Ceramics 29 122 A BOUGH POTTERY LOVING CUP
CIRCA 1930 decorated by Richard Amour with tulips, painted and printed maker’s marks R.A./BOUGH/MADE IN SCOTLAND Height: 19cm Note: ‘Bough’ pottery was set up in Edinburgh by Elizabeth Amour who had attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1908 to 1912. Amour bought blanks from various sources which were decorated by herself and other members of her family and then glazed. Most pieces are marked ‘Bough’ and initialled by the decorator. The present lot is decorated by Elizabeth Amour’s brother, Richard. Bough pottery was produced until 1942. £250‑350
123 A LARGE MAK’ MERRY POTTERY JUG
DATED 1925 painted with cherry blossom and fruits, painted maker’s marks MAK’ MERRY/1925 Height: 21.5cm Note: Mak’ Merry Pottery grew out of the Scottish Women’s Rural Institute, which was founded at Longniddry in 1917 by Catherine Blair. ‘Mak’ Merry’ was the name given to the co‑operative trading organisation of the institute. Blair believed that making pottery was a way for women to have independence and the institute gave them a way of expressing themselves artistically, as well as making money in a rural economy. £300‑500
124 THREE MAK’ MERRY POTTERY JUGS
CIRCA 1924 each painted with flowering cherry blossom and fruits, all with painted maker’s marks MAK’ MERRY, the largest dated 1924 (3) Height of largest: 16cm, smallest 11.5cm £250‑350
125 THREE MAK’ MERRY POTTERY WARES
CIRCA 1925 comprising an OVOID SERVING DISH, dated 1926, 26cm across; a STORAGE JAR & COVER, dated 1925, 15cm high; and a TWIN‑HANDLED BOWL, 20cm diameter, each painted with flowering cherry blossom and fruits, all with painted maker’s marks MAK’ MERRY (3) £250‑350