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Studio Ceramics — Webb's

Auction House:Webb'sNumber of lots recorded:242
Sale Title:Studio CeramicsLots with images:242
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:184
Date:25-Jun-2023
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A Jim Palmer teapot, with an ochre coloured glaze, and a contrasted pink lid. Impressed maker's mark below handle, height 12 cm, width 19 cm
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A Royce McGlashen teapot form, a flattened stylised teapot form, in grey and purple, with geometric motifs to both sides, height 23 cm, width 16 cm
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A Barry Brickell vessel, a speckled glaze, with a blue interior, and a figurative decorative band. No maker's mark, height 15 cm, depth 14 cm
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A Warren Tippet bottle, ovoid form with short flared neck. Rich brown and grey glaze. Maker's mark above base, height 9.5 cm, depth 5.5 cm
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A Warren Tippet bowl, stoneware. Blue band to bowl exterior with a brown abstract design, height 7.5 cm, depth 16 cm
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A Steve Fullmer bowl, made from terracotta. This large bowl features etched stick figure designs reminiscent of cave drawings. Splashes of glaze in white, teal, and brown. Incised Fullmer signature at the rim, height 14 cm, depth 42 cm
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A pair of Joanne Raill vases, in abstract forms with painted pastel panels. Signed to the base underside. Taller, height 45 cm, depth 18 cm, smaller, height 20 cm, depth 19 cm
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A Steve Fullmer pot, made from terracotta. The vase has incised abstract decorations. With splashes of colour of white and blue to the exterior, height 25.5 cm, depth 33 cm
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A small Graeme Storm spherical vase, made from stoneware, with a blue green glaze, and a banded rim. Maker's signature above base, height 15 cm, depth 18 cm
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A Graeme Storm vase, made from stoneware. A spherical body with a short flared neck. With a sgraffito cut decoration through a dark matt manganese slip, height 40.5 cm, depth 32 cm
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A small Graeme Storm vase, an ovoid form, with a concentric band to the rim in a blue glaze. Signature impressed to base, height 9 cm, depth 10 cm
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A Len Castle bowl, featuring a beautiful chun central glaze over a tenmoku base glaze. Maker's mark above the base, height 7.7 cm, depth 29.1 cm
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A monumental Len Castle shallow bowl, in an all-over duck shell glaze, with a lavender splatter glaze, one side shaded rigorously, the other showing mostly the ground tone. Impressed maker's mark to base, height 11 cm, depth 46 cm
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A Len Castle shino glazed bowl, c. 1980-90s. Made from stoneware with a band of lattice detailing to the interior. Maker's mark to base, height 10.5 cm, depth 39 cm
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A Kathleen Ing bottle vase, made from porcelain with a black iron glaze. Signed to the base underside, height 18.5 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 6.2 cm
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A Ted Dutch Signaller tile, an earthenware tile with an applied signaller figure to the lower left. Including a wall mount to the reverse. Signed on the reverse. 155 x 15.5 cm
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A Charles Newton broad vase, an ovoid form with a matt black ground and glossy crazed off white patterns. Maker's mark impressed above the base, height 28 cm, depth 19 cm
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A Len Castle inverted volcano, moulded from earthenware in an inverted volcano form. The exterior is grey with a highly textured surface. To the interior is a high-gloss red lava glaze, height 16 cm, width 85 cm, depth 16 cm
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Circa mid-late 1950s. An ovoid form with knob-like side protrusions. With the impressed maker's marks of Len Castle and Theo Schoon, height 13 cm, width 19 cm, depth 11 cm
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A very rare Len Castle inverted volcano, moulded from earthenware in an inverted volcano form. The exterior has a rough grey texture and pock marks. The interior has an alkaline blue glaze. This rare blue glazed inverted volcano is one of only three made by Len Castle, height 25 cm, width 79 cm, depth 17 cm
