Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design - Day One - 16th March 2022
Lot 147
A Poole Pottery Contemporary 'Feather' carafe vase designed by Alfred Read
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £180
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Description
A Poole Pottery Contemporary 'Feather' carafe vase designed by Alfred Read, pattern YCS, shape 690, ovoid with tapering cylindrical neck, painted with alternate foliate panels black on a grey ground interspaced with yellow, on a white ground, a Poole Contemporary Purbeck part dinner service, pattern OV comprising; two tureen and covers, six soup bowls and four saucers, six dinner, five entree and six side plates, and a Poole Constellation, Feather , Ariadne, Ripple sideplates, and another pattern DNT painted with flowers, printed factory mark, painted marks, 25cm. high, (a lot).
Literature
The Studio Yearbook, 1955-56 page 120 for a Streamlined tea set designed by John Adams in the Ariadne pattern designed by A.B. Read illustrated.