British Art Pottery - 27th November 2019
Lot 399
Mary Gibson-Horrocks (born 1923) Industrie et Spe
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £300
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Description
Mary Gibson-Horrocks (born 1923)
Industrie et Spe, 1943 a slip decorated charger, slip decorated with a stylised bird perched on a rock outcrop, the rim with inscription Industrie et Spe (Courage and Hope), in brown on a sand ground, incised monogram and date 1943 to reverse 32cm. diam.
Provenance
Mary Gibson-Horrocks
Mary Gibson-Horrocks joined the Leach Pottery in 1944 before leaving in 1947 to set up a pottery in Surrey with MIchael Cardew.