Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.

Click here to view registration and subscription levels

Modern Design — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:308
Sale Title:Modern DesignLots with images:306
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:261
Date:1-Mar-2022
***
Frank Carpay for Crown Lynn Potteries, hand-potted bowl, hand-painted ceramic with a wide band of stylised black design over yellow stripes, signed 'Werk' and numbered 781-10; printed factory mark, diameter 23 cm
***
***
***
Daniel Steenstra for Crown Lynn Potteries, small baluster vase, with finely applied magenta, orange, green, black and blue encircling bands punctuated with randomly placed dots, factory stamp to the base, height 16 cm
***
***
***
Crown Lynn Potteries, aquarium vase, slip-cast ceramic decorated in low relief with various fish swimming amongst aquatic plants and waves, stamped factory mark and impressed number 478, height 14 cm
***
***
***
Crown Lynn Potteries, Titian studio 'Dribble pattern' vase, slip-cast ceramic, early 1970s, impressed no. 2094 to the base, height 15.5 cm
***
***
***
Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn Potteries, small hand-potted spherical vase, shape no. 9, with white cream glaze, stamped factory mark and incised shape number to the base, height 10 cm
***
***
***
Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn Potteries, small hand-potted cylindrical footed vase, shape no. 3, with white cream glaze, stamped factory mark and incised shape number to the base, height 13 cm
***
***
***
Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn Potteries, large hand-potted vase, shape no. 15 with white cream glaze, stamped factory mark and incised shape number to the base, height 22.5 cm
***
***
***
Crown Lynn Potteries, ribbed vase, of spherical form on a tripod base, impressed no. 36 to the base, height 19 cm
***
***
***
Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn Potteries, small hand-potted vase, shape no. 11, with white cream glaze, stamped factory mark and incised shape number to the base, height 13 cm
***
***
***
Crown Lynn Potteries, rare large trumpet neck vase, white slip-cast ceramic, the body with two tall bands in relief, c.1948-55, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 86 to the base, height 30.5 cm
***
***
***
Crown Lynn Potteries, McAlpine jug, ribbed tall rectangular section form with 'McAlpine' in pale blue highlighted relief, height 22 cm
***
***
***
Crown Lynn Potteries, coffee set, with mustard glaze and impressed ribbed pattern, the set comprises of coffee pot, milk jug, sugar pot and four cups, impressed to the base with 'New Zealand' and nos. 1099, 6037, 1102 and 1101, the coffee pot, height 18.5 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, large hanging form, oxide washed stoneware, impressed mark to the back, 34 x 37.5 x 7 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, large discoid hanging form, iron oxide washed stoneware with carved stylised floral design, incised initials to the back, 39 x 37 x 7 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, hanging bottle form, iron oxide washed stoneware with heavily scored centre section (A/F), incised initials to the back, 47.5 x 8 x 9 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, hanging bottle form, iron oxide washed stoneware with impressed koru motifs, impressed mark to the back, height 36 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, hanging bottle form, stoneware with umber pigment to the textured surface, scored centre section, impressed mark verso, 45.2 x 8 x 8 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, sea secret, circular form with undulating sculptured top, a pool of alkaline blue glaze to the centre, impressed mark to the base, 23 x 22 x 4.5 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, sea secret, of compressed vase form, the exterior carved with vertical ribs and washed with an aqua green pigment, the interior with an alkaline blue glaze, impressed mark to the base, 17 x 17 x 13 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, avian bowl, with bright alkaline blue glaze to the well and silica rubbed oxide textured exterior, impressed mark to the base, 34.5 x 34.5 x 12 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, impressive charger, with alkaline blue glaze and impressed rope decoration, impressed Lc mark near to the foot and (later?) incised letter 'A', 54 x 54 x 8 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, lava lake bowl, matt black stained earthenware with dramatic deep red glaze to the well and sculptured cavetto, impressed initials to the base, 41.7 x 41.7 x 9 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, inverted volcano, stoneware with grey textured exterior and red lava glaze interior, impressed mark, 85 x 17.5 x 17 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, large red lava bowl, earthenware with speckled bright red glaze, impressed mark