that has spirit to use it & life to him that has glazes first perfected during the Momoyama and Edo periods. He also courage to lose it', impressed MC and pottery marks, height 14.5cm. (D) proved that these legendary ceramics originated in his native Mino province (not Seto as previously believed), and was responsible for the Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection. revival of the Mino kilns. He lived and worked in Mino, near Nagoy Est. 250 - 350 Est. 350 - 450 36 MICHAEL CARDEW (1901-1983) for Winchcombe Pottery; a slipware 25 KATHARINE PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE (1895-1985) for Cole Pottery; a calligraphic tankard partially covered in galena glaze , incised seriffed bulbous stoneware vase covered in grey glaze decorated with a simple lettering 'Carensa whelas carensa' (a Cornish motto meaning 'Love motif and band, impressed KPB and pottery marks, painted code marks, seeketh love'), impressed MC and pottery marks, height 13cm. (D) made 1925-46, height 21cm. Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection; purchased from the Peter Highley collection. Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection. Est. 300 - 400 Est. 300 - 400 26 KATHARINE PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE (1895-1985); a lugged stoneware 37 MICHAEL CARDEW (1901-1983) for Winchcombe Pottery; a slipware dish partially covered in grey/green glaze, impressed KPB mark, coffee pot with yellow brush decoration on chestnut ground, impressed diameter 14.5cm (including handles). (D) MC and pottery marks, inscribed with previous owner's name in pencil to base, height 19cm. (D) Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection; purchased from the Peter Highley collection. Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection. Est. 80 - 120 Est. 300 - 400 27 KATHARINE PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE (1895-1985); a small stoneware 38 MICHAEL CARDEW (1901-1983) for Winchcombe Pottery; a slipware bowl with lightly impressed fish scale pattern covered in running olive coffee pot with yellow top, impressed MC and pottery marks, collection green ash glaze, impressed KPB mark, incised and painted code marks, stamp and inscribed attribution to base, height 18.5cm. (D) diameter 11cm. (D) Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection; purchased from Est. 180 - 220 the Harry Horlock-Stringer collection. 28 KATHARINE PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE (1895-1985); a small stoneware fluted dish covered in ash glaze, impressed KPB marks, diameter Est. 180 - 220 11.5cm. (D) 39 MICHAEL CARDEW (1901-1983) for Winchcombe Pottery; a slipware jug with simple abstract sgraffito decoration under a manganese tinted Est. 100 - 150 galena glaze, impressed MC and pottery marks, made circa 1930-31, 29 KATHARINE PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE (1895-1985); an unglazed planter height 20cm. (D) with incised decoration, impressed KPB mark, height 16cm. (D) Provenance: The Nancy & Andrew Ramage collection; purchased from Est. 80 - 120 Long Room Gallery, Winchcombe. 30 BERNDT FRIBERG (1899-1981) for Gustavsberg; a tall porcelain bottle covered in pale turquoise haresfur glaze, incised signature and pottery Est.