The Paul Griffith Collection
Thursday 16th October 2025
The Paul Griffith Collection
Thursday 16th October 2025
Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 1JN
VIEWING
Tuesday 14th October 10.00am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 15th October 10.00am – 5.00pm
Mor ning of sale 8.30am – 9.30am
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THE AUCTION – A
BUYING GUIDE
We have outlined below all the information you will need to understand how to buy at auction. If you have any questions we are here to help. Email addresses and telephone numbers are provided in this catalogue, or if you are at the sale please ask a member of staff.
THE BASICS
Registration
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Bidding at the sale
Bidders should use the paddles they have been assigned for the day and will need to show them clearly to the auctioneer when bidding. Invoices will only be raised to the name assigned to the paddle. We cannot transfer lots to other names or numbers after the fall of the hammer.
Absentee or commission bidding
If you are unable to attend the sale but wish to bid on a lot, we can do this on your behalf. You will need to fill in a commission bid form. You should complete the contact details, list the lot and the maximum price you wish to pay, excluding the buyer’s premium. The form should then be submitted to our offices or a member of staff. The bid will be carried out by us and is entirely confidential. All bids are executed at as low a price as is permitted by other bids left and/or reserves set. Bids may be submitted by telephone or email, info@fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk. Successful buyers will receive an invoice after the sale; payment and collection details will be enclosed. Please note, this service is offered as a convenience. We take every care in carrying out bids left with us, however we cannot be held responsible for errors made or failure to execute bids, therefore commission bids are left at the bidder’s risk. Neither requests to “buy” nor rolling bids can be accepted.
Telephone bidding
We can offer a limited number of telephone bidding lines on sale day enabling absentee bidders to bid “live”. This facility is only available on lots which carry a bottom estimate of £200 or more. Requests for telephone bids must be made by close of business the day before the sale and are allocated on a first come first served basis.
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Please note we do not accept single cash payments over £3,000. Once payment has cleared, goods may be collected. Small items may be collected during the sale at the discretion of the porters, furniture may be removed at the end of the sale. Accounts staff are available to answer any enquiries regarding payment prior to and at the sale. Sold items not collected or paid for within 14 days of the sale will incur storage charges of £3 per day per item.
ADDITIONAL SALES SERVICES
Condition reports
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ABOUT THE COLLECTOR
‘Sweet are the uses of adversity’ -
Shakespeare As You Like It
Having been made redundant in 2002 from Head of Sales for a motor manufacturer and having just purchased a new house, Paul went to visit a local auction house to look at some brown furniture. Here he saw a piece of Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian Lustre and a piece of Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, two major forces in the Art Pottery field, and that is where the story began and where the brown furniture ended!
He attended a male Jesuit boarding school, had a degree in Latin from University College London and then went on to spend his career in hamburgers and cars, possibly to his father’s disappointment. Not wanting to receive another ‘brown envelope’ he decided to set up his own Commercial Contract Cleaning Company covering the UK. As with all new start businesses, the first year was financially very difficult. His first payment from the company after 12 months was £1000. Two days after receiving this, he went straight to an auction house and bought his very first piece of Wedgwood Fairyland lustre, an event which lead to amassing a sizeable collection.
By his own admission Paul had a few goes at marriage and some may say ‘collecting wives’, however, this proved to be a very expensive hobby. After meeting Lisa, Paul was ‘delighted’ with his third and ‘current’ wife and he loved to recount how Lisa’s love of ‘bling’ had also played an important role for her too as she was ‘very fond of diamonds’. In 2005 Lisa and Paul collated a ‘fun list’ which included a piece of Fairyland lustre – box ticked and a Richard Joyce ‘fish’ vase – another ticked box!
Pots were Paul’s passion and he believed, correctly, that only like-minded people could understand this. He collected from not just all over the UK but from all over the world. He confessed to ‘some interesting purchases – especially when bought unseen’. Paul’s first real introduction to a large, high quality Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian collection was the display at Woolley & Wallis when the Nick Rocke collection was offered for sale in February 2015. ‘It was a delight to see so many different shapes, sizes and artists and I could fully appreciate Nick’s passion for collecting’. This gave Paul direction when collecting his own pots, it focussed him to create an aesthetically pleasing mix of architecture, shape, design, colour and artists. ‘Seeing so many beautiful pots on display made me challenge myself to have more!’
