A Private Collection of Burmantofts Faience Pottery - 22nd June 2017

Lot 527

A rare Burmantofts Faience wall charger by William Neatby

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £2000

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Description

A rare Burmantofts Faience wall charger by William Neatby, dated 1887, painted with a Geisha feeding doves, in a traditional Japanese room-scape, in colours impressed marks, painted Wm J Neatby signature, dated 1887, professional restoration to side, 39.5cm. diam.

Literature

Burmantofts Pottery Bradford Art Galleries & Museum & Leeds City Museums, 1984, page 58 catalogue number 112 for two comparable, one example illustrated.