to the base, 44 x 44 x 16 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, alkaline blue bowl, glazed ceramic, impressed initials to the base, diameter 22 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, with an elegant jun glaze to the interior, the textured exterior washed with umber pigment, 38 x 38 x 11.5 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, flask, salt glazed stoneware, impressed mark to the base, height 33 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, Sedge vase, iron oxide washed stoneware with textured surface, incised initials to the base, height 22.5 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, square section bottle vase, stoneware with matt jun-type glaze, impressed Lc mark to the foot, 29 x 10 x 9 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, with an abstract wax resist decoration, incised mark to the base, diameter 36.5 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, small Pacific series bowl, stoneware with bright alkaline blue glazed interior and textured exterior, impressed initials to the base, diameter 12 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, ceramic shallow bowl, with an unusual matt brown hare's fur glaze with black and iridescent spots to the interior, impressed initials to the base, diameter 18 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, small Pacific series bowl, stoneware with green-blue glaze interior and textured exterior, impressed Lc mark to the base, diameter 12 cm
***
***
***
Len Castle, small 'Avian' bowl, stoneware with deep aqua green glazed interior, textured exterior, impressed Lc mark to the base, 24 x 25 x 7.5 cm
***
***
***
Sang-Sool Shim and Keum-Sun Lee, impressive and unique hanging platter, glazed and painted ceramic with high relief decoration of Nikau palms, signed to the base, diameter 44 cm. Provenance: Purchased directly from the potters in 2009.
***
***
***
John Featonby, large spherical floor vase, dung fired and burnished ceramic with a matt grey finish, incised koru design and four cut-out triangles to the shoulders, impressed signature to the base, 45 x 43 x 43 cm
***
***
***
Ray Rogers, large floor vase, blue and mushroom iridescent crackled glaze, incised signature to base, 52 x 38 x 38 cm
***
***
***
Peter Stichbury, large stoneware charger, with a matt and thick light grey glaze with wide crackled effect poured over a tenmoku glaze, impressed mark to the foot, 39.5 x 39.5 x 11.5 cm
***
***
***
Peter Stichbury, large vase with trumpet neck, stoneware with poured black iron rich glaze over a lighter brown one, wax resist abstract motifs to the body, impressed mark to the foot, 35.5 x 22 x 22 cm
***
***
***
Chester Nealie, impressive Anagama fired floor vase, with poured dark glaze with variable effects and scallop shell remnants to the body, original label affixed underneath one of the loop handles, 50 x 34 x 34 cm
***
***
***
Peter Stichbury, tall bottle vase, stoneware with poured dark grey and light blue glazes to the shoulder, impressed mark to the foot, 38.8 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm
***
***
***
Peter Stichbury, large vase, stoneware with poured bright blue glaze with darker speckles, impressed mark to the foot, 26 x 20 x 20 cm
***
***
***
Graeme Storm, large charger, stoneware with carved floral decoration and blue and brown matt glazes, impressed mark to the foot, 50.8 x 50.8 x 8.5 cm
***
***
***
Peter Collis, shaped squat vase, glazed and painted ceramic decorated with stylised leaf and berry motif on white ground, diameter 16 cm
***
***
***
Peter Collis, large bowl, glazed ceramic painted with leaves and apples, diameter 42 cm
***
***
***
Peter Collis, large squat vase, glazed stoneware decorated with gestural floral panels reserved on a grey ground, height 34.5 cm
***
***
***
Peter Collis, large floor baluster vase, glazed stoneware decorated with gestural floral panels reserved on a grey ground, signed and dated '83, height 68 cm
***
***
***
Barry Brickell, stoneware bottle vase, of compressed form with shaped sides, with poured golden glaze to the neck and ash grey glaze to the body, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 17 cm
***
***
***
David Leach (England, 1911-2005), small cylindrical vase, stoneware carved with vertical bands and incised with horizontal lines, the unglazed exterior rubbed with ochre pigment, potter's mark to the base, height 10 cm
***
***
***
St Ives Pottery, stoneware bowl, with iron gestural decoration; together with a teapot attributed to Scott Marshall of Boscean Pottery, the bowl with St Ives marks, the bowl, diameter 14 cm; the teapot, height 15 cm
***
***
***
Alexander sharp (Morar Pottery) (Scotland 1918-2010), large bowl, stoneware with a band of stylised decoration on reserve on a grey ground, potter's marks to the foot, diameter 25.5 cm. Provenance: by repute, purchased by the current owners from the Penwith gallery in St Ives in the 1960s when Alexander sharp was working with Bernard Leach.