Paul believed the collections were determined to a degree by five specifics which he himself followed.
1. Funds – Work harder
2. Availability – Look harder
3. Time – Make it
4. Geography – Maximise technology
5. Space – You never run out
A favourite quote of Paul’s which reflected his theory was: ‘Gather ye rose-buds while ye may Old Time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying’
To Make Much of Time, Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
Paul collected a vast amount of pots and spending time away from home on his search for Pilkington’s lustre had its stressful moments. On one occasion he encountered major road closures on the way to a sale starting at 10am and unluckily his chosen item just happened to be Lot 1. He recovered the situation by calling ahead to the auction house to book a telephone bid only to find he only had 2% charge left on his phone battery and no ability to charge his phone. On other occasions when Paul was successful in buying an item remotely from an auction he received a piece of Crown Derby when he was expecting a very expensive piece of Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian! The courier company had accidently collected and posted the wrong item to him in error.
Paul was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in July 2017, and spent the majority of his time in and out of hospitals getting treatment and eventually palliative care for this life-limiting disease. During this stressful time, Paul’s pot therapy became increasingly helpful and more mentally beneficial to him than any of the palliative regimes. He never sold any of his pots, instead choosing to have them out on display, not in cabinets or in lofts but a treasured collection that he would view every day. This came with downsides for some i.e. no children or pets allowed in the dedicated room! Paul was delighted when Angela and Barry offered to catalogue his collection, it gave him an opportunity to share his passion and pots with the people who love them as much as he did. Lisa and Paul were particularly humbled in 2019 when they held a garden party for the Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery Society and were able to host the members in Yorkshire. In Paul’s own words ‘It was a delightful day to get to know so many equally passionate and kind people’.
‘I count myself in nothing else so happy as a soul remembering his good friends’. Shakespeare Richard II
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Gladys Rogers - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1913-1923, of ovoid form on short foot, shape No.3146, with silver lustre leaf and swirled fronds in chequerboard format over graded blue ground, impressed and painted marks to base, height 10cm.
£200 - £300
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Gladys Rogers - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1913, of shouldered tapered ovoid form on flared foot, with short collar and everted rim, decorated with trailing mistletoe branches with leaves and berry clusters in tonal green over mottled ochre and terracotta ground, impressed and painted marks, height 14.5cm.
£500 - £800
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Gladys Rogers - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, 1914-1919, of ovoid form with everted rim, on short flared foot, shape no.2507, decorated with forked flowering branches over powder blue and tonal green ground, royal blue glaze to interior, impressed and painted marks, height 11cm.
£300 - £500
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Gladys Rogers - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre bowl, 1906-1913, flared circular footed form, stylised stemmed leaves within silver lustre panels over apple green ground, the pale gold lustre interior with single band of red Tudor roses and whiplashed stylised tendrils over ivory ground, impressed and painted marks, diameter 13cm.
£400 - £600
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Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1911, of shouldered ovoid form, shape no.2791, decorated in the round with open winged butterflies in tonal sepia over mustard yellow ground within silver and chestnut lustre bands, painted and impressed marks, height 7.5cm.
£300 - £500
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Annie Burton - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1906-1913, of ovoid bottle form with high drawn neck and everted rim, decorated with alternating vertical columns of stylised leaves in tonal green over graded ochre ground, painted and impressed marks, height 17cm.
£600 - £800
It was Edward and Alfred Pilkington and their Uncles Joseph and Josiah Evans who first laid the foundation for what was to become Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Company. They had previously leased local collieries at Clifton, about five miles north of Manchester, but once seams became exhausted and flooding caused the halt of further excavations other avenues had to be explored. During the sinking of two shafts, quantities of red marl had been discovered and it was thought that this could be used for the manufacture of building bricks. Consultations with William Burton, a chemist at Josiah Wedgwood & Sons resulted in the abandonment of potential brick manufacture in favour of tilemaking, there being at that time a demand for high quality decorative tiles. This idea was accepted by the Pilkington brothers and in 1891 Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Company was formed.
William Burton was invited to become manager and the open fields site at Clifton allowed Burton, who planned the layout himself, to build along the then most modern lines.
Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd 1938.
