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A rare and early Len Castle salt glaze pottery lamp base,…
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Auckland
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13-Aug-2013
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A rare and early Len Castle salt glaze pottery lamp base, compressed ovoid form with fine ribbed detail, short flared narrow neck, the original wire hole to the base with internal glaze, the cobalt slip giving variable blue effects, impressed early castellated potter's mark to base and original exhibition handwritten label '13. Salt glazed stoneware Lamp Stand Base. 40/' '. Note during this 1950-1955 period Len hand dug his own Westmere clay and fired his salt glazed pieces in the Crum Brick & Tile Works, New Lynn kilns. Minor chip to edge of one rib. Height 22 cm
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Ceramics: Castle, Len