Arts and Crafts - 24th August 2021
Lot 230
‡ Reginald Fairfax Wells (1877-1951)
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £800
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Description
‡ Reginald Fairfax Wells (1877-1951)
Mother and Child
a stoneware figure, covered in a matt green and chestnut brown glaze,
impressed signature,
38cm. high
Provenance
The David Coachworth & Peter Myers Collection.
Literature
Reginald Wells Sculptor, Potter, Designer, 1877-1951, 10th October-22nd November 1998, Luton Museum Services, page 9 catalogue number 100 for a comparable stoneware figure illustrated. An example of a bronze figure, titled Peasant Woman and Child, was exhibited at the Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers in 1904.