15th Jun, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
David Lloyd Jones (1928-1994): A Large Stoneware Bowl, tenmoku glaze with wax-resist decoration, impressed LJ potters mark,
55cm diameter
David Lloyd Jones was born in Wimbledon in 1928. He trained at Guildford School of Art doing some pottery 1951-52 but is largely self-taught. Jones produced a range of domestic ware, in short runs and individual pieces in thrown stoneware and porcelain. Jones used a number of glazes and processes, including salt-glaze and wax resist.
Sold for £200
Estimated at £150 - £200
Auction: 20th Century Design, 15th Jun, 2024
On offer in the June 20th Century Design Sale will be the Michael Claxton Collection, an extraordinary collection of over 350 pieces of British pottery put together between 1974 and 2024, the majority of which were purchased directly from the potters. Potters represented in the collection include David Leach, Richard Batterham, David Roberts, Philip Marston, and Jim Malone.
The sale will also include a good private collection of furniture by Stanley Webb Davies, a fine large Lancastrian Lustre Vase by Gordon Forsyth for Pilkington's Tile & Pottery Co, and a good range of Mouseman and the Yorkshire Critters furniture and furnishings.
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Thursday 13th June - Friday 14th June 10am-4pm, and the morning of the sale from 8am.
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