Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design - Day One - 16th March 2022
Lot 108
A Poole Pottery Freeform vase designed by Alfred Read and Guy Sydenham
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £380
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Description
A Poole Pottery Freeform vase designed by Alfred Read and Guy Sydenham, shape no.724, pattern PT, tapering cylindrical form with swollen and flaring asymmetric neck, painted with stylised butterfly motif in purple and green on a matt white ground, incised, printed and painted marks, 35.5cm. high
Provenance
British Art & Design, Woolley and Wallis Auctioneer's 23rd July 2008, lot 142
The Redstone Collection.
Literature
Leslie Hayward and Paul Atterbury Poole Pottery, Richard Dennis Publications, page 107 for this shape and the original designs for the pattern illustrated.