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New Collectors Art & Studio Ceramics — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:109
Sale Title:New Collectors Art & Studio CeramicsLots with images:109
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:95
Date:21-Feb-2023
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Crown Lynn Potteries, two matt white fluted neck jugs, slip-cast ceramic, with scrolling decorations, c. 1948-55+, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 48 and 57 to the bases, height 22 cm and height 21.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, three matt white vases, slip-cast ceramic, two with floral design, the third with spades decoration, c. 1948-1955, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 85, 451 and 88, height 21 cm, height 15.5 cm and 13.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, selection of four small white ribbed troughs, slip-cast ceramic, C.1948 - 1955, assorted printed and impressed factory mark and incised shape number 136, 137 & 141 to the bases, the longest, length 27.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of four trough vases, white slip-cast ceramic, comprising of a taller vase with flaring sides, a large trough with petal sides, another trough with scrolling wave design and a smaller gnarled bark trough, c. 1948-1960s, assorted printed factory mark and impressed shape number 44, 510, 506 and 589 to the bases, width 26.5 cm, width 27.5 cm, width 29.5 cm and width 22 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of four twisted bark-shaped vases, slip-cast ceramic, comprising of two larger vases pieces, a smaller twisted vase and a trough vase, c.1955+, factory mark and impressed shape number 585, 584, 590 and illegible to the bases, the largest, height 22 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a pair of fan-shaped mantle vases, slip-cast ceramic with scrolls detailing, factory mark to the bases, width 29 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, two mantle vases, slip-cast ceramic with scrolls detailing, factory mark and impressed shape number 671 and 615 to the bases, the largest, width 37 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a pair of mantle vases, slip-cast ceramic with scrolls detailing (one A/F), factory mark and impressed shape number 549 and 'K' to the bases, width 29 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a pair of urn-shaped vases, brilliant white glazed slip-cast ceramic, with applied shell-shaped handles, printed factory mark and incised shape number 665 to the bases, height 20 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a pair of white crag-shaped vases, slip-cast ceramic, factory mark and impressed shape number 586 to the bases, width 26.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, basket, cream white slip-cast ceramic shaped in a woven basket, C.1950-1955 (A/F), stamped tiki mark and impressed shape number 476 to the base, width 20 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, moulded bamboo-shaped vase, matt white slip-cast ceramic of rectangular section, c. 1960s, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 646, height 21 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, two mantle vases, white slip-cast ceramic, comprising a Nautilus mantle vase and one decorated with cabbage leaves on its centre, impressed factory mark and shape number 550 and illegible to the bases, width 28 cm and width 29 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, three speckled vases, white slip-cast ceramic, comprising a mantle vase and two troughs, all decorated with relief speckled decoration and scroll detailing (some faults), printed factory mark and shape number 606 and 596 to the bases, width 30.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, classical style jug, cream white glazed slip-cast ceramic decorated with honeycomb and laurel leaf motifs, c.1960 (A/F), factory mark and impressed shape number 610 to the base, height 26 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a pair of 'Royal visit Queen Elizabeth II' urn vases, white slip-cast ceramic, 1963 (one repaired), printed 'Royal visit Queen Elizabeth II, Crown Lynn Potteries, New Zealand' and dated to the bases, height 12 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, two urn vases, white slip-cast ceramic, printed mark and shape number 613 and illegible to the bases, the taller, height 17 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, pair of classical urn vases, white slip-cast ceramic (one A/F), printed factory mark and incised shape number 593 to the bases, height 23 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a pair of white cabbage-shaped vases, slip-cast ceramic, c.1948 ' 1955 (one A/F), printed factory mark and impressed shape number 174 to the bases, height 13.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn, large hand-potted spherical vase, with white cream glaze, shape no. 14, printed tiki hand-potted mark and incised shape number to the base, height 23 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn, small hand-potted spherical vase, with white cream glaze, shape no. 14 (some wear), printed factory 'Hand-potted' mark and impressed shape number to the base, height 13 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, large black swan, slip-cast ceramic, matt glaze, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 170 to the base, length 30 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, large white swan, slip-cast ceramic, impressed shape number 170 and incised letter 'B' to the base, length 30 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a pair of small white swans, slip-cast ceramic, one with matt glaze, the other with glossy glaze, c. 1948-55, the first with 'Crown Lynn New Zealand' mark to the base, the second with tiki mark and impressed shape number 154, length 12.5 cm and 13.