British Pottery 2

Dating from the 1960s here is a small bone china bowl (we currently have two for sale separately) in the fabulous 'Carissima' pattern from Ridgway - a very decorative and brightly coloured flower-power design onto a bright white bone china base.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:   Diameter 4.6in/11cm   Weight 185g

CONDITION:  Lovely original condition with no damage - on some pieces there is some light crazing and the odd dark mark/line to the interior in places.

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Dating from the 1960s here is a small bone china milk or cream jug in the fabulous 'Carissima' pattern from Ridgway - a very decorative and brightly coloured flower-power design onto a bright white bone china base.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Weight 185g

(08/09)

Dating from the 1960s here is a bone china tea trio (a trio consists of a matching cup, a saucer and a teaplate - we currently have three trios for sale separately) in the fabulous 'Carissima' pattern from Ridgway - a very decorative and brightly coloured flower-power design onto a bright white bone china base.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Diameter (plate) 6.5in/16cm   Weight (all three items) 375g

CONDITION:  Lovely original condition with no damage - on some pieces there is some light crazing and the odd dark mark/line to the interior in places.

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These are gorgeous, extremely tactile and in a very unusual shape and date from the late 1960's/early 1970's.  Made from an oatmeal speckled stoneware in a squat globular shape with cork stoppers these are fabulous pieces of studio ceramics.  The salt pot has a raised pronounced hole whereas the pepper is flat and both pots are impressed with the letters/initials 'db' - obviously this is the artist's mark but we haven't yet been able to pin this down to a particular artist/designer.  These are just a really nice, very usuable and well-designed salt and pepper set that look as fresh today as when they were made.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Diameter  3.5in/9cm    Weight  394g

(08/28)

Here is a blue and white hand painted Rye Pottery elliptical bowl by David Sharp.  It is impressed to the base with the capital letter 'D' (David Sharp's monogram) which means that this particular piece was thrown in 1956 by David himself but decorated the following year after he'd left to set up Cinque Ports Pottery.  It is a particularly attractive piece, in an organic shape, with a white glazed ground and inner decorated with beautiful hand painted blue stripes to the outside.  Stamped to the base with 'MADE IN RYE POTTERY ENGLAND' and the white glazed impressed 'D'.  A highly collectable piece of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  3in/7.5cm   Length  5.5in/14cm   Width  4.5in/11.5cm    Weight  276g

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From the David Sharp Pottery in Rye, Sussex here is a large stylised bull made from a pale pottery which has been dipped in successive layers of brown glaze with a fantastic lustred finish to the final layer.  Dating from the late 1960s or thereabouts this is a highly collectable piece of studio pottery.  Scratched to the underside by hand are the words 'DT SHARP, RYE'.   Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:   Length  8.25in/21cm   Height  5in/12cm      Weight  590g

(08/50-MCM)

Here is a fabulous blue and white hand painted Rye Pottery jug by David Sharp.  It is impressed to the base with the capital letter 'D' (David Sharp's monogram) which means that this particular piece was thrown in 1956 by David himself but decorated the following year after he'd left to set up Cinque Ports Pottery.  It is a particularly attractive piece, with a bulbous base and a pinched spout, with a white glazed ground and inner decorated with beautiful hand painted blue stripes to the outside.  Stamped to the base with 'MADE IN RYE POTTERY ENGLAND' and the white glazed impressed 'D'.  A highly collectable piece of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  4.5in/11.5cm   Weight  278g

More fabulous blue and white hand painted Rye Pottery by David Sharp.  In the form of a small mug it is impressed to the base with the capital letter 'D' (David Sharp's monogram) which means that this particular piece was thrown in 1956 by David himself but decorated the following year after he'd left to set up Cinque Ports Pottery.  It is a particularly attractive piece, with horizontal incised banding around the base, with a white glazed ground and inner decorated with beautiful hand painted blue stripes to the outside.  Stamped to the base with 'MADE IN RYE POTTERY ENGLAND' and the white glazed impressed 'D'.  A highly collectable piece of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  3.25in/8cm   Weight  194g

This is gorgeous - a blue and white hand painted Rye Pottery tankard by David Sharp.  It is impressed to the base with the capital letter 'D' (David Sharp's monogram) which means that this particular piece was thrown in 1956 by David himself but decorated the following year after he'd left to set up Cinque Ports Pottery.  It is a particularly attractive piece, which tapers to the rim, with a white glazed ground and inner decorated with beautiful hand painted blue stripes to the outside.  Stamped to the base with 'MADE IN RYE POTTERY ENGLAND' and the white glazed impressed 'D'.  A highly collectable piece of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  5.5in/14cm   Weight  566g

