A Private Collection of Burmantofts Faience Pottery - 22nd June 2017
Lot 620
A Burmantofts Faience mantel clock
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £600
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Description
A Burmantofts Faience mantel clock, model no.1434, tapering rectangular form, cast in low relief with a heron wading in a river, with panels of tall flower stems, the top surmounted with a Sphinx, glazed red, impressed and incised marks, remains of paper label, 34cm. high
Literature
Jason Wigglesworth Burmantofts Faience A Compendium of Design, private press, page 57 for a comparable clock illustrated, glazed turquoise blue.
Burmantofts Pottery Bradford Art Galleries & Museum, page 51 catalogue number 55 for a comparable example.