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, trickle glaze kiwi vase, early slip-cast ceramic, shaped as a kiwi with a glossy glaze in gradation of browns, incised fraction markings 5/6 & 40 to the base, height 14 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, trickle glaze kiwi vase, early slip-cast ceramic, shaped as a kiwi with a glossy green-blue mottled glaze, incised fraction markings to the base (illegible), width 14 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, trickle glaze kiwi vase, early slip-cast ceramic, shaped as a kiwi with a glossy green-blue mottled glaze (A/F), incised fraction markings 8/9 & 'B' to the base, width 14 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Titian studio, Toby jug in the shape of a M'ori kuia, slip-cast ceramic, realistically decorated with brightly hued coloured glaze, 'Wahine' impressed to the back, height 13 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Toby character jug, glazed slip-cast ceramic, printed factory mark to the base, height 13 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Aquila Pottery (Titian studio), Egyptian vase, with long neck and angular handles, decorated with Egyptian-themed scenes in mottled brown-green glaze, c. 1978, printed mark on reserve on a green ground to the base, height 25.5 cm, note: the Aquila Egyptian range is illustrated on p. 170 of Gail Henry, New Zealand Pottery (1999)Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Titian studio, a selection of coloured vases, including a brown glazed trumpet neck spherical vase, an ochre glazed scallop-shaped trough vase, and a small country vase; together with a Crown Devon bright yellow and green trough vase, most with impressed factory mark to the base and shape number SV202, 2089, 1275 and A545, the largest, 19 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Titian studio, pair of trough vases, slip-cast ceramic with textured glaze with mottled blue and black tones, impressed factory mark and numbers B.104 to the bases, width 18.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, pale pink basket, slip-cast ceramic with matt pale pink glaze, C.1950-55, printed tiki mark and impressed shape number 507 to the base, width 32 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a pair of mantle vases, white slip-cast ceramic decorated with flower bands (one A/F), printed mark and impressed shape number 553 to the bases, width 30 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, vintage 'Leonard' refrigerator jug, white slip-cast ceramic with golden branding to each side, printed factory mark to the base, height 21.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, large jug, slip-cast ceramic with oatmeal glaze, c. 1950-55 (A/F), printed tiki mark to the base and impressed shape number 715-4, height 22.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of three bright white vases, slip-cast ceramic, two decorated with a design of overlapping leaves, the third with a design of wheat and foliage, c. 1960s, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 640, 642 and 617 to the bases, height 13 cm, height 20 cm and height 16 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, tapering ribbed vase, white slip-cast ceramic, together with a smaller tapering vase with matching decoration and cream glaze with brown specks, the larger, with Crown Lynn printed mark and impressed shape number 657 to the base, height 19 cm and height 14.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, three white ribbed mantle pieces, slip-cast ceramic, with angular handles, c. 1960s (one A/F), printed factory mark and impressed shape number 611, 612 and 668 to the bases, height 17.5 cm, width 28 cm and width 33 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, three rectangular white trough vases, slip-cast ceramic, with foliage, wave and bamboo designs, impressed and printed factory mark and impressed shape number 599, 508 and 652 to the bases, width 19 cm, width 18 cm and 15 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, pair of white boat-shaped vases, slip-cast ceramic with intricate detailing, c.1960, impressed factory mark and shape number 554 to the bases, width 22.8 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, three matt white vases, slip-cast ceramic, c. 1948-55+ (some wear), printed factory mark and impressed shape number 32, 84 and 602 to the bases, height 23 cm, height 19 cm and height 19.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, three fan-shaped white vases of graduating sizes, slip-cast ceramic, decorated with gnarled root motif on the base, c. 1955+, factory mark and incised shape number 643, 644 and 676 to the bases, height 17.5 cm, height 13.5 cm and height 10 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, two white large rectangular trays, slip-cast ceramic, c. 1948-55, printed tiki mark to the bases, one also with impressed shape number 528, width 31.