Vintage "Patricia" Honeyglaze Bomb Sugar Bowl - A.J Wilkinson - Art Deco

Bomb shaped sugar bowl in the gold chintz Patricia design by AJ Wilkinson Ltd. Some have linked the shape to Clarice Cliff and she certainly worked at Wilkinson's at the time and produced work with similar elements. Regardless, it's in excellent condition with very little wear. No id - if ever there was one.  

10cm x 9.5cm 

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Vintage Art Deco Jug - Royal Art Pottery - Alfred Clough

Great period piece this, a green jug of an art deco design by Alfred Clough's Royal Art Pottery of Longton. Excellent condition for its age although the black dot does does appear to be under glaze and as such indelible. 

13cm x 13cm 

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Pair of Small Vintage Undecorated Rectangular Bowls - Gray's Pottery

Intriguing pair of rectangular bowls or dishes by Grays Pottery. They are both slightly differently coloured, one a slightly brighter yellowish buff. The backstamps date from the mid 1930s but there are handwritten marks, too "D2 x 36" & "D2 x 37" and these appear to have been lacquered over. I suspect they may be colour test pieces of some kind, something I am accustomed to finding as I live near The Potteries and much of my stock is sourced from the area. Perhaps they were to be hand coloured later or maybe they were trialling different base colours. We'll never know. They're in excellent condition and are lovely and smooth. Still fantastic pieces in their own right.

14.5cm x 8cm x 3cm

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Vintage Miniature Lustre Jug - Oldcourt Ware by J. Fryer Ltd

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Miniature handpainted Oldcourt Ware colour lustre jug by J. Fryer. Art deco inspired shape with downswept and curved handle. Later version of the backstamp, thought to be in use between 1960 & 1970. Outside in excellent condition, green ink stain running through crazing on inside.

5.5cm (h) x 6.5cm

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Vintage Hand Painted Sunbuff Teacup - Gray's Pottery

Teacup in the classic "Sunbuff" pattern by Gray's Pottery. Handpainted with green and beige lines and a floral transfer on the inside. Dates to between 1935 & 45 although favourite would be pre-war owing to restrictions on the use of colour during wartime. Crazed but clean. Very delicate and always feel on the point of falling apart but seems robust enough!

7cm x 10.5cm (d)

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Vintage Art Deco Jug - H & K, Tunstall Hollinshead & Kirkham

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Hand painted jug by H & K (Hollinshead & Kirkham) of Tunstall. It is from their Art Deco era output but isn't one of the highly collectable "Delicious Dozen", although it is one of the shapes that were used, with the same style handle, pinch spout and ridge. It is quite crazed but still clean and is otherwise excellent condition.

12cm x 12cm

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Vintage Art Deco Blue & Pink Daisies Cake Plate - Shelley

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Art Deco cake plate in the Blue & Pink Daisies pattern by Shelley. The marks on the back state B 12216, B is the mark for Milton or Windsor but neither seems to fit and 12216 doesn't appear on the few lists I've been able to find either. The stamp though is for 1925-45. It has been well used and there's some surface wear and the colour is a touch faded but there are no chips and it still looks pretty good.

25cm x 21cm

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Vintage Art Deco Cream Jug HW 181 - Myott

Small hand painted art deco ware cream jug in the HW 181 pattern by Myott, Son & Co. The backstamp is the Gold Crown Made in England mark used between 1930 and 1942. There is some wear around the rim but the large patch of missing yellow appears to be underglaze.

7.5cm x 10cm

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Vintage Art Deco Sugar Bowl HW 181 - Myott

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Small hand painted art deco sugar bowl, I believe in the HW 181 pattern, by Myott, Son & Co. The backstamp is the Gold Crown Made in England mark used between 1930 and 1942. In very good condition, with very few marks.

5cm x 8.3cm

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Vintage Hand Painted Art Deco Wild Rose Small Sugar Bowl - John Beswick

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Small hand painted oval sugar bowl from the Wild Rose range by John Beswick. This has been extremely difficult to date without reference books as it doesn't come up very often on the internet. Whether this is an indication of rarity, we cannot say. The best we can come up with is pre-1938 and the condition and style would seem to bear this out. It has some crazing and there's a small graze on the rim although this can't really be called a chip. there are a couple of small flakes of colour missing from the decoration but by and large it's fine.   

