The Studio Pottery Collection of Professor Luke Herrmann. - 13th December 2017
Lot 85
‡ Dame Lucie Rie DBE (1902-1995) a porcelain bottle dated 1951
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1600
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Description
‡ Dame Lucie Rie DBE (1902-1995)
a porcelain bottle dated 1951, made for sale at The Festival of Britain, cylindrical, shouldered form with slender solifleur neck, covered in a white glaze with iron speckles, impressed 1951 seal to the shoulder, impressed seal mark, 17cm. high
Provenance
Contemporary Ceramics, Bonhams, London 21st March 1991, lot 189.
Exhibited
British Studio Pottery The Collection of a Discerning Academic, Monnow Valley Arts, 26th September - 8th November 2009, catalogue number 18.
20th Century British Studio Pottery from the Collection of an Oxford Graduate, Ashmolean Museum 14th April-14th August 1994, catalogue number 38.