{"title":"Antique and modern ceramics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"madge-spencer-large-stoneware-vase-c2000-leach-carribean-influence","title":"Madge Spencer Large Stoneware Vase, c2000, Leach\/Carribean influence","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8a0035; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 25.5 \u003c\/span\u003ecm (10 inches) tall, belly width approx 24cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8a0035; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8a0035; font-size: large;\"\u003eCondition:  Excellent condition - there is a small flake to the edge of one flower leaf at the bottom, which is probably a kiln fault, and also at the edge of one leaf at the back there is another unglazed area probably from the making (see images).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8a0035; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8a0035; font-size: large;\"\u003eProvenance:  From the potter's own collection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8a0035; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis large vase, acquired from the potter's own collection, is made in stoneware and fired in an electric kiln.  With its applied flower, it is bursting with life like the potter herself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8a0035; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8a0035; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMadge Spencer (born 1941) is a potter of Jamaican origin. Her uncle was the renowned Jamaican potter, Cecil Baugh, who trained with Bernard Leach in England before moving back to Jamaica. It was through Baugh that Madge became interested in pottery. She was the first woman to graduate in ceramics from the Jamaica School of Art and Craft, and following her graduation she moved to England in 1967, establishing herself in Nottingham, where she still lives and works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe catalogue for one of Spencer's exhibitions (Double Vision: An exhibiton of contemporary Afro-Caribbean art, held at Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 8 November 1986 - 4 January 1987) said that “Madge’s African heritage forms part of her self-awareness as a potter, so much so that on viewing a Nigerian exhibition she felt an immediate empathy with the forms she saw there. Her pottery embodies both the Caribbean and English traditions; as Madge herself said: ‘…all my pots relate to English and Caribbean traditions and influences: Jamaican colours and shapes moulded from English clay.”’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe vase has Spencer's painted monogram on the base.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372480225617,"sku":null,"price":190.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/MadgeSpencerPLant_1.jpg?v=1786649386"},{"product_id":"doulton-lambeth-salt-glazed-stoneware-dish-by-agnete-hoy-1952-1956","title":"Doulton Lambeth salt glazed stoneware dish by Agnete Hoy, 1952-1956","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize:  20.8 cm (8 inches) in diameter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis dish is the work of Agnete Hoy, the primary artist at the Doulton Lambeth studios in its final few years before its closure in 1956. Hoy, Danish by birth, had studied at the famous Copenhagen School of Art and worked at Bullers in Stoke on Trent when she first came to England, moving to Doulton in 1952.  Her work fused some of Doulton's famous techniques with her Scandinavian influence, and this dish is a good example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe simple design and muted tone belie considerable technical artistry in the dish . The sgraffito border on the inside of the dish together with a simple band around the outside, has a slightly different slip fifinsh before the overall salt glaze firing, which results in a lifting of the whole design.  The salt glaze finish achieved is lustrous and refined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the base are the impressed Doulton Lambeth mark, Agnete Hoy's impressed signature, an impressed number 5 and two incised assistant's marks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372480258385,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/AgneteHoy_1.jpg?v=1780756707"},{"product_id":"toff-millway-british-studio-pottery-salt-glazed-cream-jug-c1995","title":"Toff Millway, British studio pottery salt glazed cream jug, c1995","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 14 cm tall, 7.7 cm across base\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, effectively as new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis jug, suitable for sauce or cream, is made with the same delicacy of potting touch and elegance of decoration as all of Toff Milway's work, and it has a lustrous salt glaze finish. It is marked at the base of the handle with Toff's stamp and it also has painted marks on the bottom which are not too clear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToff Millway is passionate about his wares being functional, for lovers of good pottery in the use of food or gardening. His home and pottery is at Conderton in Gloucestershire. He trained at Harrow School or Art and learned the art of salt glaze and kiln building from Mick Casson and Wally Keeler, among others, and has worked in Africa, France and the USA. Salt glaze is his speciality and today he is one of the technique's finest practitioners, achieving a bright high-fired finish which many would envy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372480946513,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/ToffMIllwaysmalljug_1.jpg?v=1786273268"},{"product_id":"roger-cockram-studio-pottery-porcelain-globular-bottle-vase-c2010","title":"Roger Cockram, studio pottery porcelain globular bottle vase, c2010","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize:  28 cm long, 19 cm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Excellent condition\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a great example of Roger Cockram's recent work - which he describes as \"themes base on observations of natural water.\"  Roger has during his career work in a variety of styles and with a number of ideas and materials, his work often relating to fish or animals\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOriginally born in North Devon, Roger worked as a scientist and teacher before changing direction and attending Harrow School of Art.  His first pottery, in 1976, was in Muddiford, Devon, and since 1986 he has been at Chittlehampton Pottery, also in Devon. Early work consisted of kitchen wares, all made in wood fired stoneware but after 10 years Roger rediscovered a fascination for ‘natural’ water and it has been a major interest ever since.  His work is found in several private and public collections – both in the UK and around the world, currently including the Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Israel, Palestine, Hawaii, U.S.A.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAn illustrated biographical Essay covering the progress of Roger's creative life and entitled:- ‘Roger Cockram – Stoneware Potter’ – was published in 1998 by Richard Dennis Publications.  A biography of his life and work entitled ‘In His Element’, written by Alan Marshall was published in 2012 by Mascot Media. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372480979281,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Cockram_1.jpg?v=1786298640"},{"product_id":"primavera-printemps-french-salt-glazed-bottle-vase-c1925-sainte-radegonde-mark","title":"Primavera Printemps French salt glazed bottle vase, c1925, Sainte-Radegonde mark","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 22 cm tall.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chip, cracks or restoration.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis lovely vase is a classic example of Art Deco, but also unusual in using the salt glaze firing technique.  It is marked on the base with the Printemps Primavera printed mark and also the hatchet mark of the Saint-Radegonde workshop with the word \"Primavera\".\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLe Printemps is a department store in Paris, which opened in 1865 and remains an iconic Paris retailer of luxury and fashion today.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Primavera studio was created by Printemps in 1912 and it was the first ever studio directly associated with a retailer. Many notable artists and designers of the day created objects for it with clean lines and against the Art Nouveau style which Printemps had previously promoted.  Some of them were made in Primavera owned and run studios such as Sainte-Radegonde, others by top makers such as the Faiencerie de Longwy.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481143121,"sku":null,"price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/PrimaveraPrintempsvase_1.jpg?v=1786276048"},{"product_id":"ray-finch-winchcombe-pottery-jar-and-cover-salt-glazed-stoneware-2002","title":"Ray Finch, Winchcombe pottery jar and cover, salt glazed stoneware, 2002","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSize: Height with lid 13 cm, width about 11.5 cm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a lovely example of Ray Finch's work, well potted and nicely fired.