Charles Cundall - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1907, of footed elongated ovoid form with high drawn neck and flared rim, shape no.2581, decorated with wrythen vertical bands of stacked stylised leaves and stems over royal blue ground, painted and impressed marks, height 20cm.
Provenance - Lyon & Turnbull - Contents of Kirkton House, 10.10.2018, Lot 202. £800 - £1,200
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1910, of bottle form with high relief moulded ribs and high drawn neck, shape no.2795, decorated with brick red stylised foliate lappets over pale green and silver lustre ground, painted and impressed marks to base, height 19cm.
Provenance - Lyon & Turnbull - Contents of Kirkton House, 10.10.2018, Lot 201.
£800 - £1,200
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Charles Cundall - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1907, of shouldered ovoid form, shape no.2445, with short drawn neck and everted rim, decorated with sapling oak trees with brick red acorns over ivory ground with flowering plants, decorated to the shoulder with perched birds amongst fruiting oak branches, impressed and painted marks, height 12cm.
£500 - £700
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1922, of teardrop form, decorated with vertical stylised anthemion leaves and meandering brick red flowering stems, over blue ground, with olive green collar decorated with interlocked oval cartouche within brick red borders, painted and impressed marks, height 16cm.
£300 - £500
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Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian flambe lustre vase, circa 1908, of ovoid form with short collar, black enamel decorated with hummingbirds and flowering branches over cardinal red ground, painted and impressed marks to base, height 14.5cm.
Provenance - Bonhams Skinner - The Richard Wright Collection Session II - 24.10.2009, Lot 408. Woolley & Wallis - The Nick Rocke Collection - 25.02.2015, Lot 210.
£300 - £500
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Annie Burton - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1913, of shouldered form with short drawn neck and everted rim, shape no.2783, decorated with royal blue flower heads over graded green ground with vertical copper lustre bands, painted and impressed marks to base, height 9.5cm. £200 - £300
£500 - £800
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1915, of shouldered tapered form on circular foot, with short everted collar, shape no.3042, decorated with scrolling vine and grape in tonal silver and coral red over royal blue ground, painted and impressed marks, height 18.25cm.
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1914, of bottle form with ribbed spherical body and high drawn neck, shape no.279, decorated with Tudor roses on thorned leafy stems, the neck with vertical floral and trellis panels, in tonal brick red over graded peach ground, painted and impressed marks, height 19cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis - Arts & Crafts, 20.06.2018, Lot 164.
£1,000 - £1,500
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Dorothy Dacre - Pinkington - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1907, of compressed spherical form with high drawn neck and short foot, shape no.2456, decorated with tri-branched scarlet flower heads within scalloped cartouche and gold lustre and scarlet bands over graded ivory ground, painted and impressed marks to base, height 11.5cm.
Provenance - Bonhams Skinner, 11.12.2004, Lot 178.
£500 - £800
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1930, of baluster footed form, shape no.2767, painted with stylised flower heads and vertical scrolling foliate bands in heavy bronzed irridescent outline over graded green to coral red ground, painted and impressed marks, height 13cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis - The Nick Rocke Collection of British Art Pottery - 25.02.2015, Lot 216.
£400 - £600
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Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1915, of waisted cylinder form on short foot, shape no.2099, painted with vertical meandering fruiting vines in iridescent bronze and brick red lustre over graded mustard ground, painted and impressed marks, height 20.5cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis - British Art Pottery & Design, 14.12.2017, Lot 401.
£700 - £900
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Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1917, of shouldered ovoid form with everted collar and short foot, shape no.2445, painted with brick red heightened meandering silver lustre hop vines and spiral tendrils over graded royal blue ground, painted and impressed marks, height 12cm.
£300 - £500
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1912, of compressed ovoid form with short drawn collar and foot, painted with coursing hound and deer amongst meandering fruiting branches in copper lustre over mustard ground, reserved to red brick looped borders and green banded foot, painted and impressed marks, height 11.5cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis - The Collection of Mrs J Collier, 14.12.2017, Lot 399. £1,000 - £1,500
Gordon Forsyth - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1909, of shouldered form with short everted rim, shape no.2389, painted with stylised brick red cornflower heads on silvered forked stems and scrolling strap leaves over apple green ground, painted and impressed marks, height 23cm. £800 - £1,200
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian bowl, circa 1929, of circular tapered form, painted with a band of stylised leaves on scrolling meandering stem with oval swirled flowerheads in tonal green and brick red over royal blue ground, painted and impressed marks, diameter 17cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis - The Collection of Mrs J Collier, 14.12.2017, Lot 394.
