Antiques & Potteries Specialisms

Antiques and potteries are our specialist subject matter at auction and we always know which items will fetch a good price at auction.  You can also find out more on our specialist potteries page for examples of interesting lots sold at auction.

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Poole Pottery and Anita Harris

Poole Pottery was based in Poole, Dorset, England.  Founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999. Production continued at the new site in Sopers Lane until its closure in 2006.  Historical products from Poole Pottery are displayed in the …

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Charlotte Rhead

Charlotte Rhead was born in October 1885 in Burslem.  Charlotte Rhead was an English ceramics designer who was active in the 1920’s and in the 1930’s in the Potteries area of Staffordshire. Charlotte Rhead was born into an artistic family.  Her father, Frederick Alfred Rhead began his career as an apprentice at Mintons where he …

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Royal Doulton Princess Badoura – HN2081

Princess Badoura HN2081 was a post WWII version of an earlier figure from C.1925, originally designed by Harry Tittensor (an in-house artist), A.E. Stanton and F Van Allen Phillips for the Wembley Exhibition of 1924. The series of what became Prestige Figures were all re-introduced post war.  Existing large scale figures in new colourways post …

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One of the greatest Beswick collections of all time

The Morris Abbot Beswick Collection  Morris Abbot was born in Norfolk in 1942.  After attending Old Buckingham Hall and Gresham School, he joined the family farming business, Abbot Bros.  His family recall that his passion for Beswick started in the late 1960s.  They have fond memories of visits to Sheringham, Norfolk, where his daughters sat …

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Lots of lovely Moorcroft !!!!!

Lots of lovely Moorcroft !!!!!

Some interesting Moorcroft pieces have come into our March 10th Fine Arts Sale. Some lovely Flambe vases and items by Walter Moorcroft together with large Poppy vases by William Moorcroft. Do You Have any Moorcroft Pottery to Sell ? Please Contact Us Now. Walter Moorcroft flambe vase decorated in the Anemone design, height 15.5cm Walter …

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