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFinch (1914-2012) was a major influence on the famous Winchcombe pottery where he first worked with Michael Cardew as an assistant and continued for the rest of his working life. Winchcombe and Finch produced the same product throughout - well crafted and well designed table ware. Finch was responsible for developing stoneware at the pottery.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis jar is Ray's personal work and bears his personal seal. It was purchased from him in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, in 2002.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481077585,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/RayFinch_1.jpg?v=1786274504"},{"product_id":"david-hemingsley-studio-pottery-stoneware-vase-leach-crowan-influence-c1970","title":"David Hemingsley, studio pottery stoneware vase, Leach\/Crowan influence, c1970","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize:  14 cm tall, approx 12 cm wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA really nice stoneware vase, thrown with a neat rim and scored and painted decoration in Japanese style, also showing the influence of Leach\/Crowan pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Hemingsley was born in Birmingham and studied art there, before working with Harry Davis at Crowan pottery in Cornwall and George Cook at Ambleside in the Lake District. After a spell as Head of Ceramics at Belfast College of Art he opened his own studio in 1973 at Balbirnie in Fife, Scotland, which he ran for 20 years.  He exhibited widely and his work is help in various museums and galleries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481175889,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/DavidHemingsley_1.jpg?v=1786299076"},{"product_id":"chris-lewis-british-studio-pottery-aztec-pattern-stoneware-jar-and-cover-c1990","title":"Chris Lewis, British studio pottery Aztec pattern stoneware jar and cover, c1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize:  23 cm tall with lid, 20 cm to rim of jar, 18 cm maximum width of base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a lovely example of the domestic ware work of Chris Lewis, with tribal art inspired decoration which he uses very often, each face of the jar slightly different.  It is hand thrown and then altered and decorated using resist and ash glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pot almost certainly dates to before about 2000, when Chris began to use his anagama kiln, which creates a more \"earthy\" feel to his pots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn common with most of Chris's work, the pot is not marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing an apprenticeship at Farnham Potteries, Wrecclesham, Chris Lewis moved to the pottery established by Ursula Mommens in 1951 at South Heighton, near Newhaven in Sussex in 1976.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris’ first kiln at South Heighton was a two chambered wood fired kiln which he used successfully for twenty years.  However in 2000, this kiln was replaced by a large single chamber “anagama” kiln based on a design that has been in use all over the Far East for hundreds of years. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchaeology and the artefacts made by vanished or disappearing cultures has an abiding influence on Chris Lewis’ work.  Regular visits to the ethnographic departments of museums and frequent travel to Africa, Asia and America, where he makes a point of searching out fellow makers, have informed and nourished his own work throughout his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris has exhibited in galleries and shows throughout the UK and Europe, and larger scale pieces have been featured in architectural and garden design projects internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481372497,"sku":null,"price":145.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/ChrisLewis_1.jpg?v=1775335318"},{"product_id":"dr-christopher-dresser-mintons-minton-porcelain-vase-cloisonne-style-1869","title":"Dr Christopher Dresser, Mintons\/Minton, porcelain vase, cloisonné style, 1869","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize: 19.5 cm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Very good condition. No chips cracks or restoration. Very slight wear to gilding on the rim. Some slight scratch marks to the main body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an elaborate example of the \"cloisonné ware\" designed by Christopher Dresser, and made by Mintons between 1868 and 1870. It  is particularly nice because of the extensive decoration around the main body which is lacking in some versions. The decoration around the neck is more specifically a Dresser design, and the base, modelled to look like a carved hardwood stand, is in this version coloured that way with gilt highlights, rather than being all gilt in some other versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design by Dresser is very well documented and it is a classic  example of Dresser design. Inside the base is the impressed Minton's mark and also the date code for 1869 (please note this is difficult to photograph).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee Widar Halen,  Christopher Dresser, 1990, page 122 and  plate 105\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481503569,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Dresser_1.jpg?v=1786273989"},{"product_id":"peter-sparrey-studio-pottery-stoneware-sang-be-boeuf-glazed-jar-and-cover-c1990","title":"Peter Sparrey studio pottery stoneware sang-be boeuf glazed jar and cover, c1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize:  18.5 cm tall with lid, 17 cm to rim without lid, width of body 17 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully crafted jar and cover is in a mid brown finely grogged clay, thrown and finely turned, finished in a sang-de-boeuf glaze with splashes of an oily glaze, and high-fired to stoneware temperature. It is a lovely example of Peter Sparrey's work, and bears his impressed stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Sparrey was born in Worcestershire and has been potting full-time since leaving school at sixteen. After serving a three year apprenticeship as a production thrower at the Guernsey Pottery, Channel Islands, he set up his first professional studio in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter produces finely thrown individual pieces of work using stoneware and porcelain clay bodies, decorated with traditional high-fired Far Eastern glazes including chun, tenmoku, celadon and copper red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 2004 to 2012 Peter established a new studio in Normandy, France. He has now returned to live in the UK with his wife and young family in rural Herefordshire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481274193,"sku":null,"price":190.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/PeterSparrey_1.jpg?v=1786811422"},{"product_id":"rosemary-cochrane-salt-glazed-studio-pottery-stoneware-jug-c1995","title":"Rosemary Cochrane, salt glazed studio pottery stoneware jug, c1995","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 15.5 cm tall.  Holds one and a half pints.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Excellent condition. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a lovely piece of salt glaze as you would expect from Rosemary Cochrane, a specialist in the technique. Rosemary's focus is on a decorative style, and this jug is generously painted with stylised designs in oxides and trailed slip. The inside is finished with a light brown slip which come to half way down the outside, and the bottom half of the jug is a warm orange.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBelow the handle is Rosemary Cochrane's impressed mark and on the bottom her paper label. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in 1947, Rosemary Cochrane is the author of a book on salt glazed ceramics and set up the Saltglaze Workshop in Pontypool, Wales, in 1985. From 2002 she moved to Usk in Monmouthshire and has begun from about 2011 to explore new directions in paper clay and earthenware.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481405265,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Cochrane_1.jpg?v=1786298496"},{"product_id":"takeshi-yasuda-oxidised-stoneware-studio-pottery-tall-pillow-dish-sansai-1993","title":"Takeshi Yasuda, oxidised stoneware studio pottery tall pillow dish, Sansai, 1993","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eSize: Width handle to handle 38 cm, width of dish itself 33 cm, height to rim of dish 15.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.  There are a few clean craze lines in the glaze as expected, and also as the dish is hand made there are areas where the glaze takes unevenly and minor imperfections and glaze dribbles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis fantastic dish is from the collection of work developed by Takeshi Yasuda in the late 1980s \u003cspan\u003ewhich he named Sansai,  due to his use of green, brown, and cream glazes that reference the three colour or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esancai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e lead-glazed ceramics of the late 7th and early 8th century Chinese Tang dynasty.  Yasuda's creation is stoneware, fired in an electric kiln, rather than the earthenware of the Tang Dynasty.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYasuda developed Sansai as a result of having to use an electric kiln for the first time during a residency at Cleveland Craft Centre, Middlesbrough (1984-1986).