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New Zealand & Other Studio Pottery — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:253
Sale Title:New Zealand & Other Studio PotteryLots with images:252
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:214
Date:11-Mar-2024
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Briar Gardner (1879-1968) variable green glazed vase. Incised signature, width 10.5 cm.
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Olive Jones (1893 ?1982) pale blue glaze vase with white interior. Incised signature. Height 13 cm.
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O.C. Stephens (1898-1980) large green monochrome glazed vase ovoid form with incised ribs to the shoulder. Printed signature mark. Height 17.5 cm. Note: Oswold Counsell Stephens was a notable New Zealand teacher, chemist and potter. He was born in Dunedin, he was elected a life member of the New Zealand Society of Potters in 1965, together with Elizabeth Matheson and olive Jones.
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Elizabeth Mathison (1890-1978) light blue baluster vase. Incised marks and date 1951. Height 9 cm. Brown glaze vase with incised marks and date '56. Height 10.4 cm. Tiny glaze frit to rim.
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Olive Jones (1893 ?1982) blue glaze baluster vase. Incised signature and DB10. Height 11.4 cm.
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Jova Rancich (1888-1942) majolica glaze large squat jug the body lobed below the spout, blue/green dominant glaze with yellow and brown highlights. Impressed potter's mark 'J. Rancich Auckland'. Diameter 20 cm. Height 13.5 cm.
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Len Castle sea urchin form. Maker's mark to base. Diameter 9 cm. With Dowse Museum Len Castle Retrospective catalogue and newspaper cuttings.
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Len Castle small crater bowl with sea green interior. Diameter 14 cm.
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Len Castle grey glaze vase. Stamped to base. Height 20.5 cm
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Len Castle aqua-green glazed circular dish with tenmoku underglaze. Impressed potter's mark. Diameter 28.5 cm.
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Len Castle (1924 - 2011) 'Earth Book'. Stamped potter's mark. Height 12.5 cm. White body with a partial grey wash. Purchased from the potter 2004. Stamped mark on spine near base. Height 12.5 cm
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Len Castle pouring bowl, shino glaze a finely crackled shino glazed pouring bowl with debris explosions (possibly quartz) in the clay body randomly bursting through the glaze. Stamped Lc mark near the foot, width 21 cm. Height 7.5 cm
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Len Castle 'Pin dish' with a blue glaze inside with three stylised leaping human figures in white glaze. Red-brown coloured clay body. Stamped mark near the base. Diameter 10.5 cm.
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A good small 'Pin dish' by Len Castle with a speckled fawn glaze inside with three stylised kiwis in white brown coloured wash on the outside. Stamped mark near the base. Height 2.5 cm, width 10.5 cm
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Len Castle pottery ceremonial pourer with strap handle and matt wood ash glaze impressed mark. Height 21 cm. Note: flake chip to base edge.
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Len Castle large vintage impressed pattern dish wood ash glaze, various impressed motifs to the interior flared wall. Impressed potter's mark to base. C1970. 44 x 35.5 cm.
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Len Castle large wall hanging pod form c.1970. Impressed with panels of stylised koru type designs, partial umber glaze. Impressed potter's mark. Height 43 cm. Provenance: from the estate collection of the Auckland potters Ennis and Joyce Oliver.
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A Len Castle shino glaze pouring bowl c.1970/1980, with rolled rim and wavy combed designs to the interior. Impressed potter's mark. Diameter 29 cm.
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Len Castle tenmoku tall jug black glaze with dark red / brown highlights at the edges. Impressed potter's mark. Height 20 cm. Provenance: from the estate collection of the Auckland potters Ennis and Joyce Oliver. Note: this jug of a similar design to those of the Leach Pottery standard ware, where Len studied and worked from 1955-1957.
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A Barry Brickell garden pot with thumb-print pattern forming a border beneath the rolled rim. Wheel stamp to base rim. Height 18.5 cm, 21.5 cm diameter
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Barry Brickell (1935 - 2016) dark brown terracotta unglazed 3 cup planter with band tooled pressed relief. Height 37 cm Brickell (1935 - 2016) dark brown terracotta unglazed three cup planter with band of tooled impressed relief. Height 37 cm. Drain hole in bottom
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Barry Brickell (1935 - 2016) lobe handled planter with band of rope design relief top and bottom. Height 20 cm Brickell (1935 - 2016) lobe handled planter with band of rope design relief top and bottom. Height 20 cm. Drain hole in base
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Barry Brickell (1935-2016) lobe handled planter with band of rope design relief top and bottom. Height 20 cm. Drain hole in base
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Two piece Barry Brickell, jug height 13 cm and mug; jug height 13 cm and mug height 12 cm
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Barry Brickell (1935-2016) squat iconic Fatso jug heavily grogged clay with textured surface. Impressed maker's mark. Height 15 cm.
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Barry Brickell (1935-2016) tall Fatso jug. Iconic Brickell shape. Impressed makers mark. Height 26 cm.
