Arts & Crafts - 20th June 2012

Lot 567

A large Compton Potters' Art Guild Fafnir (Snake) terracotta jardiniere

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £4000

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Description

A large Compton Potters' Art Guild Fafnir (Snake) terracotta jardiniere, designed by Mary Seton Watts, retailed by Liberty & Co. cast in relief with serpent handles, stamped Compton Potters' wheel mark 62cm. wide, 42cm. high Literature Yule-Tide Gifts Liberty & Co catalogue, circa 1903-04 this design illustrated, reproduced in Modern Celtic Art Garden Pottery by Veronica Franklin Gould page 20.