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThe dish is thrown and then shaped, with an open base. The glaze is applied to cause it to pool in the centre and to run to the base as it liquefies in the kiln.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThere is a label attached to the underside giving the description and date of the piece and signed by Yasuda.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Times New Roman, Bitstream Charter, Times, serif; font-size: large;\"\u003ePieces like this by Yasuda are rare to find and a number of examples are shown in galleries and museums worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eTakeshi Yasuda is a Japanese potter who was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1943. Yasuda trained at the Daisei-Gama Pottery in Mashiko from 1963 to 1966 and established his first studio there. His early work consisted of ash-glazed stoneware, after which he explored sancai and creamware.  Most recently Yasuda has been working with celadon-glazed porcelain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eYasuda settled in Britain in 1973. He has taught at various art schools and universities across the United Kingdom and was Professor of Applied Arts at the University of Ulster. From 2005 until 2010, Yasuda served as Director of the Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China, and then established his own studio in the Jingdezhen Sculpture Factory, turning to porcelain work in the tradition of this most famous of Chinese porcelain works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIn September 2014 he was awarded an Honorary Degree from Bath Spa University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481732945,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Yasudapillow_1.jpg?v=1786276819"},{"product_id":"simon-eeles-shepherds-well-pottery-large-flattened-stoneware-vase-c1990","title":"Simon Eeles, Shepherd's Well Pottery, large flattened stoneware vase, c1990","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 37 cm tall, width about 26 cm, depth about 11 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent condition. On the side with green on a black ground, there are some lines in the black glaze but these are not from firing and not cracks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis superb vase is partly thrown, partly handbuilt, the round central boss apparent made using a mould.  It's a complex piece, with  a Leach style pattern of leaves on the central panel, on one side painted onto the green glaze in a black glaze, and on the other repeated but using a resist method.  The vase is wood fired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimon Eeles is one of a family of potters who works with his brother Ben at the Shepherd's Well Pottery, which was set up by his parents David and Patricia in 1961 at Mosterton in Dorset. He makes in a variety of materials and styles, including raku as well as stoneware.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481962321,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/EelesVase_1.jpg?v=1786300128"},{"product_id":"sue-dyer-studio-pottery-porcelain-mishima-inlay-wave-vase-c2000","title":"Sue Dyer, studio pottery porcelain Mishima inlay wave vase, c2000","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSize:  26.5 cm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCondition: Excellent condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis beautiful vase is made by Sue Dyer using a traditional Korean inlay process known as Mishima.  Here the design is a stylised wave form. Sue's signature is also inlaid on the base of the vase .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSue Dyer gained a degree in Glass and Ceramics at Stourbridge College of Art in the 1970’s. Following her interest in Ikebana and Japanese gardens, she began to concentrate on ceramics, focusing on inlaid porcelain vases.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372481995089,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/SueDyerlargegood_1.jpg?v=1786277529"},{"product_id":"bridget-drakeford-porcelain-coffee-pot-celadon-sang-be-boeuf-glaze-2000","title":"Bridget Drakeford porcelain coffee pot, celadon \u0026 sang be boeuf glaze, 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 23.5 cm to top of cane handle, teapot without lid 14 cm to rim, width of base 11 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Very good condition. No chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is made in porcelain clay, the main body thrown and altered, and reduction fired with lovely glazes producing a variety of effects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the base, the potter has incised her signature and 2000, presumably the date.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBridget Drakeford (born 1946) is a well established potter who has exhibited widely at major venues throughout Britain and Internationally.  Her first workshop was established in South West Scotland in 1977, and she moved in 1994 to Herefordshire, where she now has a studio at home. She works exclusively in porcelain, taking her inspiration from Far Eastern ceramics.  She was a prizewinner at the Mashiko Ceramics Competition in Japan, and at the World Ceramic Exposition in Korea. She won an Arts Council Award for an exhibition and study tour to Japan in 2005. She is a professional member of the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsing reduction firings to produce both copper red (‘sang de boeuf’) and celadon glazes, Bridget uses an electric kiln as well at times, researching and making her own glazes based on those traditionally used in China.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482191697,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/DrakefordCoffeePot_1.jpg?v=1786299417"},{"product_id":"auguste-delaherche-french-studio-pottery-high-fired-stoneware-large-vase-c1903","title":"Auguste Delaherche, French studio pottery high fired stoneware large vase, c1903","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSize:  24.5 cm tall, about 19 cm wide.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA superb large vase in high fired stoneware by one of the leading ceramicists of his day in the Art Nouveau period. The vase bears Auguste Delaherche's stamp on the base and the number 6548. This dates it to about 1903, when he had moved from Paris to Armentieres, near his native Beauvais.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe impressed mark on the base is that used just before 1904, after which he began to sign his work with his incised signature, and went solo in his making.  The glaze used and the effects are however typical of his early 20th century work both before and after 1904.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAuguste Delaherche (1857 – 1940) was a French ceramicist, who was a leading figure in French art pottery through the Art Nouveau period. Like other leading French potters of the period, he was intensely interested in ceramic glaze effects of colour and surface texture. He also drew on the traditional  techniques of his native Beauvais region.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAfter some years potting in Paris, in 1894 he returned to Beauvais, and ten years later changed his operation to a one-man studio pottery. He also moved in stages from making exclusively stoneware to only making porcelain.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAn article of 1920 in La France Art Journal said \"To possess in one's collection one of Delaherche's Gres Flambés is to proclaim oneself of the cognoscenti of modern ceramic art. There is nothing being turned out of kilns anywhere that can compare in contour or in colour with the alchemies that come out of this modern Prometheus' oven.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt is very unusual to find such a large and impressive Delaherche vase outside a museum and for sale.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482322769,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Delaherche_1.jpg?v=1786299235"},{"product_id":"stephen-parry-british-studio-pottery-wood-fired-large-shallow-dish-c1990","title":"Stephen Parry, British studio pottery wood fired large shallow dish, c1990","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 35 cm in diameter, external depth 6 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:  Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a lovely example of Stephen Parry's wood fired stoneware. Hand thrown, it is decorated with simple but effective motifs and finished in a celadon like ash glaze on both sides and inside the foot. The glaze has fired to a light olive green with a crackle all over. Stephen Parry's impressed mark is on the outside of the foot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephen Parry trained at Croydon College of Art 1974-77, Dartington Workshop 1977-79 and in France using wood-fired kilns. Stephen set up his present pottery at Ryburgh, near Fakenham in rural Norfolk in 1981 and makes a range of functional pots and one-off pieces using stoneware and porcelain clays.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlazes are made from different types of wood ash. All his work is fired using wood, either in a 120cuft Phoenix Kiln or in an Anagama kiln. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephen is a fellow of the Craft Potters Association, an honour awarded to those \"whose work is of the highest standard in all respects – outstanding in its expression of the art of the potter, with a quality of craftsmanship appropriate to its concept and with a powerful and well established sense of individual identity.