More fabulous blue and white hand painted Rye Pottery in the form of a small bowl.  This one, unlike all the others for sale above, is NOT impressed with David Sharp's monogram, so was not thrown by him and probably dates to around 1957 just after he had left to set up Cinque Ports Pottery.  But it almost certainly was decorated at the same time as the others and is from the same range with a white glazed ground and inner decorated with beautiful hand painted blue stripes to the outside.  Stamped to the base with 'MADE IN RYE POTTERY ENGLAND'.  A highly collectable piece of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  2in/5cm   Diameter  3.25in/8cm    Weight  108g

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From the Rye Pottery in Sussex here is a gorgeous pink bud vase dating from the 1950s and possibly the work of David Sharp.  In a simple waisted form and decorated with a pink glaze in a pattern of faint lines this is so typical of the 1950s both in colour and shape.   Stamped to the base in blue with 'England Rye Pottery', this is a very pretty and decorative item.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:   Height  6.25in/16cm      Weight  155g

(08/30)

This is an early piece of Cinque Ports pottery - we can date this specifically to the early 1960's because of the backstamp.  This was made after 1960 when they added the plural 'S' to Cinque Port but before 1964 when former Rye Pottery employee David Sharp and his friend George Gray, who founded the pottery together in 1956, split up and it was moved to The Monastery (under George Gray's management) with production from that point on being marked as such on the backstamp.  It is an extremely large and decorative tankard in the highly collectable and sought after stripes - a white ground hand painted with yellow and black lines.  Marked to the base with 'CINQUE PORTS POTTERY, RYE SUSSEX, ENGLAND' and a hand written code 'R26'.  A gorgeous piece of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  7.5in/19.5cm    Rim  3in/8cm    Weight  448g

(07/35)

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Cinque Ports Pottery was established in 1956 by former Rye Pottery employee, David Sharp, together with his friend George Cray.  They continued until 1964 when they parted company and George moved to The Monastery with his production being marked as such on the back-stamp.  He was very successful but handed the company over to Jim Elliot (from Iden Pottery) in the 1980's who again changed the back-stamp slightly.  So we can be certain from the back-stamp on this piece that it is George Cray's production and dates from between 1964 and the 1980's.  

Here is a most attractive pottery container from the Cinque Ports Pottery decorated with a pale blue glazed ground marked with the word 'Coffee' to the front and stylised coffee beans around the back (not shown).   It has it's original wooden lid with original rubber seal.   Marked to the base with the circular stamp saying 'CINQUE PORTS POTTERY LTD, THE MONASTERY, RYE'.  A lovely piece of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  4.5in/11cm   Diameter  4.5in/11cm    Weight  538g

(08/20)

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What a fantastic piece of retro studio pottery from Cinque Ports Pottery (Rye).  With a speckled green ground and decorated with a wax-resist stylised leaf pattern in brown and in an unusual eye/leaf shape - this is an extremely attractive piece of studio pottery.  Marked to the base with the circular stamp saying 'CINQUE PORTS POTTERY LTD, THE MONASTERY, RYE'.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Length  12in/30cm      Width  9.5in/24cm    Weight  850g

(07/35)

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Here is a lovely pottery salt and pepper set from the Cinque Ports pottery decorated with a pale blue glazed ground and a darker wax resist swirl pattern around the lower section.  The salt pot is much larger than the pepper pot and both in an unusual shape with an ovoid base and flared rim.  Still with their original rubber stoppers and marked to the bases with the circular stamp saying 'CINQUE PORTS POTTERY LTD, THE MONASTERY, RYE' although both marks are rather indistinct.  A lovely example of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height: Salt 6.75in/17cm  Pepper 4in/10cm    Weight  326g

(09/25)

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This is an absolutely gorgeous piece of retro studio pottery - in a fabulous chunky urn shape with a handle, in a white ground and decorated with brown and green hand painted bands with brown and white wax resist swirls.  Extremely decorative!  Marked to the base with the circular stamp saying 'CINQUE PORTS POTTERY LTD, THE MONASTERY, RYE'.  A lovely piece of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  9in/22.5cm   Weight  2kg

(07/44)

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This is the same shape as the vase above but smaller and painted with a different design - an off-white ground with a grey and black flowery design and banding, the inside of the vase is also black.  Marked to the base with the circular stamp saying 'CINQUE PORTS POTTERY LTD, THE MONASTERY, RYE'.  A lovely piece of retro British studio pottery.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height  8.5in/21.5cm   Weight  652g

(08/30)

Made by the Sandygate Pottery in Devon this is a very attractive pottery storage jar with it's original wooden lid.  Decorated with a paisley type pattern on a white ground and stamped to the base in red with an illustration of an angel holding a shield and the words 'SANDYGATE POTTERY LTD, MADE IN DEVON ENGLAND' this looks great on display and is, in our opinion, an unusual item and very typical of it's period of manufacture (the 1960's or thereabouts).

