*** | Len Castle, ovoid specimen vases, a group of five with various glaze applications. All with impressed mark. Height 21.5 cm. (largest) | *** | |
*** | A superb set of eight Len Castle soup bowls, tapered rim and extended handle to one side. Maker's mark visible on some, height 5 cm, diameter 13 cm | *** | |
*** | A large Len Castle bowl, potters monogram to base, height 8.5 cm, width 38 cm, diameter 34 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Torpedo hanging form, stoneware with textured exterior and iron oxide wash. Impressed mark. Height 40 cm. Width 10.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Earth book, white earthenware with grey exterior. Impressed mark. Height 11 cm. Width 15.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle Stoneware Hanging Form, umber pigment. Incised Lc mark, 1980s. Height 26 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle red glaze lava bowl, of hemispherical shape, diameter 18 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle carafe with Tenmoku glaze, made from earthenware. A squat form with strap handle. 'Lc' mark above the base. Height 25 cm, diameter 23 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle Crucible dish, a small dish with heavily textured exterior surface and an alkaline blue glaze interior. With impressed maker's mark, height 2 cm, depth 12 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle Crucible dish, a small dish with heavily textured exterior surface and an alkaline blue glaze interior. With impressed maker's mark, height 2 cm, depth 12 cm | *** | |
*** | A large Len Castle pouring jug, all over exterior glaze with elongated strap handle. Maker's mark to base, height 26 cm, diameter 20 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle ovoid specimen vase, in blue and green glaze. Impressed maker's mark. Height 13 cm, diameter 9.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Discoid hanging form, stoneware with a textured surface, iron wash and light blue glaze to opening. Impressed mark. Height 22 cm. Width 22 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Len Castle crackle glaze pouring bowls, made from stoneware. Maker's marks to the base underside. Larger height 7.2 cm, diameter 20.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle brown stoneware charger with stripped wax resist decoration, stamped to the base, circa 1970s. Height 8 cm. Diameter 39.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle earthenware vase, ovoid form with comb design to body. Trumpet mouth with very minor loss. Stamped to base. Height 24 cm, depth 21 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, bowl, stoneware with a superb crimson/purple glaze to well. (1987) impressed mark. Height 6.5 cm. Diameter 26.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle stoneware shallow bowl, press moulded with a clay-torn rim, and iron brown glaze flecked with silver lustre | *** | |
*** | Three Len Castle Lipped pourring bowls graduated, impressed marks to base | *** | |
*** | A Leuchten Ag 'Z-Lite' flexible lamp, desk lamp with a stable base and six revolvable triangle elements. The individual parts of the lamp can be adjusted to create different arrangements, height 385,mm, width 24.5 cm, diameter 17.2 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle sea secret form, sea urchin form with perferation to the centre, earthenware with pink to the upper. Impressed makers mark to base, height 7.5 cm, depth 16 cm | *** | |
*** | Carafe by Len Castle, unglazed carafe decorated with stag antlers in relief within a cartouche. Glazed interior. Impressed potters mark. Height 26 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, vase, salt glazed, Crum Brickwork period. Impressed mark to base. Height 13.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Sculpture, unusual form with blue glaze to opening. Impressed mark. Some faults. Height 10 cm. Length 15 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, bowl, a superb stoneware bowl with a mottled red glaze to well. Impressed mark (partially obscured by glaze). Height 5.5 cm. Diameter 26 cm | *** | |
*** | An early Len Castle stoneware Pourer, in a matte grey speckle glaze. Maker's stamp to base, height 24 cm, diameter 17 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle hanging unit, impressed maker's mark at the neck. Len Castle (1924 - 2011) is one the most recognisable and well versed figures in New Zealand applied arts. His spectacular forms, often taking inspiration from geothermal activity and… | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle stoneware bowl, of large rounded square form. Width 38 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle shino glaze ovoid vase, maker's mark to base. Height 140 mm, diameter 140 mm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle stoneware tapering cylindrical vase shino-style glaze. Impressed mark. Firing chip to base. Height 26 cm | *** | |
*** | An early Len Castle Flagon, made from earthenware, in a bulbous form with a strap handle. Including a cane stopper. Impressed maker's mark above base, height 24 cm, width 17 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, sculpture, stoneware, textured form with double aperture, blue glaze interior. Impressed mark. Height 17 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Sea Secret, earthenware with blue interior to opening, textured exterior. Impressed mark and dated 98. Some faults. Height 8.5 cm. Length 35.