The Studio Pottery Collection of Professor Luke Herrmann. - 13th December 2017
Lot 15
‡ William Staite Murray (1881-1962) a footed stoneware bowl
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £220
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Description
‡ William Staite Murray (1881-1962)
a footed stoneware bowl, dated 1924, covered to the base with a speckled buff ground, painted to the exterior with iron oxide brush stroke design, impressed seal mark, incised date and marks, repaired section to rim with chip missing, 15cm. diam.
Provenance
Contemporary Ceramics, Bonhams, London 13th July 1994 lot 8.
Literature
Malcolm Haslam William Staite Murray, Arts Council, page 80 catalogue no.16 and 19 for two comparable bowls made at Wickham Road in 1927 and 1929.