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Barry Brickell mug, coromandel 1975, potter's mark below handle, height 11 cm
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Barry Brickell attributed small flagon tenmoku underglaze with black wax resist decoration. Height 21 cm
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Barry Brickell (1935-2016) vintage stoneware tri-form bottle blue glaze to the body, tenmoku to the neck. Height 13.8 cm. Impressed mark.
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Barry Brickell (1935-2016) vintage stoneware tri-form bottle lustrous mottled brown glaze. Height 13.8 cm. Impressed mark.
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Barry Brickell gloss glazed unomi (tea bowl) gloss partial glaze, dimpled baluster form. H,10.7 cm.
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Barry Brickell squat lobed pottery vase lustrous brown/red glaze. Impressed mark. Diameter 11.3 cm.
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Barry Brickell stoneware large salt fired jug with characterful face formed rim with encircling pattern band. Salt kiln drips to the swollen body. Impressed potter's mark below the strap handle,
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A Barry Brickell salt glazed stoneware bowl decorated rim with bluish glaze to the centre, stamped mark to base. Diameter 30 cm.
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Doreen Blumhardt scalloped flared vase with impressed shell design brown topped with green glaze, height 13 cm
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Doreen Blumhardt (1914-2009) large shallow bowl with central leaf design. Diameter 39 cm. Bought as part of an Art sale fundraiser for the Days bay Wellington playcentre in the 1960s
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Roy Cowan geometric cream jug black glaze. Date 1987 and artist's initials to base. Height 8 cm.
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Two Doris Dutch tapered form specimen vases umber finished restrained glaze. Impressed potter's mark. Height 125 and 10 cm. One with old label.
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Peter Stichbury shino baluster vase with incised black necklace. Height 20 cm
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Peter Stichbury coffee pot. Tenmoku glaze. Maker's mark to base. Height 22.5 cm.
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Peter Stichbury vase with abuja inspired neck decoration height 28 cm, potter's stamp lower base
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Nicholas Brandon large coffee pot. Height 25 cm. Potter's stamp lower base
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Peter Stichbury (1924-2015) wax resist decorated vase lustrous glaze. Impressed potter's mark. H,14.5 cm.
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Four pottery pieces: two Stichbury mugs + Adrian Cotter small bottle + Warwick Lidgard salt pig. Four pottery pieces: two Peter Stichbury mugs plus a Adrian Cotter small bottle and Warwick Lidgard salt pig.
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Mirek Smisek large salt glazed tankard blush glaze with sgraffito flora decoration. Signed on base.Height 20 cm.
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Early Mirek Smisek tall wine bottle. With two lugs cane handle and woven cork stopper. Incised name on base. Height 28 cm.
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Early Mirek Smisek large carafe with shoulder handle and woven cork stopper. Maker's mark near base. Height 26.5 cm.Mottled grey glaze. Rounded upper body incised with a wide band of vertical striations. Uncommon elongated Ms mark in pentagram near base.
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Early Mirek Smisek large coffee pot. Height 23 cm. Grey with pale blue sylised flowers
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Chester Nealie small squared porcelain poison bottle celadon glaze. Height 7.5 cm. Incised mark and date '91. Small loss to one edge.
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Chester Nealie anagama bottle shell leaf and other glaze effects original tethered cork stopper. Incised marks and label. Height 11 cm.
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Chester Nealie urn shaped celadon glazed vase vase with handles incised shell detail to shoulder. Height 24 cm.
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Chester Nealie anagama glaze squat bottle variable glaze and shell effects. Height 9.5 cm. Impressed potter's mark. Labelled.
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Chester Nealie wood fired glaze bottle vase impressed pattern, thick clear green salt glaze . Height 12 cm. Impressed potter's mark and date 1990.
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Chester Nealie anagama vase fine course glaze effects. Incised mark and date '91. Height 13.3 cm.
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Chester Nealie wood fired teapot gloss green glaze effects. Incised marks and paper label. Fibre bound copper handle.
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Warren Tippett spherical vase light grey glaze with incised wave patterns. Maker's mark. Height 22 cm.
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Warren Tippett large floor vase, tenmoku glaze with band of impressed design around middle, made in coromandel, stamped. Height
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Warren Tippett wide shallow bowl black with central floral design, diameter 28 cm, signed and dated 1990 to base
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Bruce Martin 'Kamaka kiln' fired slab vase with rectangular topped neck, impressed showing Japanese influence on body decoration. Height 28 cm. Old repair to base corner.
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An anagama-fired tea bowl in Japanese style by Bruce Martin. Grassy green glaze. Incised mark and possible date '84' on base. Height 12 cm.
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An anagama ovid shaped vase with single lug on shoulder. Green and brown mottled glazes. Maker's mark and NZ '85 incised on base. Small firing frit to lip. Height 14 cm.
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Graeme Storm spherical stoneware vase. Blue green glaze. Potter's mark. Height 33 cm.
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Two Graeme Storm pottery pieces. Incised mark to bottle. Bowl diameter 17 cm. Bottle height14 cm
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Graeme Storm small barium blue cup, made in London 1961, height 11.5 cm and small grn glazed vase with portrait medallion, made for Graeme's 40th birthday, height 90m
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Graeme Storm stoneware spherical vase, height 26 cm, mark to base a Graeme Storm stoneware spherical vase with incised slip stylised floral decoration. Turquoise glaze with brown carved/incised negative detail in two encircling bands to the body and neck. Impressed potter's mark. Height 25 cm.