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A ray Rogers Fungoid form Orb, raku fired stoneware. An ovoid shape with an incised inner rim, in mottled colours of black, grey, and gold. Incised maker's signature to base, height 13 cm, width 13 cm
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A slab built vase by Alexander Campbell, c. 1980, New Zealand. Made from porcelain. A cubic form with large square lid. Decorated with abstract designs with hand-painted oxides in the porcelain, layered slip and salt glaze. Incised signature to the base underside. Campbell's work is held in collections such as Christchurch Art gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetuand Auckland war Memorial Museum T?maki Paenga Hira, height 23.1 cm, width 15 cm, depth 13 cm
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A ray Rogers Orb, raku fired stoneware. An ovoid shape in mottled colours of black, grey, pink and gold. Impressed maker's mark to base, height 20 cm, width 15 cm
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A Graeme Storm bowl, stoneware. A shallow form with a blue glaze to the interior, and a manganese glaze to the exterior. No maker's mark, height 5 cm, width 23 cm
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A Graeme Storm large shallow bowl, stoneware. Manganese glaze with gold gloss highlights. Impressed maker's mark, height 7 cm, depth 42.3 cm
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A Graeme Storm bowl, made from stoneware with wax resist green decoration over an iron glaze ground. With maker's mark impressed into the base, height 10 cm, depth 44.5 cm
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A slab built vase by Alexander Campbell, 1982, New Zealand. Made from porcelain. A cubic form with gradual flare towards the base. Decorated with abstract designs with hand-painted oxides in the porcelain, layered slip and salt glaze. Incised signature to the base underside. Campbell's work is held in collections such as Christchurch Art gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetuand Auckland war Memorial Museum T?maki Paenga Hira, height 21 cm, width 19 cm, depth 19.1 cm
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A slab built vase by Alexander Campbell, c. 1980, New Zealand. Made from porcelain. A cubic form and large square top. Decorated with abstract designs with hand-painted oxides in the porcelain, layered slip and salt glaze. Incised signature to the base underside. This piece is inspired by the Spanish painter Antoni Tapies. Campbell's work is held in collections such as Christchurch Art gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetuand Auckland war Memorial Museum T?maki Paenga Hira, height 34.5 cm, width 13.6 cm, depth 13.5 cm
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A slab built vase by Alexander Campbell, 1982, New Zealand. Made from porcelain. A cubic form with gradual flare towards the base. With appliques of hands on the sides of the form. Decorated with abstract designs with hand-painted oxides in the porcelain, layered slip and salt glaze. The lid is incised with the word 'Handsel'. Incised signature to the base underside, height 24 cm, width 21 cm, depth 21.7 cm
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A Graeme Storm vase, stoneware. Spherical bodied bottle form with a manganese glaze and copper red highlights. Impressed maker's mark, height 24.6 cm, depth 17.5 cm
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A Graeme Storm vase, stoneware. Cylindrical vase with triform neck and pierced lugs. Matt blue glaze to form with impressed zigzag line decoration. Impressed maker's mark, height 23.8 cm, depth 12.5 cm
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A Graeme Storm ovoid vase, stoneware. Ovoid vase with small trumpet neck and three lug handles. Salt and celadon glaze with partial pale blue detailing to the top. Impressed maker's mark, height 26 cm, depth 26 cm
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A Len Castle hanging vase, a tapered angular form with a perforated disc form top. Maker's mark to back, height 51 cm, width 9 cm
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A Len Castle brush pot vase, with incised band decoration, in a green glaze. Maker's mark above base, height 19 cm, depth 9 cm
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A Len Castle hanging bottle form, a tapered angular form with a perforated disc form top. An alkaline glaze to the interior. Maker's mark to back, height 51 cm, width 9 cm
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A large Graeme Storm floor vase, bulbous form in a green and turquoise glaze. Impressed maker's mark to base, height 32 cm, depth 39 cm
