Studio Pottery

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware circular bowl, covered to the foot in an ash glaze, unmarked, diameter 26.5cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware circular bowl, the exterior with a dark iron glaze beneath an ash rim and interior, unmarked, diameter 17.5cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery melon shaped stoneware teapot and cover, with incised vertical line detail, covered to the foot in an ash glaze, unmarked, height 15cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery melon shaped stoneware teapot and cover, with incised vertical line detail, salt glazed, incised ’27’ to base, height 15cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware coffee pot and cover, covered to the foot in an ash glaze, a horizontal band of small impressed shapes running beneath the spout, unmarked, height 17.5cm, three Richard Batterham ash glazed covers and three casserole dishes and covers with ash glazed interiors, unmarked, two 17cm long and one 21cm long. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware jar and cover, the cover of pointed cone shape, covered in an ash glaze to the foot, unmarked, height 14cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware vase, of ovoid shape with flared neck, covered in a pale ash glaze, unmarked, height 15.5cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery cut-sided stoneware lily vase, of ovoid shape, with dark iron glaze beneath an ash rim and interior, unmarked, height 21cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A large Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware jug, with two-tone salt glaze, incised ‘27’ to base, height 34cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A large Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware vase, the ovoid body of gentle square shape, covered to the foot in an ash glaze, the neck with concentric line detail, unmarked, height 36cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Richard Batterham studio pottery stoneware pouring bowl and dish, of circular shape with ash and iron glazes, unmarked, diameter of dish 18cm, diameter of bowl excluding spout 18cm, together with a Richard Batterham small ash glazed jug, unmarked, height 11cm (small chips). Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A large Derek Davis studio pottery stoneware vase, of cylindrical shape raised on a smaller cylindrical foot, the top half with a running blue/green glaze over a grey/blue glaze, the grey glazed interior with manganese splashes, black painted mark to base, height 33.5cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Derek Davis studio pottery stoneware vase, of swollen shape with small top aperture, covered in a brown striped pattern, black painted mark to base, height 20cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A small Derek Davis studio pottery stoneware bowl, with torn and pierced rim, covered in brown iron and blue cobalt stripes, raised on a cylindrical foot, black painted mark to base, height 6cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

Two Derek Davis studio pottery stoneware abstract dishes, the first of gentle dish form and vague circular shape with torn rim edge, painted with lines in cobalt blue and iron, diameter 25.8cm, the second of similar shape with brown striped detail, diameter 26.5cm, black painted mark to both. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Derek Davis studio pottery cylindrical vase with short everted neck rim, covered in a haphazard sang de boeuf glaze, black painted mark to base, height 17cm, together two other pieces of Derek Davis, comprising a similarly glazed circular stand, black painted mark to base, diameter 15.5cm, and a smaller cylindrical vase with manganese splashed sang de boeuf glaze, black painted mark to base, height 10.3cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

Five pieces of Derek Davis studio pottery, comprising a narrow necked bottle vase with blue glazed band against a pale ground, height 14cm, a similar yunomi with turquoise glazed band and copper red splashes, height 9cm, two mottled brown glazed vases, 12.5cm and 10cm high, and a mottled blue/grey glazed bottle vase, height 12cm, each with black painted mark to base. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

A Derek Davis studio pottery flared circular bowl, the interior with a haphazard turquoise banded rim beneath a sang de boeuf edge above a speckled grey glaze, the exterior with pale grey glaze, black painted mark to base, diameter 23.3cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).

Two Josse Davis studio pottery jugs, both painted with a cockerel, chickens and mice amidst straw, black painted signature mark amidst decoration, height 21cm. Provenance: from the personal collection of the ceramic artist, the late Eric James Mellon (1925-2014).