£200 - £300
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1927, of ovoid form with inswept collar, shape no.2085, decorated with stylised vertical blue flowering stems and meandering branches, with alternate Cypress trees, in tonal olive green, blue and ochre over dappled blush pink ground, painted and impressed marks, height 27cm.
£300 - £500
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1925, of ovoid form on short foot and everted collar, painted with stylised foliate and shell motifs under streaked tonal olive green, pink and terracotta streaked glaze, painted and impressed marks, height 21cm.
£200 - £300
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Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1925, of globe form with everted collar and short foot, painted with perched birds within double ogee panels and streaked blue/black glaze over vermillion ground, painted and impressed mark, height 18.5cm.
£150 - £200
Gordon Forsyth - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre bowl, circular footed form, decorated to the interior in petrol iridescent glaze, the exterior with horizontal silver bands over black ground with foliate band on orange glaze foot, painted artist’s mark to base, diameter 25.5cm.
£100 - £200 26
Gladys Rogers - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre box and cover, of circular form, the cover painted with a stylised hexafoil rosette in silver lustre over ruby red ground, painted marks, diameter 16.5cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis, British Art Pottery 11th December 2013, lot 83 from a Private collection of Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery. Woolley & Wallis - The Nick Rocke Collection - 25.02.2015, Lot 229.
£400 - £600
DOWN-DRAUGHT BISCUIT OVEN
When the factory opened in 1893 some small pottery items were made in order to demonstrate the new experimental glazes despite the emphasis being on tile manufacture. By 1896 Pilkington’s trade increased so that by 1896 new buildings were required including seven biscuit kilns. The kilns were circular in shape with several fireboxes arranged around the circumference. The wares were placed in saggars awaiting firing. Once under way the control damper was closed so that the down-draught principle was employed.
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William S Mycock & Edward Thomas Radford - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1929, of globe form with everted rim, decorated with foliate scrolls and pendulous lilac flower heads over mottled pink and ochre ground, painted and impressed marks, height 18cm.
£200 - £300
Gordon Forsyth - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre footed bowl, circa 1910, of circular form on inswept stem, painted to the interior with burnt orange stylised roses on thorny stems and forked foliate branches over mustard yellow ground, the exterior painted with an egg and dart border with ruby polka dot swags over streaked and graded sea green and opal ground and trefoil foliate border, painted and impressed marks, diameter 29cm.
£1,000 - £1,500
Gordon Forsyth - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, of shouldered and tapered form with short everted rim, shape no.2369, painted with kneeling saints in golden lustre over ruby red matrix of thorny branches and stylised flower heads on pale blush pink and grey ground, painted and impressed marks, height 22cm.
£600 - £800
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1925, of shouldered form with short everted collar, painted with alternate silver resist lustre bands with fleur-de-lis over sunset orange ground, painted and impressed marks, height 18cm.
£400 - £600
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1911, of bottle form with flared rim, shape no.2943, painted with alternate Cypress trees and teardrop cartouche, reserving lion rampant within meandering leafy stems over graded peach to yellow/green ground and ruby red and silver lustre chevron collar, painted and impressed marks, height 25.5cm.
£700 - £900
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1907, of shouldered form with everted rim, shape no.2635, painted with a banded frieze of lion passant and stemmed Tudor roses in golden lustre above rose and heart motifs over ruby red ground, painted and impressed marks, height 20cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis, Arts and Crafts - 20.06.2018, Lot 168. £1,200 - £1,400
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1920, of compressed shouldered form with short drawn neck and foot, painted with scrolling leafy tendrils over ivory ground reserving red lustre shield cartouche decorated with lions rampant and fleur-de-lis, the shoulders with interlaced band in tonal red, burnt orange and rose pink, painted and impressed marks, height 15cm.
£700 - £900
Gordon Forsyth - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1909, of shouldered form with short drawn neck, shape no.2311, decorated with ruby red heraldic shields reserving lions rampant, the ivory ground with Cypress trees and scrolling leafy tendrils, between brown and yellow bands with ruby red waves and spirals, painted and impressed marks, height 17cm.
