An Yvonne Hudson Rusbridge studio pottery bead necklace, 1970s, formed from thirty differently shaped and glazed stoneware beads, unmarked, length 48cm, together with a stoneware group by Rusbridge modelled as a pair of wedded mice standing beneath an arch watched by seventeen other mice, raised on a wooden plinth base, incised mark to one end, total length 23cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014). Note: Rusbridge created a tile panel depicting Minerva which can be seen on the side of a building in Crane Street, Chichester. In the panel Minerva is wearing a bead necklace very similar to the one in this Lot.