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.
Lot 130 - Hardman & Co, Birmingham 1889: The Tree of...
Sold for £4,500
Estimated at £5,000 - £8,000
Lot 165 - Michael James Foley (1912-1943): Seated Mother...
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 175 - An Italian Floating Glass and Indian Rosewood...
Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 193 - Stanley Webb Davies (1894-1978) of Windermere:...
Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £700 - £1,000