Lot 747: An Assortment of Eleven Studio Pottery Items Including West German and Signatured Pieces

An assortment of eleven studio pottery items featuring a variety of glazing techniques and ceramic forms. The collection includes a tall cylindrical vase finished in a deep chocolate brown glaze with thick cream-coloured drips extending from the rim. The base of this piece bears an impressed mark reading USA with the letters HC positioned above. A large blue-glazed jug is included, featuring a speckled finish and a pulled loop handle. The group also contains a lidded circular jar decorated with concentric slip-banded rings in shades of brown, cream, and olive green; the base of this jar is marked with two impressed characters, possibly reading DP or DB.

A flared-rim bud vase is present, finished in a dark crystalline glaze. Its base is impressed with the text W. GERMANY and the numbers 242-10. A small footed pitcher displays a polychrome glaze in pale green, cream, and brown; the base is incised with a cursive signature reading Gwenny Pottery. The collection is completed by a variety of other forms including a shallow footed bowl with a textured ochre and blue mottled exterior and a dark-glazed interior featuring concentric throwing rings, a tan-glazed vase with hand-painted slip motifs of stylized leaves, and several small bud vases in various shapes and earthy glazes. One bowl features an unglazed foot ring with a small square impressed mark containing a character resembling a stylized B.