***
***
***
Anneke Borren, black on black glazed tea set, comprising a large tea pot with crisscross decoration and seven cups with floral design; together with a small compressed circular vase, the cups and the vase with painted mark, the vase also dated 1983, the teapot, 19.5 x 19 x 140
***
***
***
Anneke Borren, earthenware vase, painted floral motif on grey matte glaze, painted potter's mark to base, height 14 cm
***
***
***
Elizabeth Lissaman, earthenware glazed bowl, raised on base decorated with geometric motifs, the exterior glazed with chocolate hue, the interior with concentric circles in deep cyan blue, potter's signature incised to base, height 7 cm, diameter 25 cm
***
***
***
Attributed to Luke Adams Pottery, Trough vase, early white glazed ceramic trough, of rectangular shape with a stoneware-type body and spiral motifs on the side, unmarked, height 7.5 cm, width 14 cm
***
***
***
Peter Stichbury, coffee pot, stoneware with tenmoku gestural decoration on a green-grey ground, potter's mark to the foot, height 24 cm
***
***
***
Robyn Stewart, a small heart shaped bowl and a small blade form, burnished and pigmented ceramic, the bowl with the original potter's label to the base, the blade form marked to the base, 9 x 7.5 x 8.5 cm & 13 x 4.5 x 5 cm
***
***
***
Robyn Stewart, anchor stone form, dung fired and burnished ceramic, impressed mark to the base, 9 x 7.5 x 8 cm
***
***
***
Richard Parker, two small winged terracotta vases, the first with a bright blue glaze, the second with cream slip stripes, original label to the bases, 10 x 9.5 x 6 cm & 9 x 10 x 5.2 cm
***
***
***
Richard Parker, two golden bowls, glazed terracotta, diameter 22 cm & diameter 21.5 cm
***
***
***
Marylin Wiseman, a blue dish and a small tray, glazed ceramic, the tray with incised initials, diameter 22 cm &, width 14.5 cm
***
***
***
Paul Winspear, mortar and pestle, flambe glazed porcelain, incised signature to the base, the bowl, diameter 14.5 cm
***
***
***
Paul Winspear, stoneware platter, with different shades of purple glazes, incised signature to the base, diameter 35.5 cm
***
***
***
Fontana (Alliance textiles), Monty rug, decorated with a MacPherson tartan pattern in red, blue, green, yellow, black and white, original Woolmark label attached, 195 x 153 cm
***
***
***
Kaiapoi textiles, clan travel rug, decorated with an Anderson tartan pattern in blue, red, green, black and white, original Woolmark clan label attached, 173 x 139 cm
***
***
***
Kaiapoi Petone group textiles, clan travel rug, with a McDougal tartan pattern in red, green, purple and black, original Woolmark label attached, 171 x 132 cm
***
***
***
Onehunga Woollen Mills, travel rug, in a tartan design of different shades of browns and warm greys, original Woolmark tiki label attached, 17.1 x 11.3 cm
***
***
***
Kaiapoi Petone group textiles, early 'Huia' travel rug, in bright orange, brown, green, black and white tartar design, original huia label attached, 187 x 1450
***
***
***
Manatunga (Mosgiel Woollens Dunedin), travel rug, with a tukutuku panel pattern in mustard, brown and black, original Woolmark label attached, 165 x 133.5 cm
***
***
***
Manatunga (U.E.B. Textiles Dunedin), travel rug, decorated with a tukutuku panel pattern in olive green, brown, black and white (with a small cut), original Woolmark label attached, 148 x 194 cm
***
***
***
Kaiapoi Woollen Mfg.Co (Christchurch), early travel rug, in a red, green, white, black and blue tartan pattern, original Maori chief head label attached, 137 x 195 cm
***
***
***
Early Onehunga Woollen Mills, travel rug, in a red, green, blue and black tartan design, original smaller tiki label attached, 176 x 1400
***
***
***
Onehunga Woollen Mills, travel rug, decorated with a grey, brown and green tartan pattern, original Woolmark tiki label attached, 180 x 132 cm
