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New Collectors Art & Studio Ceramics including The Hans and Elizabeth Swier Collection (Studio ceramics) — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:183
Sale Title:New Collectors Art & Studio Ceramics including The Hans and Elizabeth Swier Collection (Studio ceramics)Lots with images:183
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:151
Date:27-Feb-2024
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Hillside Pottery (Renton and Rosie Murray), Salt glazed lidded storage jar, with olive ash glaze to the upper section, applied Hillside Pottery logo to one side, inscribed 2 K to the other, height 21 cm (inclength lid), Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Potter Unknown, Large salt glazed jug, of tall elegant form, height 27.5 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Hillside Pottery (Renton and Rosie Murray), Collection of five small salt glazed pots, comprising two jugs, a vase, a tea cup and a mug, all with impressed mark, height 15 cm (largest), Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Jack Laird, A collection of twelve stoneware mugs, together with a small jug (AF), with hanging wooden stand, most with incised signature to the base, size: variable, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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New Zealand Studio Pottery, Two stoneware lidded coffee pots, one by Jack Laird, the other by an unidentified potter (the latter with matched lid), both marked, height 28 cm and height 25 cm (inclength lids), Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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New Zealand Studio Pottery, Stoneware vase and jug, various glazes and decorations, marked 'ES' and 'OS' respectively, height 20 cm and height 22 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Potter Unknown, Large stoneware lidded jar, with tenmoku and ash glazes, height 25 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Potter Unknown, Cylindrical vase, with tenmoku and ash glazes, impressed illegible potter's mark to the base (possibly by Campbell Hegan), height 23 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Una Sharpley, Large stoneware bowl, with iron glaze decorated with wax resist spirals and star design, diameter 40.5 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Jenny Shearer, Ceramic table bowl, decorated with a dragon fly on a grey and green crackle glaze ground (small glaze chip), diameter 30 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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New Zealand Studio Pottery, Three ceramic circular platters, the first by Mary Hardwick-Smith, the second by Carl Vendelbosch, and the third by Michael Whitmore, diameter 28.5 cm, diameter 25.5 cm and 25 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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New Zealand Studio Pottery, Three decorative ceramic plates, comprising a Mavis Jack pale blue dish, a Margaret Riley textured platter, and a plate with white flowers on green ground by an unidentified potter, two signed, one with original gallery label affixed to the base, diameter 23.5 cm, width 24 cm and diameter 24 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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New Zealand Studio Pottery, Selection of three small shino glazed ceramics, comprising two Warwick Lidgard small dishes and a small Campbell Hegan lidded jar, one dish and the jar with impressed potter's mark, diameter 15 cm, width 14 cm and height 9.5 cm, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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New Zealand Studio Pottery, Collection of four small pots, comprising a Helen Mason lidded jar, a Margaret Milne tall lidded box, a David Brokenshire stem vase and a Jenny Shearer small jar, most with potter's mark to the base, height 24 cm (largest), Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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New Zealand Studio Pottery, Collection of 11 cups and a small jug, including a set of four Paula King tenmoku glazed cups; a set of five Ian Firth mottled grey cups; a green glazed Elizabeth Matheson Paka Pottery jug; and another two unidentified cups, all except one marked, size: variable, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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New Zealand Studio Pottery, Selection of tableware, comprising a Adrian Cotter cup, saucer and side plate set; and a Sally Vinson cup and saucer (impressed mark), size: variable, size: variable, Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Len Castle Potter [Association Copy], *, Sang Architects and Co 2002. 251p, profusely illustrated in colour. 30.5 cm, black boards with gilt and in DJ fine copy.Inscribed on endpaper 'To Harris and Elizabeth with warmest wishes and memories of Titerangi days, Len Castle'. Loosely enclosed a hand written letter dated oct 1st 2003 to Elizabeth from Len Castle. Also clippings.Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Len Castle [signed] [2 titles], Making the Molecules Dance. Ceramics 1948-2008., *, Lopdell House Gallery 2008. 248p, profusely illustrated in colour. 32 cm yellow boards, DJ, fine copy. Signed and dated Len Castle 2009.2. Len Castle: Mountain to the sea, Ceramics, Poetry, Photographs. 44p, illustrated in colour, 19 cm, light card wrappers, fine.Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Moyra Elliott & Damian Skinner, Cone Ten Down, Studio Pottery in New Zealand, 1954-1980, *, David Bateman Ltd, 2009. 184p, profusely illustrated in colour.25 cm, paperback with foldout to front and back covers.Provenance: Collection of Hans and Elizabeth Swier
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Garry Nash, Rolled crushed chip green bowl, blown glass, signed and dated '08, 25.5 x 25.5 x 12.5 cm
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Garry Nash, Landscape vessel, blown glass, signed and dated '02, 25 x 26 x 5.5 cm
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Lyndsay Patterson, Vase, white blown glass with cut diamond shaped decoration, signed to the base and dated 2000, height 16 cm
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John Parker, Grooved bottle vase, glazed ceramic, stamped with artist's initials JP, height 29 cm
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John Parker, Grooved cylinder vase, glazed ceramic, impressed stamp to base, 8.5 x 8.5 x 31.5 cm
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John Parker, Grooved ovoid vase, glazed ceramic, impressed mark to the base, height 20 cm
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Keith Blight, Pyramid form, earthenware, with bright speckled red glaze, impressed potter's mark to one of the corners, 17 x 37.5 x 33 cm
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Sang-Sool Shim and Keum-Sun Lee, Small lidded box, with bright red glaze and incised floral decoration, diameter 9 cm
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Potter Unknown, Squat orb vase, with iridescent dark brown glaze, incised 'Z' to the base, height 14 cm
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Graham Ambrose, Specimen vase, of globular form with spire neck, with a dark golden lustre glaze, impressed potter's mark to the base, height 19 cm
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Graham Ambrose, Two orb vases, the larger with matt turquoise glaze, the smaller with bright red glaze, impressed potter's mark to each base, height 16 cm and height 12 cm
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Peter Collis, Small orb vase, with crackle turquoise glaze, impressed potter's mark to the base, height 14.5 cm
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Peter Collis, Large blue floor vase, with ovoid body and tall spire neck, in a vibrant turquoise crackle glaze, signed and dated 2018 to the base, impressed mark to the foot, height 75 cm, Note: This is the last vase Peter Collis made for this series.