Provenance - Bonhams Skinner - The Richard Wright Collection Session II - 24.10.2009, Lot 414. Woolley & Wallis - British Art Pottery & Design - 14.12.2017, Lot 405.
£800 - £1,200
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre bowl, circa 1909, of circular shallow form, decorated with a meandering leafy stem with red seed pods on scrolling foliate tendrils over pale lemon ground, reserving raised red lustre roundel decorated with lion passant, the fern green exterior decorated with silver lustre leafy stems, painted and impressed marks, diameter 31cm.
Provanance - Lyon and Turnbull - Decorative Arts - 6.04-2016, Lot 159
£500 - £800
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Gordon Forsyth - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1910, of globe twin handled form with high drawn neck and flared foot, shape No.3055, painted with silver/gold lustre lion passant over royal blue ground, the neck with ‘Ave’ titled band, painted and impressed marks, height 16cm.
£600 - £800
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1913, of bottle form with high drawn slender neck, shape no.2522, painted with motto ‘Fortem Posce Aniumum’ ‘Courage to Challenge Life’ to royal blue band with silver lustre trellis borders over olive green/grey ground, painted and impressed marks, height 18.5cm.
£600 - £800
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, shouldered inverse baluster form, shape no.3045, painted with motto ‘Gratia Gratiam Parit’ ‘Kindness Begets Kindness’ amidst scrolling anthemion leaves, ruby red flower heads and shield reserving lion rampant, in tonal olive green and silver, the shoulder with woven band, painted and impressed marks, height 27.5cm.
£500 - £800
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1910, of ovoid form with short drawn collar, painted with heraldic eagles and full sun within a field of scrolling foliate tendrils and ruby red pentamerous flower heads, over graded lemon to ivory ground, painted and impressed marks, height 22cm.
£1,000 - £1,500
In the early years of the twentieth century pottery decorated solely by glaze effects was popular and the foremost manufacturers were W.Howson-Taylor with his Ruskin Pottery, Bernard Moore and the Pilkington factory. The first large exhibition of Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery was at Graves’ Gallery London in 1904, although several examples had been exhibited at the 1896 Arts and Crafts Exhibition.
A paper on lustre pottery by William Burton was read before the Applied Art Section on the Society of Arts on 30 April 1907. In it he drew interesting comparisons between the many types of lustreware produced throughout the history of pottery.
From the many experiments carried out in the attempt to produce lustre, it was found that the firing temperature was critical, too high and the lustre mixture fused with the glaze, too low and the lustre failed to develop. A successful firing resulted in a thin metallic film on the surface of the pottery, producing a brilliant, pearl-like iridescence. Owing to the difficulty of the process relatively little lustre-decorated pottery was produced. Up to the end of 1938 approximately 17,000 examples had been sold through agencies, and of these roughly 1,000 were sold between 1927 and 1938.
Gordon Forsyth - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1910, twin handled shouldered ovoid form with tapered collar, shape no.2662, painted with lions rampant between panels of ruby red heart shaped flower heads on leafy stems, in gold lustre over royal blue ground, the collar painted with motto ‘Festina Lente’ ‘Make Haste Slowly’, painted and impressed marks, height 24cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis - The Nick Rocke Collection of British Art Pottery, 25.02.2015, Lot 196. £2,000 - £3,000
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Jessie Jones - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre bowl, circa 1908, of circular shallow form, the interior painted with a lion rampant within a border of Tudor roses and tri-branch foliate sprigs over cream ground, painted and impressed marks, diameter 13.5cm.
£200 - £300
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1926, of shouldered ovoid form, shape no.3022, painted with continuous band of ruby red heraldic shields with lions rampant and cruciform motif, between stylised foliate and lustre banded borders, over cornflower blue ground, painted and impressed marks, height 18cm.
£500 - £800
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Gordon Forsyth - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1911, of shouldered ovoid form with ogee profile collar and everted rim, painted with lion passant between Cypress trees and scrolling foliate tendrils over foliate band and graded mustard to teal glaze, the collar with Latin motto ‘Festina Lente’ ‘Make Haste Slowly’, painted and impressed marks, height 30cm.
£800 - £1,200
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William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1910, of compressed spherical form with high drawn tapered collar, shape No.2865, painted with lion passant and Cypress trees over cornflower blue glaze, the collar with scrolling leafy tendrils and stylised flower heads over interlocked band, painted and impressed marks, height 19.5cm.