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A Graeme Storm large vase, stoneware. Compressed wide ovoid form with pale sky blue celadon glaze and speckled highlights. Impressed maker's mark, height 39 cm, depth 35 cm
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A Graeme Storm large vase, stoneware. Compressed wide ovoid form with a wide band of copper red to the shoulder, over a pale blue celadon with speckled highlights. Impressed maker's mark, height 35.5 cm, depth 36.5 cm
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A Barry Brickell vessel, a speckled glaze, with a tenmoku glazed rim, and a figurative decorative band. No maker's mark, height 15 cm, depth 14 cm
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A casserole dish by Doreen Blumhardt, made from earthenware. A three-legged form. The lid features a curled strap handle. Featuring wax-resist designs around the body and lid. Maker's mark at the base, height 23 cm, depth 21.5 cm
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A Peter Oxborough lidded jar, a shino glaze with a cork lid. Maker's mark above base, height 12 cm, depth 11 cm
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A Doreen Blumhardt teapot, stoneware, in a black glaze with pink geometric motifs. Impressed maker's mark to base, height 25 cm, width 20 cm
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A Barry Hockenhull teapot, a shino glaze with a cane handle. Impressed maker's mark to base, height 29 cm, width 20 cm
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A Bev Luxton squat teapot, made from porcelain. Glazed black with light blue and gold coloured detailing to the top. With a cane handle. Maker's mark impressed to base, height 15 cm, width 13 cm
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A Ray Rogers fungoid form orb, raku fired stoneware. An ovoid shape with an incised inner rim, in mottled colours of black, grey and pink. Incised maker's signature to base, height 12 cm, depth 12 cm
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A slab built vase by Alexander Campbell, 1982, New Zealand. Made from porcelain. A cubic form with a large square lid. With incised abstract designs, hand-painted oxides in the porcelain, layered slip and salt glaze. Incised signature to the base underside. Campbell's work is held in collections such as Christchurch Art gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetuand Auckland war Memorial Museum T?maki Paenga Hira, height 20.2 cm, width 13 cm, depth 11 cm
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A ray Rogers Fungoid form Orb, raku fired stoneware. An ovoid shape with incised inner rim, in mottled colours of black grey and pink. Maker's signature to base, height 19 cm, depth 16 cm
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A Paul Melser casserole dish, with two knob handles, and concentric line detailing to the lid and body. There is a contrasting green glaze to the interior. Maker's stamp above base, height 18 cm, width 24 cm
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A Tui Morse plate, 1985. With tree motifs, and gold andgreen coloured bands around the rim. Maker's mark to base, height 5 cm, depth 15.8 cm
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A large Paul Melser teapot, a bulging form with a ceramic handle, one side of which is thicker than the other. With visible concentric lines throughout the body, height 28 cm, width 21 cm
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A casserole by Mirek Smisek, made from earthenware. Featuring wax resist designs around the exterior, height 20 cm, depth 27.5 cm
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A Dorothy Thorpe Monterrey teacup and saucer, made from porcelain. Designed for Crown Lynn. In pattern number 473. Tea cup, height 5 cm, depth 10.5 cm, saucermm, depth 16.6 cm
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A Peter Lange teapot, made from earthenware, with four square landscape scenes to both sides, height 13.5 cm, width 22.5 cm
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A Peter Stichbury teapot, with a shino trickle glaze, and a screw on lid with a bamboo handle. Maker's mark above base, height 20 cm, width 15.5 cm
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A large Juliet Peter ovoid vase, with a salt glaze in different tones of blue, and repeating horizontal reliefs throughout the body. Maker's initials to base, height 26 cm, depth 22 cm
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A Peter Stichbury teapot, in a tenmoku glaze with decorative vertical bands to the exterior. With a cane handle. Maker's mark above base, height 21 cm, width 16.5 cm
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A Campbell Hegan shino bottle, made from earthenware. A shino glaze over a decagonal form. Maker's mark to base, height 13.5 cm, depth 6 cm