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Peter Collis, Red spire orb vase, impressed potter's mark to the base, height24 cm
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Len Castle, Large alkaline blue bowl, with impressed decoration to the rim, impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 53 cm
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Len Castle, Large hemispherical bowl, with speckled red lava glaze, impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 39 cm
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Len Castle, Crater Lake bowl, matt light grey stained earthenware, alkaline blue glaze to the interior, impressed potter's LC mark to the base, diameter 46 cm
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Len Castle, Impressive and oversized Blossom vase, stoneware slab vase with jun glaze over tenmoku, impressed potter's LC mark to the foot, 56.5 x 50 x 30 cm, For similar examples see: Len Castle potter, p. 124, 158, 210-212; and Len Castle Making the Molecules dance, p. 98.Provenance: Purchased directly from Ron Sang.
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Len Castle, Pacific Series bowl, with stylised avian finial, the interior with mottled green-grey and white glazes, the textured exterior with umber pigment, impressed potter's mark to the base, width 33 cm
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Len Castle, Sea Secret, of pierced dome form, impressed potter's mark to the base, 13 x 15 x 15 cm
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Len Castle, Stoneware bowl, shaped with a 'stepped' cavetto and decorated with jun and tenmoku glazes, impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 28 cm
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Graeme Storm, Large and impressive charger, stoneware with aqua green glaze with darker highlights and brown rim, pierced to the foot ring for wall suspension, diameter 51.5 cm
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Graeme Storm, Stoneware bowl, with shaped sides and blue barium glaze, impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 15 cm
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Graeme Storm, Baluster vase, stoneware with flambe turquoise glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 22 cm
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Barry Brickell, Planter, unglazed terracotta with natural patina, height 82 cm, diameter 60 cm
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Greg Barron, Large quatrefoil-shaped vase, shino glazed stoneware, the sides 'textured' with impressed decoration, impressed potter's marks to the neck, 24.5 x 34 x 34 cm
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Greg Barron, Large stoneware jug, with tenmoku glaze, the body decorated with vertical ribs, impressed potter's marks to the neck, height 27.5 cm
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Lawrence Ewing, Bottle vase, stoneware, with rope handle, impressed potter's mark to the base, height 35 cm
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Lawrence Ewing, Bottle vase, stoneware, with cork stopper and rope handle, impressed potter's mark to the base, height 28 cm
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Andrew van der Putten, Coffee set, comprising a large coffee pot, a milk jug, a sugar pot and six mugs, all with impressed potter's mark to the handle (except sugar pot), height 17 cm (coffee pot)
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Andrew van der Putten, Two stoneware handled jars, the first with ceramic lid and crackle shino glaze with reddish tones, the second with a light toned shino glaze and cork stopper (one with hairline), each with potter's mark to the shoulders, height 21.5 cm and height 14 cm
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Don Thornley, Large pedestal bowl, with shino glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 15 cmmm x diameter 24.5 cm
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Ian Smail, Wood fired lidded jar, decorated with diagonal 'cuts' to the body, impressed potter's mark to the base, height 19.5 cm
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Neil Grant, Stoneware pourer, with textured pigment washed exterior, glazed interior, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 25.5 cm
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Neil Grant, Stoneware vase, decorated with medallions of stylised flowers on a brown and turquoise ground, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 24.5 cm
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Mirek Smisek, Small stoneware jar, brown ash glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 14 cm
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Potter Unknown, Square stoneware platter, heavily potted, with dark grey glaze to the centre, unglazed rim and exterior; possibly by Doreen Blumhardt, width 26.5 cm
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Potter Unknown, Two stoneware lidded jars, with rich iron glaze (one with faults), impressed 'GR' or 'CR' mark to the foot, height 29 cm
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Diedre Airey, Terracotta wall plaque, depicting a scene from The Walk to Emmaus (Luke 24:30-32), 21 x 21 cm
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Charles Holmes, Two tiles (1978), glazed ceramics decorated with stylised floral motifs, accompanied by original exhibition poster, 15 x 15 cm (each)
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Potter Unknown, Stoneware tile, with incised decoration of a nude woman, 26 x 15 cm