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Bowl, with sculpted and textured exterior and green glaze interior. Impressed mark. Height 11 cm. Diameter 32 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle crucible, with heavily textured exterior surface and a pale green interior. With impressed maker's mark. Height 5.7 cm, diameter 16 cm | *** | |
*** | A miniature crucible dish by Len Castle, a small dish with heavily textured exterior surface and a green glazed interior. With impressed maker's mark. Len Castle (1924 - 2011) is one the most recognisable and well versed figures in New Zealand applied… | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle Crum Brickworks vase, faint hairline crack to body and rim. In stable condition. Double stamped to base. Height 29 cm, depth 15 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Carafe, unglazed with impressed medallion and iron oxide wash. Impressed mark. Height 24 cm. Diameter 14 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Three shino bowls, finely thrown stoneware with shino glaze, one with combed decoration to centre, two with impressed marks. Height 4.5 cm. Diameter 21 cm (largest) | *** | |
*** | A large Len Castle stoneware bowl, with shaped rim and orange and white glaze. Marked. Width 30 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Len Castle tea bowls, both with maker's mark to base. With a hairline crack. A/F. Height 75 mm, width 95 mm, diameter 50 mm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle crater bowl, raised on circular foot. Impressed makers mark to base, height 13 cm, depth 28 cm | *** | |
*** | A large Len Castle stoneware bowl, with grey green glaze and iron fleck decoration. Width 41 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, vase, stoneware with a central band of incised lines. Early impressed mark. Height 20 cm. Diameter 20 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, sea secret, of closed globular form with textured impressions. Impressed mark. Height 11 cm. Diameter 13.5 cm | *** | |
*** | 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 | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle stoneware bowl, with cracked geothermal mud glaze. Marked. Dia20 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle 'Sea Secret' earthenware free oval shaped coral form with a textured surface, the dished centre with red pigment remnants, the outer surface washed with black pigment. Incised cipher, circa 2000. Width 29 cm. Depth 19 cm. Height 10 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle Crucible, a small dish with heavily textured exterior surface and a green glazed interior. With impressed maker's mark. Height 4.5 cm, diameter 13.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle stoneware bottle vase stamped to base, age unknown. Height 28.5 cm. Diameter 18 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle Shino glaze wall vase stamped to rear, circa 1970s. Height 28 cm. Width 28 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle stoneware discoid hanging form/wall pocket, press moulded with a burnt umber pigment on the exterior, a circular small aperture and an impressed cipher | *** | |
*** | A large Len Castle high walled pouring bowl, with and impressed band of combing to the upper, and horizontal ribbing to the well. Impressed maker's mark to base, height 14 cm, diameter 27 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle 'Sea Secret' Form earthenware coral shape with a pool of copper blue glaze to the centre. Impressed cipher, circa 2000. Diameter 17.2 cm. Height 4.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle stoneware deep dish with Tenmoku glaze. Width 34 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle 'Sea Secret' Form stoneware standing cone shape with the textured upper surface under a fine copper blue glaze, trickling to the underside. Impressed cipher circa 2000. Height 11.2 cm. Width 23 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle Tenmoku glaze pouring bowl, incised intitals to base, height 7 cm, diameter 22 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle pin fish dish, with a green glazed interior, and white outline of a fish, with different coloured scales. No maker's mark. Height 3 cm, diameter 10.