British Art Pottery - 12th December 2018
Lot 286
‡Dame Lucie Rie DBE (1902-1995) a stoneware coffee set for six
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000
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Description
‡Dame Lucie Rie DBE (1902-1995)
a stoneware coffee set for six, comprising coffee pot and cover, milk-jug and sugar basin, six cans and saucers, the exterior glazed matt black manganese, the interior pale grey impressed seal mark to base, one cup repaired, minor damages, 19cm. high (coffee pot)
Provenance
This set was purchased from Heal's, London and given to the present vendor as a wedding present in 1965.
Literature
Tony Birks Lucie Rie, Alphabooks, page 141 for a teapot similar illustrated dated circa 1965.