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Phoenix Pottery (Michael Lucas & Jill Totty), Ceramic 'Private' plaque, painted with a cat, diameter 13.5 cm
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Phoenix Pottery (Michael Lucas & Jill Totty), Two ceramics dishes, one inscribed with a poem, the other decorated with tomato vines, printed potters' marks to the bases, diameter 26.5 cm (largest)
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Phoenix Pottery (Michael Lucas & Jill Totty), Terracotta vase, printed potters' marks to the base; together with an unmarked stoneware jar, height 14 cm (largest)
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A group of five assorted ceramic pieces, including a small Paul Winspear bowl, a J. & S. Killick orb vase, a Carol Swan orb, an English Keramica (Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire) tall vase, and an unmarked spire neck vase, most marked or with original label, size: variable
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A group of 3 assorted ceramics, including a Chinese Yixing-type teapot, an unmarked stoneware shaped teapot, and a small porcelain black-glazed 'knotted' vase, the Chinese teapot marked, width 24 cm, width 17 cm and height 11 cm
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Auckland Museum, Vintage M?ori head plaque souvenir, hand-finished moulded composite, ca. first half of 20th century, stamped 'Auckland Museum' verso, height 15.5 cm
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Parker Potteries, A pair of Lincoln Wines bottles, decorated with a tiki figure on one side and a manaia on the reverse, ceramic cork stopper, impressed Parker Pottery/Lincoln Wine mark to the bases, height 19 cm
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Small Ngakura Ware dish, with tiki decoration to the centre, width 14.5 cm
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Frank Carpay for Crown Lynn, Hand potted vase, decorated with repeat scalloped scale pattern in black on a white ground (minor hairline crack), printed tiki mark and inscribed HANDWERK to the base, height 21.5 cm, width 19 cm
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Small trickle glaze swan, with a mottled purple and teal glaze, width 13 cm
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Frank Carpay (attrib.) for Crown Lynn, Hand-painted dish, decorated with magenta and green circular design to the rim, printed tiki mark to the base, diameter 23 cm
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Two small flower vases attributed to Daniel Steenstra, the first of pear shape with roses on a white ground, the second of baluster form with berry and leaf pattern on a magenta ground, each with printed mark to the base, height 16 cm and height 16 cm
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Float Bowl, with speckled brown glaze, incised 'Crown Lynn' mark to the base, diameter 23 cm
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Early vitrified Paris Ware part tea service, comprising eight cream-coloured cups and saucers and six side dishes, another saucer with green painted rim, and a side dish painted with a flower bouquet to the centre (some losses), most with stamped or impressed "Made in N.Z." mark to the base, diameter 17.5 cm max
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Crown Lynn Potteries, A collection of five cups and saucers, each in a different pattern, comprising 'Fleurette', 'Dorothy Thorpe Pine', 'Dorothy Thorpe Palm Spring', 'Autumn Splendour' (with one extra saucer), and a green glazed pair, various printed and impressed marks to the bases, diameter 17 cm max
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Matched Willow Pattern coffee set, including a coffee pot, a cup and saucer, Kelston 'Willow' mark to the saucer, 'Made in New Zealand' mark to the cup, the coffee pot unmarked, height 23 cm (coffee pot)
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Collection of five plates, of various patterns and designs, various marks to the bases including 'Genuine Ironstone', 'Kelston Forest Glade', 'Tucatan', 'Forma', diameter 26 cm max
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Collection of four small white pieces, including a rose pattern oil jug and powder bowl; a hospital feeder mug and a Titian vase, various impressed and printed marks to the bases, height 15 cm max
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Collection of nine small vases, of various glazes and shapes, most with marks and/or shape number to the base, height 10 cm max
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Crown Lynn Potteries (attrib.), Three egg cups, comprising a blue clown, a pink squirrel and a white rabbit, height 7 cm, height 6.5 cm and height 6 cm
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Three egg cups, comprising a green and a blue swimming ducks, and a red hen, two incised with 'J' (or 'C'?) to the base, height 6.5 cm, height 6.5 cm & height 6 cm
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Group of six ceramics, including two Ambrico bowls, two Ambrico saucers, a matching ribbed bowl, and a blue glazed vase, various printed and stamped marks to the bases, diameter 20.5 cm max
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Crown Lynn Potteries, Two Toby jugs and two mugs, one Toby jug colourfully painted, the others with brown glazes, printed mark to the coloured jug base, impressed 'Made in New Zealand' and shape number 1222 to the mugs' bases, height 13 cm max
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