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle stoneware Robust vase, the square section base flaring to four rounded shoulders below a circular neck and rim. Wood ash glaze speckled with iron. Impressed cipher, early 1960s, the base with an exhibition sticker marked 49 6 Gns. Height 26 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle 'Sea Secret' earthenware cone shaped coral form, the cup with a hint of red pigment. Circa 2000. Impressed cipher. Height 16.3 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, bowl, a deep stoneware bowl with chun glaze interior and tenmoku exterior. Incised LC to base. Height 8.5 cm. Diameter 31 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle crucible dish, diameter 160 mm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle pouring vessel, with Tenmoku glaze and a strap handle. Unsigned, height 23.5 cm, width 17 cm, depth 16 cm | *** | |
*** | A Pair of Len Castle Pourer Bowls | *** | |
*** | Len Castle 'Sea Secret' earthenware sea urchin form with a pool of copper blue glaze to the centre. Impressed cipher, circa 2000. Height 6.2 cm. Diameter 14 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, gourd, a large terracotta gourd. Impressed mark. Height 45 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle bottle vase, with rust red glaze and three impressed and applied marks, tapered neck. Height 240 mm. Depth 12 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle brown and blue glazed pottery bowl, finely potted in the Chinese style (oxide and oil spot). Impressed monogram mark, diameter 14 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, platter, stoneware, oblong with shino glaze, rolled edge and impressed decoration. Impressed mark. Height 6.5 cm. Length 37.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, bowls, two finely thrown stoneware bowls with a shino glaze. Impressed mark (2). Height 45 cm. Diameter 17 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, three lobed pots, three hip joined vases of graduated sizes, iron underglaze, speckled olive and white overglaze, impressed mark. Height 16 cm. Diameter 23 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Pebbles, three small textured pebbles with iron oxide wash. All signed to base (3). Height 4 cm. 8 cm (largest) | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle stoneware bowl, with cracked geothermal mud glaze and brown rim. Marked. Dia18.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Six Len Castle shino glaze bowls one rim chip. Stamped to base, circa 1980s. Height 4.5 cm. Diameter 16.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle bowl, mottled effect to the ash coloured interior. The exterior in brown to the upper and stone to the lower. Impressed makers mark to base, height 6 cm, diameter 21 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle sea Urchin, maker's mark to base. Height 45 mm, diameter 90 mm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle anagama pouring bowl, with a maker's mark impressed. Height 55 mm, width 125 mm, diameter 35 mm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, gourd, terracotta gourd. Impressed mark. Height 30 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, shallow bowl, salt glazed, Crum Brickwork period. Impressed Castle mark to base. Height 6 cm. Diameter 17.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, shino bowl, impressed mark. Height 9.5 cm. Diameter 22.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, shallow bowl, shino glaze, impressed mark. Height 6 cm. Diameter 20.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, dish, stoneware with blue mottled interior. Impressed mark. Height 3.5 cm. Diameter 14.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle stoneware footed large bowl, ash over iron on a roughish clay body, the interior lip with an incised border. Impressed cipher, early 1960s. Diameter 36.4 cm. Height 12.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Len Castle coffee mugs, slim mugs with low strap handles. Maker's marks below the handles. Height 10.1 cm, diameter 6.3 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle pierced spherical vase, with tenmoku glaze, height 13 cm, diameter 15 cm | *** | |
*** | A pair of Len Castle bowls shino-style colonial shino glaze. Impressed marks both A/F | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Lipped bowl, stoneware lipped bowl with iron glaze rim. Incised LC mark. Height 8 cm. Diameter 23 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle oil bottle, with maker's mark at the base, height 15 cm, diameter 11 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle stoneware, wheel thrown 'Colonial Shino' shallow bowl with a wheel-coiled encircling rim, the interior surface 'Spiral' impressed, and with a cipher mark for 1950-1994 | *** | |
*** | Len Castle earthenware fossilised bird form the 'Cycle of Life' range, with umber pigment and incised initials, made in 1998 | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle stoneware moulded oblong dish with coiled rim, the interior with rope impressions under brown treacle iron oxide and ash glaze. Impressed cipher. Hairline crack. Length 31.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle shoulder vase, made from earthenware, with a protruding bodily form to both sides, and wide 'Shoulders' descending into a smaller, circular base. Glazed in shades of brown and blue, with a short neck. With a crack up one side of the body.… | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle stoneware bottle vase, with orange and white glaze. Marked to shoulder. Height 13 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle stoneware bottle vase, with orange and white glaze. Marked to shoulder. Height 14.5 cm | *** | |
*** | A fine Len Castle stoneware bowl, with crazed pale grey internal glaze. Dia22 cm | *** | |
*** | A Len Castle pouring vessel, with Tenmoku glaze and a strap handle. Unsigned, height 23.5 cm, width 17 cm, diameter 16 cm | *** | |