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482388305,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/StephenParrydish2_1.jpg?v=1786278175"},{"product_id":"john-maltby-1936-2020-british-studio-pottery-stoneware-beaker-c1990","title":"John Maltby (1936-2020), British studio pottery stoneware beaker, c1990","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  11.2 cm tall, width across rim 9.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA classic piece by the great John Maltby, with semi abstract stylised landscape features depicted in painted oxides on a white slip, with some sgraffito, and a tenmoku glaze inside and rim and around the base.  Signed Maltby painted inside the foot.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482421073,"sku":null,"price":390.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Maltbybeaker_1.jpg?v=1786260009"},{"product_id":"japanese-mingei-mashiko-teapot-by-minigawa-masu-c1920-with-bernard-leach-letter","title":"Japanese Mingei Mashiko teapot by Minigawa Masu c1920, with Bernard Leach letter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  Max length to end of spout 20 cm. Height with lid on 14.5 cm.  A large teapot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: End of spout broken (about 6mm is missing), a crack across the lid, which has been glued, a small piece of the lid flange missing, and a graze to the glaze on the knop of the lid. Otherwise, very good condition, some crazing as expected.  The cane handle is new (most photos are taken without it).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis type of teapot was made is large quantities in Mashiko, a town in Japan, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but not many have survived owing to their fragility and the fact they were made to be used. Those that do survive are often damaged or incomplete as here.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhat makes this teapot particularly special is that it was certainly painted by Minigawa Masu (1874-1960), the most famous painter of these teapots, who rose to fame during the early Mingei movement in Japan.  Masu Minagawa was highly acclaimed by Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961), the founder of the Mingei Movement, and Shoji Hamada, who promoted pottery within it.  She also worked personally with another famous exponent of the Mingei movement, Bernard Leach.  The hand painted Mashiko teapots were held out as a beacon of Mingei production by the \"unknown artisan\", although clearly some of the makers, including Masu, Hamada and Leach, became extremely well known.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAccompanying this teapot is a letter dated 1961 from Leach to its former owner, stating that the teapot is \"undoubtedly\" painted by Masu Minigawa, which he can confirm by the fact that he had all her patterns painted for him on paper.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe teapot is made in earthenware clay with the depression on the base which was characteristic of these teapots and which Leach explains avoids a tendency for them to crack while drying (the potting is very thin).  It is then covered in a white slip onto which the abstract landscape designs have been painted in manganese and green oxides.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSansui (landscape-decorated) earthenware teapots were widely produced in Mashiko during the late Edo period (1603 - 1868) and on into the early Showa period (1926 - 1989). In 1938, a sansui earthen teapot which Masu Minagawa had decorated gained international recognition by winning first place at the First International Craft Exhibition in Berlin. She was recognized by Tochigi Prefecture in 1960 as someone who had performed distinguished service in the interest of a field of Japanese culture.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482453841,"sku":null,"price":360.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/MinigawaMasuwithhandle.jpg?v=1786274313"},{"product_id":"john-maltby-1936-2020-british-studio-pottery-stoneware-footed-dish-c1990","title":"John Maltby (1936-2020), British studio pottery stoneware footed dish, c1990","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  Max width (corner to corner) 22 cm, side to side about 17.5 cm, external depth 5.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Very good condition. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA classic piece by the great John Maltby, with semi abstract natural and built forms depicted in painted slips and wax resist on layered glazes, ash glaze on the underside.  Signed Maltby.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482519377,"sku":null,"price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Maltbybowlwithlighthouse_1.jpg?v=1786273048"},{"product_id":"sue-dyer-british-studio-pottery-porcelain-mishima-inlay-small-vessel-c2000","title":"Sue Dyer, British studio pottery porcelain Mishima inlay small vessel, c2000","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSize: 9 cm tall 8 cm wide and 5.5 cm deep (all approximate).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCondition: Excellent condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis beautiful vase is made by Sue Dyer using a traditional Korean inlay process known as Mishima.  Here the design is a stylised seed pod. Sue's signature is also painted on the base of the vase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSue Dyer gained a degree in Glass and Ceramics at Stourbridge College of Art in the 1970’s. Following her interest in Ikebana and Japanese gardens, she began to concentrate on ceramics, focussing on inlayed porcelain vases.  “Ikebana” is the Japanese art of arranging flowers aesthetically where a sense of balance is created between the three elements – sky, earth and man.  Parallel to these themes Sue developed large-scale stone sculptural forms which could be placed within the environment. Inspired by the landscape and a strong affinity with standing stones, the individual pieces have a great feeling of timelessness and purity of sculptural form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482486609,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/SueDyersmall_1.jpg?v=1786277178"},{"product_id":"reiko-nagata-japanese-studio-pottery-stoneware-two-layer-bento-box-c2010","title":"Reiko Nagata, Japanese studio pottery stoneware two layer bento box, c2010","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  Total length (lid 28.5 cm, width 17 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a two layered serving dish with a lid, in the form of a bento box, a Japanese term for a compartmentalised box designed for takeout meals.  It is made in stoneware decorated with slip panels painted with  designs in red and green, which is also used on other parts of the box along with a tenmoku glaze.  The whole piece is finished with a transparent glaze with a slight crackle.  The base of the box has an incised inscription and an impressed seal.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReiko Nagata is a highly respected Japanese potter who has connections with the Leach pottery in St Ives, Cornwall, having had her ware sold there and run masterclasses in the area.  She design her own patterns and techniques for her pottery which is based on traditional Japanese designs.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482552145,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/ReikoNagata_1.jpg?v=1786645381"},{"product_id":"tony-laverick-british-studio-pottery-large-porcelain-vase-with-gilt-c1990","title":"Tony Laverick, British studio pottery large porcelain vase with gilt, c1990","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSize:  19.5 cm tall, width about 26 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis superb large vase is from Tony Laverick's early career as a full time potter, dating from 1988-1992 (as identified by the mark).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe vase is slip cast in porcelain clay and painted in oxides in an antiqued faux marble effect, with the interior of the neck finished in fired on gold. The pot will have undergone multiple firings at different temperatures.   The potter's mark on the bottom is part of the casting.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe piece shows the mastery of production techniques which Tony had already gained from working in the ceramic industry in Stoke on Trent (including as a designer for Coalport China, part of the Wedgwood group).  Also evident is his debt to some of the studio pottery\/factory crossover potters such as Clement Massier in France and William Howson Taylor in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSince this pot was made, Tony has gained an international reputation for his porcelain work using innovative and brightly coloured glazes and liberal use of gold.  Born in Sunderland in 1961, Tony is now based in Staffordshire. He studied ceramics at Preston Polytechnic between 1981 and 1984 before working in the pottery industry in Stoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe now specialises in fine porcelain decorated with precious metal lustres. The pieces are fired as many as six or seven times initially up to 1260 degrees centigrade.  