£500 - £700
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1923, of shouldered form with short everted rim, shape no.2369, decorated with heraldic lion rampant reserved to shield cartouche and foliate wreath, the reverse with heraldic Ducal Coronet and demi-swan With Wings Expanded, within a filed of ruby red flower heads on silver lustre scrolling foliate tendrils over burnt orange ground, painted and impressed marks, height 22cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis - Arts & Crafts, 17.06.15, Lot 142.
£1,200 - £1,400
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, shouldered tapered ovoid form with applied loop handles, painted with three shield cartouche depicting galleon in full sail, fleur-de-lis and double headed eagle, reserved to a field of scrolling foliate tendrils and stylised cornflower flower heads, in tonal silver lustre over graded teal to apple green ground, painted and impressed marks to base, height 25.5cm.
£500 - £800
ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS
William Burton commissioned the services of three of the foremost designers of the period – Lewis F Day, Walter Crane and C.F.A Voysey. All eminently qualified designers with a wide experience in decorative art design. In addition Pilkington’s artistic team produced and executed their personal designs, particularly on pottery pieces. All the artist’s painted tiles but the majority of the pottery was decorated by William Mycock, Richard Joyce, Gordon Forsyth, Charles Cundall and Gladys Rogers. In addition, but to a lesser extent, Dorothy Dacre and Jessie Jones decorated some of the smaller pieces.
From left: Gladys Rogers, Dorothy Dacre and Jessie Jones.
Back Row from left : Albert Hall, Richard Joyce, William S Mycock, Albert Barlow and Charles Cundall. Front Row: Edmund Kent, Gordon Forsyth and Thomas F Evans.
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre ginger jar and cover, circa 1914, of shouldered ovoid form, shape no. 2641, painted with galleons at full sail over choppy seas flanking Latin inscription ‘Heu Quantum Fati Parva Tabella Vehit’ ‘Alas! With what a weight of destiny is this slight vessel freighted’, the reverse with stylised shield with cruciform over red ground, reserved to a field of scrolling foliate tendrils over royal blue ground, the shoulder decorated with a Greek key band in tonal gold and burnt umber lustre, painted and impressed marks, height 24cm.
£2,500 - £3,500
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1925, of shouldered ovoid form with everted rim, painted with galleons over choppy seas with birds in flight, in tonal gold and silver lustre over ink blue ground, the shoulder decorated with a band of stylised clouds below ochre glazed collar, painted and impressed marks, height 18.5cm.
£800 - £1,200
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1929, of shouldered ovoid form with short collar and everted rim, painted with galleons at full sail on choppy seas with seagulls in flight under stylised clouds, in gold and silver lustre over ruby red and lilac glaze, painted and impressed marks, height 30cm.
£800 - £1,200
William S Mycock - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1933, of shouldered elongated ovoid form, shape No.2967, painted with galleons at full sail on choppy seas under stylised clouds over ruby red ground, painted and impressed marks, height 33cm.
£1,000 - £1,500
circa 1933, of swollen ovoid form, shape No.201, painted with galleons in full sail on choppy seas under stylised clouds and chevron band over ruby red ground, the interior with fiery orange glaze, painted and impressed marks, height 18cm.
£800 - £1,200
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, of shouldered form with everted rim, classical painted decoration depicting Amphitrite, the goddess Queen of the Sea, in shell form chariot pulled by hippocampi riding crested waves, flanked by Nereids on reigned dolphin and airborne with conch shell horn, in tonal gold and silver lustre over blue glazed ground, painted marks, height 29cm.
£2,000 - £3,000
Walter Crane and Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, of shouldered elongated ovoid form with everted rim, painted with dancing classical maidens holding chained oil lamps between stylised cedar trees, in tonal gold and silver lustre over steaked tonal blue ground, between wrythen tonal lustre bands, painted and impressed marks, height 26cm.
Provenance - Sheffield Auction Gallery, 06.12.2019, Lot 1073.
£700 - £900
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1918, of shouldered swollen cylinder form with short drawn neck and everted rim, painted with a continuous band of stags between sapling trees over stylised floral and foliate sprigs in tonal gold and silver lustre over graded mustard ground, the shoulder painted with scrolling tendrils, painted and impressed marks, height 23.5cm.
