20th Century Design
We hold four specialist auctions across the year: Clarice Cliff and Art Deco, Arts and Crafts, Design, and British Art Pottery. These themed sales cover ceramics, glass, metal ware, works on paper, silver and textiles, from the Arts and Crafts movement to the present day.
The department achieved a record sale total in June 2014 and a world record auction price of a piece of Martin Brothers pottery, beating the world record previously set by Woolley and Wallis in 2013.
We have successfully auctioned the collections of Lord Parmoor, the BBC producer Verity Lambert, and more recently a private collection of Burmantofts Faience Pottery, where we equalled the world record auction price for a Burmantoft charger. The department concluded 2017 with a prestigious sale of the studio pottery collection of Professor Luke Herrmann. Woolley and Wallis are market leaders in 20th Century Design, in particular contemporary ceramics, Martin Ware, Clarice Cliff and Arts & Crafts.
The 20th Century Design department is located at Unit 1B, Castle Gate Business Park, Old Sarum, Salisbury, SP4 6QX. Sales are still held at Castle Street.
In Memoriam - David Jordan
Published: 4th January 2021
A different kind of Christmas
Published: 18th November 2020
Sale News Winter / Spring 2021
Updated: 2nd November 2020
Buyers rush into Ghostly Wood
Published: 7th October 2020
Lucky find at Devon pannier market
Updated: 6th October 2020
There is nothing like a Dame...
Published: 27th August 2020
The Dame Elisabeth Frink Collection
Published: 13th August 2020
Back and raring to go
Published: 14th May 2020