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn, hand-potted circular platter, with angular sides, shape number 52 (hairline crack), factory 'Hand Potted' mark and impressed shape number to the base, diameter 28 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a pair of large sinuous trough vases, white slip-cast ceramic, c.1955-1960s, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 106 to the bases, width 28.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, two large trough vases, white slip-cast ceramic, with stylized floral design, c. 1950s-1960s, factory mark and impressed shape number 107 to the bases, width 27 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, four white float bowls, slip-cast ceramic, including a pair with bulbous petal-like rim, one with shell design, the last with leafy scrolling decoration, c. 1948-1960s, factory mark and incised shape number 505, 430 and 418 to the bases, diameter 17.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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New Zealand Pottery, two white ceramic vases, including a Crown Lynn triangle vase and a Titian studio vase decorated with a daisy (A/F); together with a ribbed and dotted trough vase, the Cl vase with factory mark and impressed shape number 299; the Titian impressed with 'Made in New Zealand' mark and shape number 2093; the trough with impressed Bnb 302, the tallest, height 20 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, two white mantle vases, slip-cast ceramic, decorated with overlapping petal designs, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 399 and 605, width 28.5 cm and width 26.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of seven small white pots, slip-cast ceramic, comprising three urn vases, a milk jug, and three specimen vases, various printed factory mark to the bases (including Flair Art Pottery); most with impressed shape number, including 679, 2014 and 481, the tallest, 16 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of four white slip-cast ceramics, including two matching white float bowls with wave decoration, and two specimen vases, c. 1948-60s, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 66-8 and 482 to the bases, the largest, diameter 30.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of nine small slip-cast ceramics, comprising two small vases with pale pink glaze, a small white watering jug, a small circular tray and five small white vases, c. 1948-55+ (some A/F), assorted printed factory mark to the bases; most with impressed shape number, including 524, 525, 215, 438, 527, others illegible, the tallest, 11 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a selection of five white slip-cast ceramics, comprising a tall vase, a small tapering vase, a squat vase with wide neck, and two specimen vases, c. 1948-1960s, assorted printed factory mark and impressed shape number 645, 79, 80, 494 and 2016 to the bases, the tallest, 22 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries and Titian studio, a collection of six small white slip-cast ceramics, comprising two Titian studio small mantle vases with leaf and shell designs; a pair of Crown Lynn small fan shaped mantle vases; and a pair of Crown Lynn specimen vases, assorted printed and impressed factory mark, and impressed shape number V.103, 2012, 2014 and illegible to the bases, the tallest, height 16 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of four small mantle vases, white slip-cast ceramic, including a pair of miniature Nautilus vases, printed mark and impressed shape number 677, 675 and 2000, the tallest, height 9.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, three matching two-way ribbed shell vases, white slip-cast ceramic, c. Early 1960s, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 636 and 637, height 20 cm and height 18 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, two matt white vases and a jug, slip-cast ceramic, with ribbed and rope decorations, assorted printed mark and impressed shape number 618, 594 and 622, height 16.5 cm, height 15.5 cm and height 20.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, fruit comport stand, white slip-cast ceramic, c. 1955-1960s, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 2020 to the base, height 14 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a posy bowl and a large vase, slip-cast ceramic (one A/F), the vase with printed factory mark, the posy bowl impressed with shape number 317, height 18 cm and height 6.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, two white slip-cast ceramic vases, with similar dotted decoration of beads or pebbles, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 660 and 663, width 21 cm and width 22.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, four small white trough vases, slip-cast ceramic, comprising a pair of oval ribbed troughs, and two smaller ones of sinuous shape, c. 1948-55+ (minor faults), assorted printed factory mark and impressed shape number 77, 138 and 139, width 20.5 cm, width 22 cm and width 19 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of four shell trough vases, white slip-cast ceramic, c. 1948-1960s, assorted factory mark and impressed shape number 105, 135 and 597 to the bases, width 26.5 cm, width 21 cm and 22 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of three large white trough vases, slip-cast ceramic, comprising a large trough on a wave decorated pedestal foot, a ribbed trough and one with rope design, c. 1948-1960s, two with printed factory mark to the base, all with impressed shape number 108, 74 and 595D, width 28.5 cm, 30 cm and 29 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of three white trough vases, slip-cast ceramic, comprising of an oval ring trough, c. 1948-1955, and a pair of troughs with petal-shaped sides and rim, c. 1960s, printed factory mark and impressed shape number 104 and 2017 to the bases, width 22 cm and 22.