***
***
***
Large West German pottery baluster vase, with sgraffito abstract decoration in orange and brown, impressed to the base, width Germany 241-47, height 46.5 cm
***
***
***
Very large West German pottery jug, decorated with white and brown bands in low relief, incised to the base 1782/45, height 45 cm
***
***
***
Two West German Pottery vases, with a sgraffito cut geometric design, the bases incised with 1202/30 and 1672/21, the taller, height 30.5 cm
***
***
***
Two West German pottery vases, decorated with sgraffito and low relief designs, both bases impressed with, width Germany, one numbered 517-30 (the number on the second one is illegible), the taller, 30.5 cm
***
***
***
A large West German pottery handled jug, with painted abstract decoration on a matt white glaze, incised to the base 1662/40, height 41 cm
***
***
***
A collection of four West Germany pottery vessels, including a tall jug, two jars and a small tapering vase, three impressed with, width Germany, numbered 407-35, 741-20, 650-14 and 135-15, height 34.5 cm
***
***
***
Two small West German pottery vases, decorated with poured glaze over a wax resist design, the green vase impressed with, width germ. 526-17, the blue one with the Steuler mark and 142/20, the taller, height 20 cm
***
***
***
Three small West German pottery vases, with red and brown flambe glazes, all impressed with, width Germany and numbered 499-18, 231-15 and 523-18 (this also stamped Scheurich-Keramik), the tallest, height 18 cm
***
***
***
Garry Nash, flattened spherical vase, frosted red and yellow glass with crackled decoration, height 22.5 cm
***
***
***
Garry Nash, flattened spherical vase, frosted yellow glass with red crackled decoration, height 23.5 cm
***
***
***
Garry Nash, flattened spherical vase, frosted blue glass, height 26.5 cm
***
***
***
Garry Nash, cobalt blue bowl, blown glass, with tall, shaped sides and a bright yellow rim, height 13 cm
***
***
***
John Leggott, large Murrina-style bowl, blue glass with multicoloured Murrina-style inserts, signed to the base, 34 x 34 x 14 cm
***
***
***
Timo Sarpaneva for Iittala, bark vase, charcoal tinted glass, height 21.5 cm
***
***
***
Otto Brauer for Kastrup-Holmegaard, Gulvvase, in bright red cased milk glass, original Kastrup label affixed, height 26.5 cm
***
***
***
Otto Brauer for Kastrup-Holmegaard, Gulvvase, in dark red cased milk glass, original Kastrup label affixed, height 24.5 cm
***
***
***
Otto Brauer for Kastrup-Holmegaard, Gulvvase, in transparent orange glass, height 31 cm
***
***
***
Josef Schott for Smalandshyttan, Sweden, a heavy crystal vase, decorated with abstract geometric pattern, partially acid matted surface and texture, 1960's, height 15 cm
***
***
***
Gunnar Cyren for Orrefors, large Stenhammar crystal bowl, the thick sides with deep vertical cut panels, inscribed 'Orrefors Gc 4360-04' to the base, 26 x 18.2 x 14 cm. Provenance: a special order to Orrefors by fellow Swedish Company atlas Copco (NZ) to mark the retirement of their Chairman (the father of the current owner) in 1989.
***
***
***
An Italian mid-century frosted glass vase, with fern decoration, height 19 cm
***
***
***
Two vintage Scandinavian purple glass bottles, the taller, 29 cm
***
***
***
Large vintage Scandinavian green glass bottle, height 30 cm
***
***
***
Per Lutken for Holmegaard, a Carnaby blue glass vase, with white interior, height 14 cm
***
***
***
A Orrefors smoky glass ashtray and a Flygsfors blue 'Coquille' vase, both signed and with manufacturer labels, W. 17 cm and H. 20.5 cm
***
***
***
Riihimaen Lasi Oy, a matched pair of green glass vases, one with manufacturer label, the taller, height 20 cm
***
***
***
A matched pair of vintage Scandinavian art glass vases, in blue and red, height 28 cm
***
***
***
A vintage Scandinavian aquamarine glass jug and stirrer, height 29 cm
***
***