Glazes and lustres are then applied at a later stage with lower temperature firings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe is a member of The Craft Potters Association and is frequently featured in the consumer press. Tony Laverick's pottery and ceramics are regularly exhibited in galleries all around the world and it is held in both private and public collections including The Ashmoleum Museum, The Gmunden Museum in Austria, Maison de la Ceramique in France and the Deutsches Keramikmuseum in Germany.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482584913,"sku":null,"price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Laverickbigorange_3.jpg?v=1786615266"},{"product_id":"kimura-mitsuru-japanese-studio-pottery-mashiko-ware-sake-cup-c1980","title":"Kimura Mitsuru, Japanese studio pottery Mashiko ware sake cup, c1980","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSize:  7 cm across rim, height 5.3 cm.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition:  Bowl in excellent condition.  The tomobako box is also in very good condition. It has the original cloth and was never fitted with ribbons.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a beautiful Mashiko ware sake cup,  hand thrown a hand faceted, with a kai-yu or ash-glaze and a wax-resist decoration of \"blobs\" in copper and iron glaze., It was made by the potter Mitsuru Kimura (1939-1998). He was born in Fujihara, Tochigi prefecture in 1939. Through marriage with Kimura Ichiro’s first daughter in 1968, he started studying under his new father-in-law. When Kimura Ichiro retired from potting, Mitsuru inherited the name and became the second generation working from the kiln. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe bowl bears Kimura's impressed mark on the inside of the foot, and his signature and seal on the inside of the tomobako lid.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482650449,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Mitsuru_1_8672610c-9557-4c3b-9689-be2499683c63.jpg?v=1786274893"},{"product_id":"tamsyn-trevorrow-british-contemporary-studio-pottery-rock-pool-bowl","title":"Tamsyn Trevorrow, British contemporary studio pottery Rock Pool bowl","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: About 11 cm across rim, maximum height about 10 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis stoneware pinch pot by Cornish artist Tamsyn Trevorrow with volcanic glazes is inspired by the many rock pools along her beloved Cornish coastline. The two vertical pieces in the pot reference the rhythmic movement and pattern of the waves. The pot has been fired multiple times with different glazes, creating a surface rich in texture referencing not only Trevorrow’s beloved Cornish coastline, but the many coastlines, shores, rock pools and coral reefs that she has explored across the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCornish artist Tamsyn Trevorrow builds pots and sculptural forms from heavily grogged stoneware. She uses coiling and the slab process to cut, shape, re-shape and sculpt the clay into organic and geologically inspired forms and textures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrevorrow completed a ceramics degree at Falmouth College of Arts, and she travelled extensively throughout South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372482715985,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/TamsynTrevorrow_1.jpg?v=1786259838"},{"product_id":"made-in-cley-handmade-studio-pottery-large-stoneware-soup-tureen-and-stand-c2000","title":"Made in Cley handmade studio pottery large stoneware soup tureen and stand c2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  Tureen is 25 cm across the rim, standing 11 cm tall without the lid and 17 cm tall with it. The stand is 29.5 cm in diameter. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration. There is slight crazing to the inside of the tureen, which would not affect its performance as a n ovenproof and dishwasher proof dish.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis lovely set is made by the well known pottery Made in Cley, in the village of Cley in North Norfolk.  The pottery has a well established reputation for high quality hand made studio pottery for domestic and decorative use.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe tureen (which could be used as a serving dish and also a casserole for the oven) comes complete with its own stand.  The set is in stoneware which is fired to 1300 degrees centigrade and is fully ovenproof.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis tureen is in one of the pottery's standard glaze combinations of a dark green with tenmoku glaze rims. In the typical style of the pottery, the throwing rings are evident and the work is robust stoneware, designed for functional use, but with a lovely glossy sheen and an honest elegance.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe also have bowls available to match this tureen and stand.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372483141969,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Cleytureen_1.jpg?v=1786298332"},{"product_id":"brownhills-pottery-antique-aesthetic-period-orangeade-set-jug-tray-beakers-1882","title":"Brownhills Pottery antique Aesthetic Period orangeade set, jug\/tray\/beakers 1882","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: Maximum width of tray 28.5 cm. Jug to spout 17 cm, beakers 9.5 cm tall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition:  Overall very good condition but one beaker has two hairline cracks coming from the rim - one is 3 cm and the other 5 cm..  These have been consolidated (with Paraloid B72 glue) and the cups could be used but I would not recommended hot liquids or the dishwasher for any of it.  No other chips cracks or restoration.  There is minor wear to some of the gilding on the tray only.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a charming set which I would imagine to be for orangeade on account of the colour - Brownhills made this pattern in several different colourways.  The set is a cream coloured earthenware, cast in a mould and hand painted before firing under a clear glaze, with a further addition of gilt fired again.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThere is a PODR mark on the base of all pieces which dates the design to July 1882.  There is also a painted mark 4486 and a couple of impressed marks.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Japanese style decoration places it firmly within the Aesthetic Period when \"Japonisme\" was the rage throughout Europe.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA great piece of Victoriana.  I have a matching biscuit barrel also available.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372483305809,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Brownhills_7.jpg?v=1786298047"},{"product_id":"liz-bowe-studio-pottery-reduction-fired-stoneware-dish-or-plate-c2010","title":"Liz Bowe studio pottery reduction fired stoneware dish or plate, c2010","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  About 10 inches wide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis superb shallow dish is wheel thrown and then cut, stamped and altered, and finished with a tenmoku glaze, bold splashes of a white crackle glaze, and a crystalline blue glaze in the well. It is reduction fired at 1280-1300 degrees. Liz Bowe's impressed mark is on the underside.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiz (born 1963) is based in Yorkshire and is a prominent member of the Northern Potters association.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372483273041,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/LizBowe_1.jpg?v=1786614834"},{"product_id":"peter-clough-large-studio-pottery-handbuilt-porcelain-vessel-high-moor-c2000","title":"Peter Clough, large studio pottery handbuilt porcelain  vessel, High Moor, c2000","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 25.5 cm tall.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis very striking vase is a good example or Peter Clough's work from the last 20 years.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe vase is made in a grogged porcelain clay with the decoration built up slowly using, coloured slips, shellac resist, drawing and sponging.  The interior has a black vitreous engobe and the whole piece is fired unglazed to 1280 degrees C. Peter titles his work and this one is called \"High Moor\". The base has Peter's impressed mark.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePeter Clough trained as a potter and sculptor on the South of England, before moving North in 1966.  For the last 20 years he has lived in near Harrogate, and he drives inspiration for his sculpted and painted work from the Yorkshire Dales. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372483338577,"sku":null,"price":190.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Cloughboxvase_1.jpg?v=1786274187"},{"product_id":"flying-saucer-large-studio-pottery-enamelled-and-lustre-porcelain-vase-c1985","title":"Flying Saucer, large studio pottery enamelled and lustre porcelain vase, c1985","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003eSize:  25.5 cm tall, maximum width of top 23 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003eThis slightly crazy colourful vase was made by Hilary Watters and David Symonds at the Flying Saucer.  It is signed on the bottom by the two potters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003eThe vase is cast porcelain with a white glaze with a crackle, overpainted with fired on enamel glazes in three colours and a bronze metallic lustre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003eWatters and Symonds worked at Paul Cardew's Sunshine Ceramics until they founded Flying Saucer in about 1980.  