Dimensions: 7.5cm x 5cm x 4cm

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Vintage Art Deco Burleigh Ware Bowl - Burgess & Leigh

This is a fairly large mottled green Burleigh Ware bowl with the "hive and leaves" backstamp dating it to the 1930s. It is a beautiful shape and is free from nicks, cracks and chips. The only fault is with the glaze, which seems to have run and pooled in the bottom somewhat and is uneven on one side of the pedestal part, prompting me to think this is possibly a production second. I live near The Potteries and I see a lot of perfectly good items with small glazing faults - just enough to keep them from general sale, factory second shop or export and it is reasonable to surmise they may have been passed on to pot bank workers in lieu of being scrapped. A little bit of social history perhaps? It is nevertheless still a smart looking bowl.

26cm x 6cm

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Vintage Salad Ware Jug - 657 - Art Deco - Crown Devon - Fieldings

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Green art deco salad ware jug with usual bright red tomato feature by Crown Devon - Fieldings.  It bears the number 657 on the base and the post 1930 "Crown" stamp. It is well coloured and in good overall condition with no chips or cracks but is extensively crazed, although this is more noticeable on the inside.

12.5cm x 7cm x 7cm

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Yellow Lustre Art Deco Style "Jane" Jug or Vase - James Sadler

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Beautiful yellow with petrol lustre jug with gold edging in the "Jane" pattern by Sadler. It bears the post 1947 ribbon mark but the design is resolutely deco in style. The interior is crazed and there looks to be a short crack in the glaze near the handle but this doesn't appear on the outside and when tapped it doesn't sound cracked. The gilding is near perfect. The only exterior surface fault is a small air blow in the glaze on the shoulder near the handle join, about 5mm across, that reveals the rough surface of the underglaze where a bubble has breached the surface. It's noticeable only from the side and isn't a massive detraction from the overall effect. It's still a lovely looking piece.

22cm (h) x 21.5cm x 10cm

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Vintage Art Deco Bowl - Avon Ware

Beautiful pastel coloured art ware side plate or dish by Avon Ware. It has pale and dark pink flowers with light green leaves and yellow stalks, all in relief on a light peach background. Age is perhaps just pre WWII. It is extensively crazed although this is very fine and not overtly noticeable.

20cm diameter

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Vintage Art Deco Milk Jug - Crown Ducal

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Lovely milk jug in cream with orange and grey hand painted flowers and lines. The impressed stamp is 36 and indeed the shape is a common one with the flattened handle and slightly raised spout in archetypal deco style. However I just cannot find the design name - maybe somebody out there can help? Again I am unsure of the age, possibly either side of WW2 or slightly later. There is a small flake of paint missing on the top of the handle otherwise it's in very good condition.

15.5cm (inc handle) x 10cm

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Vintage Art Deco Pewter Tea Set by Craftsman, Sheffield

An Art Deco three-piece tea set by Craftsman of Sheffield. It comprises a squat oriental, magic lamp style tea pot, milk/cream jug and a sugar bowl. They are of a hammered finish, each with a studded band around the waist. The pot has an ornate Bakelite handle and knob. All items are in pretty good condition with the jug having only the most minor bumps, dents and scratches. The bowl is slightly flattened around its waist for about 1.5cm but is otherwise very good. The pot is also in very good condition although the base has suffered a few knocks. This is quite normal as pewter will become malleable with heat and as this has been used many times (tannin stains inside attest to this) it goes without saying that the hot surfaces will doubtless be more prone to some distortion. This may also explain why the handle is slightly off-kilter by a degree or so. Despite this it appears sound; I can't see any cracks and I have tested it with cold water which didn't reveal any leaks. The Craftsman mark was used by Viner's between 1926 and 1939 so this set can be considered a genuine vintage piece and consequently any marks and damage are consistent with its age.

All measurements approx:
Pot: 12cm tall, max diameter incl handle: 24cm
Jug: 7cm tall, 11.5 cm, max diameter,
Sugar bowl: 8cm tall, 13.5 cm max diameter incl handles.

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