Provenance - Reeman Dansie - Collectors Auction - 27.05.2015, Lot 2067 Woolley & Wallis - British Art Pottery - 03.12.2014, Lot 184.
£1,500 - £2,000
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Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1913, of globe form, with high drawn neck and applied loop handles on short foot, shape No.3055, painted with recumbent deer within floral and foliate sprigs in gold lustre over tonal blue ground, painted and impressed marks, height 16cm.
Provenance - Hansons Auctioneers - Decorative Arts and Design - 24.10.2017, Lot 179.
£1,200 - £1,500
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Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, shouldered ovoid form with short drawn collar, relief moulded with running stag and stylised trees, tonal ruby red and copper lustre streaked glaze, painted and impressed marks, height 20cm.
Provenance - Paul Beighton -26.11.2017, Lot 320.
£300 - £500
ARTIST’S MARKS AND MONOGRAMS
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1910, of ovoid form with inswept neck, shape No.2085, decorated with striding bulls within bands of stylised fruiting foliate sprigs in tonal silver lustre with ruby red highlights over blue ground, impressed and painted marks, height 27cm.
£2,000 - £3,000
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre bowl, circa 1919, of deep circular form, the interior decorated with two wrythen fish within scallop shell and seaweed border in tonal silver lustre and ruby red and fiery orange ground, the exterior with graded orange to green glaze reserving shell and seaweed border, painted and impressed marks, diameter 25.5cm.
Provenance - Hansons Auctioneers - Decorative Arts and Design - 24.10.17, Lot 177.
£700 - £900
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1913, of elongated ovoid form with short drawn collar, shape No.2553, painted with a shoal of fish swimming though seaweed in tonal gold and silver lustre with brick red highlights over blue ground, painted and impressed marks, height 20.5cm.
Provenance - Lyon & Turnbull - The Contents of Kirkton House - 10.10.2018, Lot 189.
£1,200 - £1,500
In the manner of Richard Joyce - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1910, of meiping form, shape no.2873, painted with a shoal of fish swimming through seaweed in tonal gold and silver lustre with ruby red highlights over a graded green ground, painted and impressed marks, height 25cm.
Provenance - Hansons Auctioneers - Decorative Arts and Design - 26.06.2017, Lot 210. £500 - £800
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1913, of bottle form with high drawn neck, shape No.2364, painted with a shoal of fish swimming through seaweed in tonal gold and silver lustre over graded pale lemon to sea green ground with ruby red scattered dots, painted and impressed marks, height 17.5cm.
Provenance - Harlteys - 18.03.2020, Lot 46.
£1,000 - £1,500
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1919, of ovoid form with short drawn collar, shape No.3154, painted with a shoal of fish swimming through seaweed in tonal gold and silver lustre within copper lustre bands, painted and impressed marks, height 7.5cm.
Provenance - Greenslade Taylor Hunt - 03.01.2019, Lot 460.
£400 - £600
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1908, of baluster form on short foot, shape No.2618, painted with a shoal of scaly fish swimming through seaweed in tonal gold and silver lustre over ruby red ground, painted and impressed marks, height 15.5cm.
Provenance - Woolley & Wallis - The Nick Rocke Collection - 25.02.2015, Lot 217.
£1,000 - £1,500
EXHIBITIONS
One of the earliest exhibitions featuring the Pilkington’s ‘brand’ was in Liege in 1905, where the sangde-boeuff glaze attracted great interest with one of the larger pieces being bought by the Japanese commissioner.
The Franco-British Exhibtion in 1908 featured several display cases of Lancastrian and Lancastrian Lustre pottery. In 1910 Pilkington’s exhibited at the Brussels International Exhibition where, sadly, a fire caused the loss of their display along with those of other exhibitors housed in the British Pavillion. Speedy renovations allowed Pilkington’s to replenish their exhibits one month after the fire and the new exhibit contained at least 144 lustre pieces. Gordon Forsyth was inspired by destruction of the Pavillion and he painted a large lustre bowl depicting swirling red flames licking the ruins and carrying the legend ‘British and Belgian sections burnt 14 August 1910’.
The Turin International Exhibition was held the following year where the factory displayed eleven stands of pottery (illustrated) which included over seventy pieces of lustreware.