They made some very funky ceramics, but mainly in pale single colours, and this vase is an unusually highly coloured piece and not a shape which I have seen elsewhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372483404113,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Flyingsaucercrimpedrimvase_1.jpg?v=1786300304"},{"product_id":"chris-lewis-british-studio-pottery-stoneware-jar-and-cover-c1985","title":"Chris Lewis, British studio pottery stoneware jar and cover, c1985","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  21.5 cm tall with lid, 17 cm to rim of jar, 15 cm maximum width.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a lovely example of the domestic ware work of Chris Lewis, with tribal art inspired decoration which he uses very often. The style is very reminiscent of the Abuja Pottery stoneware made by Michael Cardew. It is hand thrown and decorated using sgraffito. The pot has Chris's impressed mark and also that of South Heighton Pottery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing an apprenticeship at Farnham Potteries, Wrecclesham, Chris Lewis moved to the pottery established by Ursula Mommens in 1951 at South Heighton, near Newhaven in Sussex in 1976.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChris’ first kiln at South Heighton was a two chambered wood fired kiln which he used successfully for twenty years.  However in 2000, this kiln was replaced by a large single chamber “anagama” kiln based on a design that has been in use all over the Far East for hundreds of years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchaeology and the artefacts made by vanished or disappearing cultures has an abiding influence on Chris Lewis’ work.  Regular visits to the ethnographic departments of museums and frequent travel to Africa, Asia and America, where he makes a point of searching out fellow makers, have informed and nourished his own work throughout his career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChris has exhibited in galleries and shows throughout the UK and Europe, and larger scale pieces have been featured in architectural and garden design projects internationally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372483469649,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/ChrisLewisjar_2_1.jpg?v=1786276189"},{"product_id":"stephen-parry-british-studio-pottery-wood-fired-large-stoneware-bowl-c1990","title":"Stephen Parry, British studio pottery wood fired large stoneware bowl, c1990","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 34 cm in diameter, external depth 9.5 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:  Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a lovely example of Stephen Parry's wood fired stoneware. Hand thrown, it is decorated with simple but effective motifs and finished with a celadon like ash glaze in bands in the central well. The glaze has fired to a light olive green with a crackle all over. The bowl has been fired in a wood-fired kiln, giving the clay in parts a nice \"toast\" colour.  The central band in the bowl has bee shielded from the flames of the wood firing using a resist so the grey of the raw clay is revealed.  Stephen Parry's impressed mark is on the outside of the foot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Lato, arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephen Parry trained at Croydon College of Art 1974-77, Dartington Workshop 1977-79 and in France using wood-fired kilns. Stephen set up his present pottery at Ryburgh, near Fakenham in rural Norfolk in 1981 and makes a range of functional pots and one-off pieces using stoneware and porcelain clays.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlazes are made from different types of wood ash. 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The two sides of the pot are dramatically different in finish owing to the use of glaze and placement on the kiln. For the same reason the interior is different again, and lustrous brown\/orange. The surface of the pot is silky smooth and lovely to the touch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt has the Muchelney stamp and also the seal mark of Steven Taylor (born 1976), who worked at Muchelney from 1999 to 2002, before setting up his own pottery.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMuchelney Pottery was set up in 1965 by John Leach (1939-2021), eldest grandson of Bernard Leach. He designed what has become an iconic range of stoneware pots based on the simple strength of English country pottery. Many well known potters worked there at some point, benefiting from the huge skill and experience of John.  Although John has now died, the pottery continues to thrive.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372483699025,"sku":null,"price":48.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/StevenTaylor_1.jpg?v=1786277730"},{"product_id":"melanie-brown-british-studio-pottery-porcelain-teapot-c1995","title":"Melanie Brown, British studio pottery porcelain teapot, c1995","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  11 cm to top of lid, 20 cm to cane handle. A small teapot for two small cups of tea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration. Gallery condition.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a gorgeous delicate teapot, porcelain thrown, tuned and altered, and finished with an airbrushed cobalt blue under a slight grainy gloss glaze.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLike many potters, Melanie Brown is fascinated by the challenge of making teapots, and now they are all she makes. Melanie  studied arts foundation at Wimbledon School of Art, BA Hons. Ceramics at Bristol Polytechnic and Masters Degree in Ceramics at Cardiff school of Art. She has had her own studio since 1978 and has exhibited work in the UK and in Japan, America and Europe.  Melanie also teaches ceramics, and from 1990 to 2004 she was senior lecturer on the BA course at the university of Wolverhampton and taught on the BA course at Cardiff School of Art.  In 2004 Melanie decided to devote all her time to her own work and received a Creative award from the Arts Council of Wales. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMelanie now makes collections of teapots usually characterised by an elaborate domed lid. The simple style of this teapot suggests it is fairly early work.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372483764561,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/MelanieBrown_1.jpg?v=1786613192"},{"product_id":"arthur-j-griffiths-1928-2016-british-studio-pottery-exhibition-quality-bowl","title":"Arthur J Griffiths (1928-2016), British studio pottery exhibition quality bowl","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eSize:  19 cm external depth, width at rim 25 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis superb bowl is beautifully thrown in a cream coloured clay with iron inclusions, turned on the outside but with throwing marks left on the inside. The bowl has a very precise rim and central turned line around the belly, finished further with iron based slip, and fired unglazed at stoneware temperature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIt is marked with the impressed stamp of Arthur J Griffiths (1928-2016). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArthur worked at Crowan Pottery for Harry Davis and at the Leach pottery in St. Ives. His friend and colleague David Leach asked him in 1954 to be head of Ceramics at Lougborough College of Art and Design, where he spent almost three decades before retiring in 1983 from Loughborough College of Art to concentrate on his own work. He was an active member of the Midland Group Gallery and a member of the Craft Potters Association.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372483961169,"sku":null,"price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/ArthurGriffiths_1.jpg?v=1786297892"},{"product_id":"micki-schloessingk-vintage-studio-pottery-salt-glazed-vase-or-vessel-c1980","title":"Micki Schloessingk , vintage studio pottery salt glazed vase or vessel, c1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  17 cm tall, maximum width of base 11 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA lovely example of Micki's wood-fired salt-glazed tableware, fired to a high stoneware temperature.  The vase is deceptively simple in design, thrown and altered and carefully arranged in the kiln to take advantage of the varied effect of wood firing, with a lovely tactile quality and lustrous sheen.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe vase has Micki's personal impressed marked and is also incised MD for Micki Doherty. Micki was married to the potter Jack Doherty in the 1970\/1980s.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMicki Schloessingk (born 1949) is an internationally renowned potter and a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association, and she exhibits and teaches widely.  Her work, which has been for 50 years consistent in its quiet and reflective  approach, is still very much in vogue, and Micki recently featured in the May\/June issue of Ceramic Review.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAfter some early experience with ceramics, Micki studied under Mick Casson and Victor Margrie on the Studio Pottery Course at Harrow College of Art, in London (1970-72).  