SIZE:   Height  5in/12.5cm     Rim Diameter  3in/7.5cm    Weight  286g

Dating from the 1960's or thereabouts here is a groovy ironstone jug/gravy boat from the Staffordshire Potteries and decorated in the 'Weston' pattern designed by Elayne Fallon consisting of purple, turquoise, green and light blue daisy/Mary Quant type flowers.  The pattern extends around the side of the jug and is very flower-power in inspiration - a really lovely item so indicative of the period in which it was manufactured that looks amazing on display but is robust enough to be used for it's original purpose.  Fully marked to the base with 'Staffordshire Potteries Ltd, WESTON, designed by Elayne Fallon IRONSTONE Made in England'.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:   Length from spout to end of handle 6.5in/16.5cm   Weight 304g

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Dating from the 1960's or thereabouts here is a groovy ironstone dinner plate from the Staffordshire Potteries and decorated in the 'Weston' pattern designed by Elayne Fallon consisting of purple, turquoise, green and light blue daisy/Mary Quant type flowers.  The pattern extends around the rim of the plate and is very flower-power in inspiration - a really lovely item so indicative of the period in which it was manufactured that looks amazing on display but is robust enough to be used for it's original purpose.  Fully marked to the base with 'Staffordshire Potteries Ltd, WESTON, designed by Elayne Fallon IRONSTONE Made in England'.  (We have five of these for sale individually).  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:   Diameter 10in/25cm   Weight 600g (av.)

(08/13.50)

Dating from the 1960's or thereabouts here is a groovy ironstone large side plate from the Staffordshire Potteries and decorated in the 'Weston' pattern designed by Elayne Fallon consisting of purple, turquoise, green and light blue daisy/Mary Quant type flowers.  The pattern extends around the rim of the plate and is very flower-power in inspiration - a really lovely item so indicative of the period in which it was manufactured that looks amazing on display but is robust enough to be used for it's original purpose.  Fully marked to the base with 'Staffordshire Potteries Ltd, WESTON, designed by Elayne Fallon IRONSTONE Made in England'.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:   Diameter 9in/23cm   Weight 480g (av.)

CONDITION:  Lovely original condition with no chips, cracks or hairlines - there is crazing to the central plain section of the plate and on the reverse there are unglazed marks where the plate would have sat in the kiln during firing (original to manufacture).  Nothing significant but mentioned for accuracy.

Dating from the 1960's or thereabouts here is a groovy lidded ironstone vegetable tureen from the Staffordshire Potteries and decorated in the 'Weston' pattern designed by Elayne Fallon consisting of purple, turquoise, green and light blue daisy/Mary Quant type flowers.  The pattern extends around the side of the pot, the rim of the lid and with a single flower to the lid knob.  This is very flower-power in inspiration - a really lovely item so indicative of the period in which it was manufactured that looks amazing on display but is robust enough to be used for it's original purpose.  Fully marked to the base with 'Staffordshire Potteries Ltd, WESTON, designed by Elayne Fallon IRONSTONE Made in England'.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:  Height to top of lid knob 4.5in/11.5cm   Diameter 8in/20cm   Weight 1054g

Dating from the 1960's or thereabouts here is a groovy ironstone large oval serving plate from the Staffordshire Potteries and decorated in the 'Weston' pattern designed by Elayne Fallon consisting of purple, turquoise, green and light blue daisy/Mary Quant type flowers.  The pattern extends around the rim of the plate and is very flower-power in inspiration - a really lovely item so indicative of the period in which it was manufactured that looks amazing on display but is robust enough to be used for it's original purpose.  Fully marked to the base with 'Staffordshire Potteries Ltd, WESTON, designed by Elayne Fallon IRONSTONE Made in England'.  Please see all photographs for alternative views and close-ups.

SIZE:   Length 12.5in/31cm    Width 10.5in/26.5cm   Weight 900g

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Despite much research I'm afraid I've not yet been able to find out who designed or made this.  It takes the form of a charmingly decorated glazed circular wall plaque decorated with birds sitting on branches in a tree.  It has a John Clappison-esque feel to it but we know it's not a Clappison design - equally it could be by one of the Scandinavian factories.  We have another of these tiles with the same decoration but in a brown glazed colourway, also currently for sale.  We'd estimate them to date from the 1960s.

SIZE:  Diameter 6in/15cm

(10/20)

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Despite much research I'm afraid I've not yet been able to find out who designed or made this.  It takes the form of a charmingly decorated glazed circular wall plaque decorated with birds sitting on branches in a tree.  It has a John Clappison-esque feel to it but we know it's not a Clappison design - equally it could be by one of the Scandinavian factories.  We have another of these tiles with the same decoration but in a blue glazed colourway, also currently for sale.  We'd estimate them to date from the 1960s.  

SIZE: Diameter 6in/15cm

(10/20)

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Dating from circa 1954 here is a Midwinter cream jug in the early 'Riviera' pattern designed by Hugh Casson (this design later became 'Cannes' on a different shape).  Fully marked to the base. 

SIZE:  Height  2.75in/7cm 

(10-20)