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Graeme Storm stoneware large and impressive spherical vase with incised slip stylised floral decoration. Dark matt glaze with lighter brown carved/incised negative detail in two encircling bands to the body and neck. Impressed potter's mark. Height 35 cm.
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Three Graeme Storm pottery pieces: a 'Welcome' impressed bell with leather strap and wooden ball clapper. Height 13 cm. Together with two vases with fine blue floral painted decoration with celadon glaze. One porcelain the other stoneware. Both with impressed potters marks. Heights 8.5 cm and 7 cm.
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Two Graeme Storm c1970/80's pieces: a stoneware lidded box and porcelain vase both inlaid floral and leafy vine glaze decoration on dark matt ground. Impressed potters marks. Diameter 9.5 cm and height 19.3 cm.
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Anneke Borren tall white 'Whirling Dervish' porcelain vase with chevron grooving. Height 30 cm. Maker's monogram on base.
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Anneke Borren tall lustre vase brown with black brushed decoration, waisted form, potters mark to base, height 36 cm.
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Anneke Borren framed tiles blue and white, fish theme. Height 3.2 cm
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Four pieces Anneke Borren two yunomi teacups, a cork bottomed tile (all have monogram to base) and white glazed goblet, height 17 cm, (unsigned)
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Anneke Borren ceramic female torso vase, black on black glaze and decoration, potter's mark to base. Height 24.5 cm.
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Anneke Borren black bamboo lidded vase fine brushed paneled decoration, height 38 cm. Signed on base
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Jeff Scholes large salt glazed storage pot with handles. Signed. Height 27 cm
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Jeff Scholes vase brown with black overglaze. Impressed maker's mark. Height 22 cm.
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Nicholas Brandon very large ovid shaped 1970s floor pot with tapered neck. Brown tones with fern design. Height 45 cm.
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Peter Stichbury large coffee pot. Height 23 cm. Potter's mark.
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John Anderson salt glazed vase height 19 cm, a Crewenna pottery plate, diameter 26 cm and sculptural vase maker unknown, height 16 cm
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John Anderson large salt glazed floor pot. Ovid form tapered neck and handle flourish to side. Dated 1970s. Height 43 cm.
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John Anderson large 1970s charger, ocre glaze with floral swirls, signed to base, diameter 34 cm
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Greg Barron large studio pottery vessel greens and greys with four lugs to tapered neck, corked height 45 cm
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Betty Beadle formerly Crutcher (1924 - 2002) coffee pot with applied grape and sun motifs. Height 20 cm. Distinctive owl' monogram impressed to side Betty Beadle (1924-2002) was born in lake Macquarie, NSW and completed her studies at the Newcastle National Art school. In 1953 she studied sculpture with Paul Beadle and David Tolley and ceramics with Madeleine Scott Jones and Ann Douglas. In 1961 Betty was an active member of the low show group, a collective of women artists, exhibiting in Newcastle. The…
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Cheryl Oliver figural ceramic with red lip glaze artist's stamp to base, height 15 cm and Rosemarie Brittain glazed bird sitting in tree top, signed on base, height 16 cm (leaf repaired)
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Rosemarie Brittain bird sculpture, coiled and slab built with oxide wash. Height 19.5 cm.
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Bryce Stevens 'Fatso style' jug, height 23 cm. Bryce Stevens 'Fatso style' jug, height 23 cm. Signed on base
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Bryce Stevens pottery tea pot with impressed stroke down side. H19 cm. Bryce Stevens pottery tea pot with impressed stroke down side. H19 cm. Potter's mark to base
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Richard Cadness tenmoku glazed spherical vases one rough one smooth. Potter's mark on both. Height 22 cm and 18 cm.
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A Richard Cadness lidded casserole pot with two semi-circular handles to the body. Stamped to base. Height 20 cm 22 cm diameter
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Richard Cadness barium blue short neck spherical vase. Height 17 cm. Potter's mark to base
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Richard Cadness large red glazed ovoid specimen vase. Height 32 cm
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Peter Collis exceptionally large gloss black spired spherical vase with applied gold leaf and red glaze swirl embellishment. Height 50 cm. Signed to base. This is a 'One off' commissioned vase.
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Peter Collis red glazed tall skittle bottle height 33 cm. Maker's mark to base
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Three Peter Collis pottery orb vases, in vibrant red glaze, globular form with spire neck. Impressed maker's mark to base. Heights: 210, 260 and 31 cm.
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Peter Collis turquoise crackle spired orb height 34 cm. Incised signature to base
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Peter Collis black gloss ovid vase with gold leaf detail and red flourish height 14 cm
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Peter Collis studio pottery large vase with restrained fine brushed decoration. Height 37.5 cm.
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Peter Collis spherical specimen vase brushed decoration. Height 20.5 cm
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Two Peter Collis brushed decorated small vases. H's.120 and 8 cm.
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Peter Collis dark gold lustre and brush decorated specimen vase height 15.5 cm
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