She was taught by Walter Keeler and Mo Jupp, encouraged by Gwyn Hansen and inspired by John Reeves. Her first experience of making and firing with wood and salt glazing was with Gustave Tiffoche, in Guerande, France, the summer after her first year at Harrow. On her return to college along with a couple of other women students, she built her first wood-salt kiln. Leaving college, she returned to work with Gustave and then for a spell to Breda in Spain, where she worked in a traditional pottery, making wood-fired earthenware.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn 1975 she moved to Bentham, North Yorkshire, and set up her pottery making wood-fired salt-glazed tableware. Since 1987, she has been making pots on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484026705,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Schloessingkcylinder1_1.jpg?v=1786612978"},{"product_id":"margaret-frith-brookhouse-pottery-richly-decorated-stoneware-teapot-c1990","title":"Margaret Frith, Brookhouse Pottery, richly decorated stoneware teapot, c1990","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  14 cm to top of lid, handle to spout 19 cm. A teapot for two.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent condition, no chips cracks or restoration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a lovely example of Margaret Frith's work. The teapot is made in porcelain and the reduction fired glazes have a glorious zing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMargaret and David Frith have been making reduction fired stoneware and porcelain at Brookhouse Pottery in Denbigh since 1975, and are widely known for their beautifully crafted pieces using a variety of decorative techniques. Both born in 1943, their potting career goes back to 1963. Both are Fellows of the Craft Potters Association and David is a selected member of the Crafts Council. They have work in many private and public collections and exhibit widely in the UK and abroad. They have lectured overseas and given workshops in Europe, Africa, India, America, Japan, Israel and New Zealand. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484059473,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Frithteapot_1.jpg?v=1786302024"},{"product_id":"antique-hand-painted-framed-tile-c1880-edinburgh-john-knoxs-house-canongate","title":"Antique hand painted framed tile, c1880, Edinburgh, John Knox's House, Canongate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: Frame 18.5 x 34 cm, actual tile 15.5 x 31 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Tile in very good condition, crazing as expected. Good used frame (tile has not been examined out of the frame)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis tile looks like it was painted around the end of the 19th century and this would tally with the clothing worn by the people in the scene. It is entirely hand painted in enamels which have been fired beneath a glossy glaze (it was not transfer printed).  The title on the tile reads \"John Knox's House \u0026amp; Canongate Edinbro\".  There are no marks on the back of the tile, which is earthenware.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA really nice antique item. We have a sister tile showing The Old Tolbooth Edinburgh - please enquire if interested in buying a pair.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484092241,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/EdinburghJohnKnox_1.jpg?v=1786300038"},{"product_id":"antique-sherwin-cotton-6-x-12-inch-emaux-ombrants-dickens-tile-c1900","title":"Antique Sherwin \u0026 Cotton 6 x 12 inch emaux ombrants Dickens tile, c1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize:  Frame 19.3 x 34.2 cm, tile 15.3 x 30.4 cm (6 x 12 inches).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition:  Excellent condition, no chips cracks restoration or significant wear. Some clean craze lines as expected. Good used frame with one small scuff on bottom edge.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis extremely well made tile is usually described as showing a Dickens character, although we have not established which character it is.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe tile was made by Sherwin \u0026amp; Cotton, using a technique called emaux ombrants (enamels with shade), developed by their artistic director, George Cartlidge, who worked for them from about 1897.  It involved the use of a low relief picture, on which a glaze was applied, giving the appearance of colour differences and shades, although that is only produced by the thickness of the colour. Other manufacturers such as Mintons and Burmantofts copied this technique, but Sherwin \u0026amp; Cotton remained the masters and this is an early example of the technique.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484125009,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Sherwin_Cotton2_1.jpg?v=1786612747"},{"product_id":"antique-sherwin-cotton-emaux-ombrants-dickens-tile-m377-framed-c1900","title":"Antique Sherwin \u0026 Cotton emaux ombrants \"Dickens\" tile, M377, framed, c1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  Frame 19 x 34.5 cm, tile 15.2 x 30.1 cm (6 x 12 inches).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition:  Tile in very good condition, light clean crazing as expected, not examined out of frame but no apparent losses or damage.  Frame very good.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSherwin and Cotton were the most successful makers of emaux ombrants tiles.  The technique, which involves flooding with a single colour glaze a low relief moulded tile was developed by their artistic director, George Cartlidge (who went on to become a famous designer for Hancock \u0026amp; Sons).  The result is a photographic like image on the tile.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is one of the earliest emaux ombrant tiles made by Sherwin and Cotton, and is usually described as a Dickens character, although we have not identified which one.. The number on the back, which is the pattern number, is M377. There is also a trade mark impressed stamp on the back.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWe have the sister tile to this one also for sale - please enquire if interested.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484157777,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/SherwinCottontilereading_1.jpg?v=1786612619"},{"product_id":"john-leach-muchelney-pottery-wood-fired-porringer-or-handled-bowl-1998","title":"John Leach, Muchelney Pottery, wood fired porringer or handled bowl, 1998","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  Maximum length 19 cm, 12.5 across rim, belly 14 cm wide, external depth to rim 9 cm. A generous size for a bowl of soup.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition:  Exhibition quality condition, no chips cracks or restoration, only displayed previously.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a bowl with a handle for pouring, what is termed a porringer.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIt is a great example of John Leach's work, made by him as a special piece, quite likely for an exhibition. John's personal mark is on the base along with the impressed date 1998. John began marking his special pieces in this way (as distinct from the Muchelney standard ware) from 1983 onwards.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe standout feature of this piece is the varied glaze effects from the wood firing. Partly unglazed, there are also ash glazes applied and what appears to be slat glaze from kiln deposits, while the interior has a tenmoku glaze giving an almost black shiny finish.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJohn Leach (1939-2021) was the eldest son of David Leach and grandson of Bernard Leach, the founder of St Ives Pottery and one the the most important figures in the British studio pottery movement of the 20th century.  John learnt his trade at St Ives and set up his onw pottery in Muchelney, Somerset, in 1965.  His output form this pottery was consistent, wood-fired domestic ware using local clay and drawing on local tradition. His pottery survives to this day, supplying keen private buyers and also top kitchenware retailers with superb quality hand made, robust pottery.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484223313,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/JohnLeachporringer_1.jpg?v=1786302651"},{"product_id":"micki-schloessingk-vintage-studio-pottery-salt-glazed-cream-jug-c1980","title":"Micki Schloessingk , vintage studio pottery salt glazed cream jug, c1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  11.5 cm tall. A cream jug or small milk jug.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration. The jug is handmade with \"imperfections\" which are deliberate. For example, there are the potter's finger marks left in the undried slip where she has held the base to dip the jug.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA lovely example of Micki's wood-fired salt-glazed tableware, fired to a high stoneware temperature.  The jug is thrown and has slips and ash glaze applied to take advantage of the varied effect of wood firing, with a lovely tactile quality and lustrous sheen.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe jug has Micki's personal impressed mark.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMicki Schloessingk (born 1949) is an internationally renowned potter and a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association, and she exhibits and teaches widely.  Her work, which has been for 50 years consistent in its quiet and reflective  approach, is still very much in vogue, and Micki recently featured in the May\/June issue of Ceramic Review.