Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design - 18th March 2020
Lot 431
‡William Staite Murray (1881-1962) a stoneware tea bowl made for Ernest Marsh
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £700
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Description

‡William Staite Murray (1881-1962)
a stoneware tea bowl made for Ernest Marsh, dated 1930, footed form, the flaring bowl painted with simple flower stems and a band in iron, the band then scratched Ernest Marsh His Tea Bowl 1930, on oatmeal ground impressed seal mark, paper label to base, 8.5cm. diam.
Provenance
Contemporary Ceramics, Bonhams, 19th October 2004 lot 4
Exhibited
30 Pots Woolley and Wallis, 2019 catalogue number 12
Literature
Sarah Riddick Pioneer Studio Pottery The MIlner White Collection, Lund Humphries, page 91 for a comparable tea bowl made for Milner White.