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1919, of shouldered ovoid form, painted with a shoal of scaly fish swimming through river weeds in tonal gold lustre with ruby red highlights over apple green ground, painted marks, height 13cm. £500 - £800
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1919, of shouldered form with short drawn collar and flared rim, painted with a shoal of scaly fish swimming through river weeds in tonal gold and silver lustre with ruby red highlights over mottled pale blue and sea green ground, painted and impressed marks, height 32.5cm.
Provenance - Adam Partridge - 30.06.16, Lot 374. £1,500 - £2,000
Richard Joyce - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian vase, circa 1920, of footed baluster form, shape no.2618, decorated with a shoal of pike in tonal copper and red, over graded sea green ground with river weed sprigs, printed and impressed marks, height 16cm.
£800 - £1,200
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William S Mycock and Edward Thomas Radford - Pilkington’s - A Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1933, of elongated ovoid form, painted with a shoal of scaly fish amongst stylised swirling waves in tonal gold and silver lustre with ruby red highlights over blue ground, the collar decorated with a band of foliate sprigs and waves, painted and impressed marks, height 21cm.
Provenance - Bainbridges - 21-04-2016, Lot 562.
£1,000 - £1,500
LAST ….. BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST !
A few words from members of the Pilkington’s Society – firm friends of Lisa and Paul.
Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery Society was formed in 1997. Angela and Barry are long-standing members who have built up a database of thousands of pots and recorded details of numerous auctions and fairs. They also had happy times of ‘adventures’ with Paul and Lisa in the search for Pilkington’s items and these are their memories:
We first met Paul and Lisa at the Nick Rocke auction in 2015. Seeing a new face interested in Pilkington’s, we introduced ourselves and mentioned the Society, which they joined in 2017. Paul attended as many meetings as he could and was always happy to talk about his pots and listen to members tell tales of their pots.
Lisa and Paul would scrutinise each pot once a short list of potential purchases was drawn up. Lisa acted as Paul’s guide to damage and restoration and he (and we) often marvelled at her ability to find the slightest flaw. He always listened carefully to her views on the decoration and style of the pot as he did to our views.
The real fun would be on the evening before the auction. After a good meal, and even during it, we would gather in a local hotel for a ‘huddle’. The merits of every piece were considered. ‘How rare was the artist?’, ‘How good is the piece technically?’ - cue Lisa’s verdict. Paul always wanted to know the history of a pot, if there was one. Had we seen it before? Did we know where it had come from? (Which we never divulged if a society member.) But we often knew where it had been at auction previously. What had it been valued before? Had it been in an exhibition?
Though Paul became very knowledgeable he always wanted to learn more, his academic prowess also illustrated with the ease of translation of the Lattin Mottos. The subsequent conversation of the translated text was a conversation enjoyed almost as much as the pot.
Paul and Lisa’s hospitality was another aspect much valued by the society and on two occasions they hosted garden parties at their home for Pilkington Society members. The delight with which Paul would discuss his pots was evident to anyone who attended. The events were well-attended and Paul and Lisa would often switch to discussing matters of gardening, a passion which was reflected in their beautiful garden.
Whenever we visited their lovely home, after serious conversations about cricket and Formula 1, the conversation turned to pots. What was coming up? What had we seen? What did we think of this or that dealer or auctioneer? Then Paul and Lisa’s stories of auctions they had attended would pour out, often providing many amusing anecdotes.
Our offer to photograph Paul’s collection turned into another opportunity to discuss the merits of Pilkington’s pots ! Paul and Lisa would bring each pot to our photo-pod studio which was set up in their home. Every vase or bowl was accompanied with a detailed history of how Paul had got it, why he liked it, and, if appropriate, who else had been chasing it. The session took us multiple visits, much longer than expected, but it was tremendous fun to be in their company , even when Paul’s health was failing, he still maintained his sense of humour.
‘Paul enjoyed his collection not just as exquisite pieces but because each piece brought him memories and told a story’
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PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS: CATALOGUE TERMS
• Forename(s) and surname of the artist ~ in our opinion a work by the artist. (When the artist forename(s) is not known a series of asterisks with of without initials).
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• Attributed to ~ in our opinion probably a work by the artist.
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We’re happy to recommend the following agents as an alternative choice:
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