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A Peter Stichbury casserole dish, with blue lining details, to the outer body and rim of the piece. Maker's mark above base, height 17.5 cm, width 26.5 cm
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A Duncan Shearer vase, stoneware vase with flared neck. Green glaze to neck and part of body with mottled brown glaze to the rest of the body, height 12 cm, depth 9 cm
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A Richard Cadness carafe and cup set, comprising a large carafe with a drip bucket and four tapered cups. Maker's mark to base. Carafe, height 57.5 cm, depth 21.5 cm
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A Mirek Smisek bottle, glazed grey. With a woven cane stopper and a cane wrapped handle. Incised 'Smisek' to the base underside, height 29 cm, depth 17.5 cm
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A Zenith Pottery Rob Heatherbell, made from earthenware. With incised diagonal detailing around the shoulders. Glazed grey. Featuring a cork stopper. Maker's mark below the strap handle, height 26 cm, depth 17 cm
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A set of Leach Pottery stoneware tableware, comprising eight handled bowls, eight dinner plates, two pouring jugs, and a small handled casserole. Interior glazing in shades of blue/grey. Maker's mark to each item. Casserole, height 12.5 cm, width 23.5 cm, depth 16 cm, pouring jug, height 9.5 cm, width 16.5 cm, depth 115, bowl, height 7.5 cm, width 18 cm, depth 12 cm, plate 24 cm
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An Ian Firth bottle vase, a lopsided form with double openings, in a shino glaze. Impressed maker's mark to base, height 21.5 cm, width 13 cm
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A set of Leach Pottery stoneware bowls, comprising eight handled bowls. Interior glazing in shades of blue/grey. Impressed maker's mark to bases, height 7.5 cm, width 18 cm, depth 12 cm
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A Duncan Shearer vase, salt glaze with a green ash trickle. Maker's mark above base, height 28.5 cm, depth 15.5 cm
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A small Patricia Perrin vase, a pinched form, in a red glaze. Impressed maker's signature to base, height 13.5 cm, depth 8 cm
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A Chester Nealie Poison bottle, a bottle form with a small handle and ceramic stopper, height 12 cm, width 6.5 cm, depth 5.5 cm
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A Mirek Smisek carafe, a salt glazed ovoid form, with a strap handle in shades of purple, pink and blue. Maker's mark above base, height 21 cm, width 14.5 cm
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A large Peter Stichbury platter, a stylised landscape tree scene to the centre, with a tenmoku glaze to the underside and rim. Maker's mark above the base, height 5 cm, depth 38 cm
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A Mirek Smisek carafe, a stoneware carafe with a rich brown mottled glaze and raised geometric stamp. With original cane stopper. Impressed maker's mark, height 18.5 cm, width 11.5 cm, depth 12.5 cm
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A stunning John Leach Muchelney Studio stoneware bowl, with a rough, unglazed exterior and high-gloss interior. Impressed maker's mark to base, height 15 cm, depth 37 cm
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A Carrick Oliver bowl, with a cream glaze to the rim, alongside concentric bands. Contrasted with a purple interior, height 8 cm, width 30 cm
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A Bruce Martin animal figure pot, a stylised animal form in earthenware. With impressed maker's signature to base, height 20 cm, width 25 cm, depth 7.5 cm
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A large Paul Melser jug, a bulging form with a strap handle, and contrasting green glaze to the interior. Maker's stamp above base, height 12 cm, width 14 cm
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A teapot and jar by Jean Hastedt, made from porcelain with white glaze overtop. Two tubular forms, the teapot features a white coloured bamboo handle. Maker's mark impressed above the base of the teapot. Teapot, height 22.5 cm, width 12.5 cm, depth 9.8 cm, jar, height 14 cm, depth 9.8 cm
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A Johanna de Maine jug, a bulbous body, with contrasting vertical and horizontal linear patterning. In shades of black, terracotta and white. Signature and maker's mark to base, height 29 cm, width 18 cm
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A Richard Parker cylindrical vase, anagama fired, and an indentation effect to one side. Maker's sticker to base, height 19 cm, depth 9.5 cm