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, collection of seven small trickle glaze ceramics, of various green and yellow shades, comprising an ashtray, an urn, two bulbous vases and three jars, the green glazed pieces with fraction marks, the yellow ones with shape number 63 and 99, the tallest, height 10 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, a collection of ten small colour-glazed vases, in varying glazes and shapes (including a green Titian vase), most with impressed shape number to the base, some with incised fraction marks, the tallest, height 13.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, three small trickle glaze vases, of varying shapes, two in mottled brown, the third in green and brown, two vases with 'Made in NZ' and fraction marks, the third only with fraction marks, the tallest, height 9 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Crown Lynn Potteries, four trickle glaze vases, of varying shapes, the glazes mainly in varying shades of green and blue (some wear), most with 'Made in NZ' and/or fraction marks, the tallest, height 17.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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New Zealand Pottery, a collection of four colour-glazed trough vases, comprising two matching Crown Lynn blue trickle glaze ribbed troughs, and two Briar Gardner ochre glazed ones, the Cl troughs impressed with shape number 76 and fraction marks, the Briar Gardner ones with incised signature to the bases, width 22.5 cm, width 27.5 cm and width 16.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Molle Pottery, trough planter, decorated with applied toadstools, incised mark to the base, width 31.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Temuka Potteries, a collection of three trough vases, shaped as wooden logs, in green and brown glazes, two with printed 'Neeco Temuka Ware' mark, one with 'Vitrified porcelain Temuka NZ' mark, width 30.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Temuka Potteries, a collection of four trough vases, shaped as wooden logs, in pale blue, yellow and white glazes, one with printed 'Neeco Temuka Ware' mark, two with 'Vitrified porcelain Temuka NZ' mark, one unmarked, width 30.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Joyce
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Carlton Ware, engine turned vase, ovoid shape with gloss pink glaze (no. 3977), printed manufacturer's mark to the base, height 17 cm
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Elizabeth Lissaman, hand painted wall plate, decorated with two exotic stylised birds, in blue, green and orange, incised signature and date code for 1990 (Ehhs) to the base, diameter 21.5 cm, Exhibited: 'Elizabeth Lissaman: the Art of Pottery', Objectspace, 24 Nov ' 3 Feb 2019
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Elizabeth Lissaman, small hand-painted wall plate, decorated with an exotic stylised bird, incised signature and date code for 1978 (Ehey) to the base, diameter 11.5 cm, Exhibited: 'Elizabeth Lissaman: the Art of Pottery', Objectspace, 24 Nov ' 3 Feb 2019
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Elizabeth Lissaman, small hand-painted wall plate, decorated with an exotic stylised bird, incised signature and date code for 1980 (Ehys) to the base, diameter 11 cm, Exhibited: 'Elizabeth Lissaman: the Art of Pottery', Objectspace, 24 Nov ' 3 Feb 2019
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Elizabeth Lissaman, small hand-painted wall plate, decorated with an exotic stylised bird, incised signature and date code for 1980 (Ehys) to the base, diameter 11 cm, Exhibited: 'Elizabeth Lissaman: the Art of Pottery', Objectspace, 24 Nov ' 3 Feb 2019
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Elizabeth Lissaman, two small hand-painted wall plates, each decorated with an exotic stylised bird (one restored), incised signature and date code for 1986 (Ehyb) and for 1989 (Ehyh) to the bases, diameter 12 cm each, Exhibited: 'Elizabeth Lissaman: the Art of Pottery', Objectspace, 24 Nov ' 3 Feb 2019
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New Zealand Pottery, a large and good salt glazed bread crock, heavily potted, with green and brown salt glaze, incised swirl decoration to the shoulder, potter unknown but possibly by Barry Brickell or Paul Melser, height 46.5 cm
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Nicholas Brandon, large stoneware jug, with dark tenmoku glaze, the shoulders with panels carved with stylized fern design, height 36 cm
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Ian Smail, large salt glazed flagon, stoneware, impressed potter's mark to the handle base, height 36.5 cm
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Chester Nealie, porcelain bottle, with rich olive salt celadon glaze and shell remnants to the body, a very defined loop handle to the shoulder, incised potter's mark and dated 2004 above the foot, with original potter's label affixed, height 19.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased directly from the potter, who explained that he intentionally left the base uneven rather than grinding the glaze drip.