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAfter some early experience with ceramics, Micki studied under Mick Casson and Victor Margrie on the Studio Pottery Course at Harrow College of Art, in London (1970-72).  She was taught by Walter Keeler and Mo Jupp, encouraged by Gwyn Hansen and inspired by John Reeves. Her first experience of making and firing with wood and salt glazing was with Gustave Tiffoche, in Guerande, France, the summer after her first year at Harrow. On her return to college along with a couple of other women students, she built her first wood-salt kiln. Leaving college, she returned to work with Gustave and then for a spell to Breda in Spain, where she worked in a traditional pottery, making wood-fired earthenware.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn 1975 she moved to Bentham, North Yorkshire, and set up her pottery making wood-fired salt-glazed tableware. 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Istoriato ware was painted with scenes after or in the style of oil paintings of the period- the scenes were typically Biblical, historical, or mythological. 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It was his first design for them which was followed by many more. Minton produced the tile in various colourways, this being a simple black printing on a cream ground.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe scene here is Anthony and Cleopatra Act IV scene IV, in which Anthony puts his armour on before the Battle of Alexandria, and Cleopatra tries to help him.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe back of the tile is not marked, but has the waffle pattern typical of Minton tiles.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eJohn Moyr Smith was a key name in the history of Victorian design. He worked with Christopher Dresser and on his own account was a major influence in the Arts and Crafts movement.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484419921,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/MoyrSmithAnthony_1.jpg?v=1786278777"},{"product_id":"chris-bramble-studio-pottery-smiler-jar-hand-thrown-stoneware-1995","title":"Chris Bramble studio pottery \"Smiler\" jar, hand thrown stoneware, 1995","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize:  20 cm tall with lid, about the same width.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Excellent condition. There is a firing crack on the inside of the lid, this is not structural and happened in the kiln.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis superb piece in hand thrown in stoneware clay and decorated in sgraffito with smiley faces.  It has a pale ash type glaze inside and is fired to stoneware. One the base are Chris's impressed stamps as well as his incised signature and the date '95.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChris is a potter specialising in works which use the human face and form frequently, either as pure sculpture or in a combination with the vessel form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in London and brought up in Ipswich, Hastings and Glasgow, it was during college where Chris discovered his connection with clay. Chris graduated from The Glasgow School of Art where he developed an interest in European sculptors like Rodin as well as African craftsmanship.\u003cbr\u003eThe contrast of African heritage and European upbringing lead to Chris’s warm, contemporary style, combining African forms and culture with modern techniques.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1985, Chris moved to Zimbabwe where he was influenced by methods of colloquial stone sculpture; meeting local artists and attending workshops, he learned processes of carving serpentines and verdites and translated these new forms and techniques to his ceramic work.  Returning to London and exhibiting sculptures, Chris set up his own studio in 1988 where he has now been joined by his daughter, Freya.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484452689,"sku":null,"price":260.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/ChrisBramble_1.jpg?v=1785770266"},{"product_id":"austrian-art-nouveau-vase-max-emanuel-mosanic-mitterteich-porcelain-c1900","title":"Austrian Art Nouveau vase, Max Emanuel Mosanic Mitterteich porcelain,c1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 23.5 cm tall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration. Slight wear to the gilding on the rim. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe superb vase is made in porcelain with iris-like flowers first formed in low relief and painted with coloured glazes and then further enhanced with separately fired on gilt.  The white parts of the flowers are the glazed but unpainted porcelain surface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe high quality piece was made for the boutique London retailer Max Emanuel in about 1900 and is marked with their \"Mosanic\" mark consisting of three stacked rifles.  It is further marked with  a printed \"Manufactured in Austria\" and has impressed numbers 12 and 169 on the foot-rim.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMax Emanuel bought the Mitterteich porcelain factory in 1895, three years after it began supplying them with their trademarked Mosanic wares. The retailer's wares were varied in style and scope. This vase is at the high end of their quality range and by its style fairly early.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484485457,"sku":null,"price":260.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Mittereichvase_2_1.jpg?v=1785770133"},{"product_id":"large-delphin-massier-vallauris-art-nouveau-irridescent-lustre-poppy-vase-c1900","title":"Large Delphin Massier Vallauris Art Nouveau irridescent lustre Poppy  vase c1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:  33 cm (13 inches) tall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Overall good condition, but the vase was converted to a lamp in the past. 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Clement developed the metallic lustre techniques which were adopted towards the end of the 19th century by Delphin.  Delphin tended to give his lustre ware more organic forms, beautifully exemplified in the piece.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe vase is marked on the base with Delphin's usual painted signature Delphin Massier Vallauris A.M.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484583761,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/Massier_1.jpg?v=1785766202"},{"product_id":"walter-keeler-vintage-studio-pottery-stoneware-salad-bowl-early-work-c1975","title":"Walter Keeler vintage studio pottery stoneware salad bowl, early work, c1975","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSize:  Diameter of rim 25.3 cm, external depth 14.8 cm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondition: Very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration, some scratch marks to bottom inside\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a very interesting example of Walter Keeler's early work, prior to his long association with salt glaze, and probably dating to his period in High Wycombe (pre 1976) and marked with the seal he used for 1974-1979.  It is reduction glazed stoneware, with dribbled ash glazes in side the bowl, a precise crusty black glazed rim, incised decoration on the outside at the rim, and the outside of the bowl a matt green with brown flecks coming through.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWalter Keeler (born 1942) is one of the pioneers of the revival of salt glazed stoneware pottery in Britain. He studied and subsequently taught at the Harrow School of Art, and had his first studio in 1965 in Buckinghamshire, moving to near Monmouth, Gwent in 1976.  As his write up in Studio Ceramics (Alun Graves, 2003) says, \"his work shows a crisp precision in design and fluency in making, coupled with a striking and sometimes playful sculptural vision.\"\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chester's Farm Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53372484649297,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/4312\/0977\/files\/WalterKeelerearlybowl_1.jpg?v=1785765863"},{"product_id":"svend-bayer-british-studio-pottery-stoneware-wood-fired-large-storage-jar-c1990","title":"Svend Bayer, British studio pottery stoneware wood fired large storage jar c1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize:  37 cm tall (14.5 inches) - please see image with can of tomatoes to get an idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration.  There is one small unglazed area on the lid which looks like is is a \"kiln pop\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWood firing and ash glazes have created the surface decoration of this superb lidded storage jar.  The interior is a glossy grey-blue, the exterior with two contrasting sides, created by the different kiln draughts.  The ash glazes run an dribble over the jar, the bottom being unglazed and \"toasted\".  Like most of Svend's work, there is no maker's mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSvend Bayer has always been devoted to wood-firing and uses very few glazes, preferring to use the natural chemistry of the kiln to decorate his pots –and in this he is recognised internationally as a master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was born of Swedish parents in Uganda in 1946, and came to England when he was sixteen. 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