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A trio of Ian Firth bottles, with lopsided necks in a green glaze, and horizontal band detailing. No maker's mark. Largest, height 46 cm, depth 10 cm
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A Chester Nealie anagama fired vase, impressed maker's mark to base, height 15.5 cm, depth 8.5 cm
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A Barry Brickell bowl, earthenware, with a tenmoku glaze to the upper rim, decorated with circular motifs. Maker's mark to base, height 17.5 cm, depth 24 cm
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A Doreen Blumhardt vase, made from earthenware. A nonagon form. With grey and white glazes. With applied maker's mark above the base, height 20.5 cm, depth 16 cm
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A Patricia Perrin ovoid vase, a bulbous body with trickle glazes of brown and blue. Maker's signature to underside of one of the legs, height 25.5 cm, depth 17 cm
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A Campbell Hegan jug, made from earthenware. A bulbous lower half with concentric banding detail. Maker's mark below handle, height 11.5 cm, width 13 cm
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A Bryce Steven's raku pit fired vase, a large flat sided bottle form, with mottled colours of pink, purple and blue. With unidentified maker's signature to base, height 51 cm, depth 10 cm
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A pair of Paul Melser jugs, two graduated forms, each with a decorative organic band to the exterior. Maker's stamp to base. Largest, height 14.5 cm, width 17 cm
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A small Crown Lynn swan, Slipcast form in cream. Impressed Crown Lynn stamp to the underside, height 10.5 cm, width 15.5 cm, depth 9 cm
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A large Crown Lynn swan, Slipcast form in cream. With Crown Lynn stamp impressed to the base underside, height 21.5 cm, width 31 cm, depth 18 cm
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A small Crown Lynn swan, Slipcast form in cream. Impressed Crown Lynn stamp to the underside, height 10.5 cm, width 15.5 cm, depth 9 cm
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A yellow-glazed Crown Lynn McAlpine jug, with 'McAlpine' raised in relief. Unmarked. Some pitting around the jug opening and spout, small graze to spout, height 22.5 cm, width 21 cm, depth 10 cm
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A Crown Lynn McAlpine jug, with 'McAlpine' raised in relief in blue. Unmarked, height 22.5 cm, width 20 cm, depth 10 cm
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A rare teal McAlpine jug for Crown Lynn, with 'McAlpine' in blue raised relief. Crown Lynn stamp to base, height 21 cm, width 13 cm
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A yellow-glazed Crown Lynn McAlpine jug, with 'McAlpine' raised in relief. Unmarked. Some small areas without glaze, height 22.5 cm, width 21 cm, depth 10 cm
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A Crown Lynn McAlpine jug, with 'McAlpine' raised in relief in blue. Unmarked. Small area of pitting to the lower handle, height 22.5 cm, width 20 cm, depth 10 cm
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A yellow-glazed Crown Lynn McAlpine jug, with 'McAlpine' raised in relief. Unmarked. Some areas of pitting around the jug opening and handle. Minor chipping to the spout, height 22.5 cm, width 21 cm, depth 10 cm
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A hand-potted vase by Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn, a flared form with three bands around the opening. On a short flared foot. Incised 81 to the base underside and hand-crafted mark, height 23 cm, depth 18.8 cm
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A Keith Murray for Wedgwood flared vase, c. 1930-1940s. Stamped to base, height 14.5 cm, depth 19.5 cm
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A hand-potted vase by Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn, a cylindrical form with a slight flare to the opening. With six bands running around the exterior. Crown Lynn hand crafted mark to base, height 23.8 cm, depth 16.9 cm
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A Keith Murray for Wedgwood shoulder vase, a cylindrical tapering form, straw matt glaze, with incised bands around the exterior. Transfer mark to base. Small cup at the opening, height 19 cm, depth 14.5 cm
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A hand-potted vase by Ernest Shufflebotham for Crown Lynn, shape number 15. A spherical ribbed form on a short flared foot. Crown Lynn tiki mark, height 23 cm, depth 21 cm
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