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Chester Nealie, anagama fired vase, with two loop handles to the shoulder, coarse adhesions to the body, incised potter's mark and dated 1991 to the base, height 26 cm
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Len Castle, early slip trailed pin dish, decorated with a pair of stylised grey kiwi with white eyes on a mustard ground, impressed 'C' mark to the base, diameter 10.5 cm
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Len Castle, early slip trailed pin dish, decorated with a lobster in blue with coloured highlights on a pale green ground, impressed potter's cypher to the base, diameter 10.5 cm
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Len Castle, early slip trailed pin dish, decorated with a pair of ferns in speckled white on a green ground, impressed 'C' mark to the base, diameter 10.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware pourer, in speckled matt grey glaze over tenmoku, impressed potter's cypher to the base, height 22 cm
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Len Castle, early shino glazed bottle, mallet shaped, with five finger marks at the base from where the bottle was held and dipped into the glaze, c. 1970s, impressed potter's mark above the foot, height 23 cm
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Len Castle, wide stoneware bowl, with flattened lip, covered with grey matt glaze with dark brown speckles, late 1960s/early 1970s, impressed potter's mark above the foot, diameter 30 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, with calcium matt white glaze with cobalt blue coming through, c. 1960s, impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 33.5 cm
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Len Castle, large rimmed bowl, stoneware with thick yellow overglaze with burst bubbles to the centre, speckled brown saturated underglaze to the rim and exterior; made and fired at south Titirangi Road, 1989, impressed Lc mark to the foot, original exhibition label no. 107 affixed to the base, diameter 40 cm, note: this bowl was included in Len Castle's retrospective touring exhibition in 1994, lot 107.
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Len Castle, a good and early Crum Brickworks salt glaze bottle vase, squat beehive form with short neck, dark grey salt glaze with chrome slip, salt 'Gems' to the shoulder, late 1940s/early 1950s, rare impressed castellated mark to the base, height 15 cm
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Ian Firth, rare and early Crum Brickworks bowl, glazed with a manganese slip giving lustrous copper effects, decorated with incised and carved bands (two pierced holes to the base, possibly for wiring), impressed potter's mark to the lower side, height 18 cmmm x diameter 23 cm
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Len Castle, large press moulded discoid vase, stoneware with burnt umber pigmented surface, impressed potter's mark above the foot, height 34.5 cm
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Martin Poppelwell, Soltice, terracotta bowl, signed and inscribed to the base, diameter 21 cm
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Jeff Oestreich, Beaked pitcher, wax resist salt glazed stoneware with copper, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 24 cmmm x width 29 cm
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Paul Maseyk, Breasty bottle, painted earthenware, titled, signed and dated 2006 to the base, width 18 cm, Exhibited: 'Start Spreading the News...', Masterwork gallery, Auckland, October 12 - 21, 2006.Provenance: Purchased from the 'Start Spreading the News...' 2006 exhibition. The original booklet of this show is included with the piece.
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Paul Maseyk, breast man, painted earthenware, titled and signed 'A.L. Sump' (pseudonym for the artist) to the base, height 30.5 cm. Provenance: Purchased from Masterworks gallery, 2007.
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Denis O'Connor, bottle, glazed stoneware in pale green and mauve with teal blue relief decorations, maker's mark to base, height 20 cm
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