English Folk Art

A very fine and unique, fresh to market, stoneware studio pottery tile shaped panel hand painted with a rear profile of a walking female nude titled Nude by renowned ceramic artist E...

A very fine and unique, fresh to market, stoneware studio pottery tile shaped panel hand painted with a seated nude and with a female trapeze performer titled Circus:Trapeze by renow...

A very stylish English large studio pottery dish decorated with abstract floral and linear designs by David Melville dating from the 20th or early ...

A very stylish English large studio pottery twin handled bowl decorated with abstract swirl and linear designs by David Melville dating from the 20th or early 21st century. The heavi...

A very impressive British stoneware bowl decorated in tenmoku and dolomite glazes by renowned potter David Leach (British, 1911 – 2005) and dating from the 20th century. The bowl of wide rounded shape stands raised on a thick narrow round unglazed foot with recessed base. The bowl has a fold back rim the outer body decorated in deep brown tenmoku glazes. The inner bowl is decorated with an abstract design with brown tenmoku glazes beneath a thick crawling green white dolomite glaze with speckling and with wavy wax resist...

A stylish vintage Lowerdown pottery studio pottery vase of square form with abstract linear scroll designs by David Leach (British, 1911-2005) and dating from the 20th century. The tall stone ware vase has a square shaped body with rounded corners narrowing...

A rare and stylish studio pottery stoneware organic form titled Cluster by acclaimed English ceramicist Eileen Lewenstein and made in the 1970's and was potted in Hampstead in London. The sculptural piece is of oval shape and comprises of tightly compressed conical apertures decorated in shades of brown and green and stand on a small flat unglazed base. There is an old paper label and possible indistinct mark. Accompanied by a hand written and signed card...

A very fine and unique, fresh to the market, stoneware studio pottery tile shaped panel hand painted with nudes titled Mermaid by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon (British, ...

IRONSTONE PLATE WITH "VOTES FOR WOMEN" TEXT, MADE JOHN MADDOCK & SONS FOR SUFFRAGIST ALVA BELMONT FOR MARBLE HOUSE, HER FAMOUS ESTATE IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1914: Porcelain objects related to the Suffrage movement are extremely scarce. The most celebrated of all American suffrage dinnerware consists of a service of white ironstone, commissioned by Alva Belmont,* prominent Newport, Rhode Island, socialite. Belmont was the founder of a pro-suffrage group called the Political Equality Association. According to Suffrage memorabilia expert Ken Folley, "There are at least eight different examples known in this design, including a cup and saucer, a lunch or dinner plate, a salad or bread plate, a berry bowl, a soup bowl, a celery dish...