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Click here to subscribe† BERNARD LEACH (1887-1979) for Leach Pottery; a stoneware vase covered in grey glaze with iron and cobalt decoration, impressed early BL and pottery marks, made 1920s, height 16cm. Condition Report: A patch of glue to base (not repair), otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations.
Leach Pottery, in the manner of Bernard Leach and John Reeve; a fluted porcelain bowl covered in celadon glaze with combed decoration, impressed RB or RR and pottery marks, diameter 21cm.Provenance: Estate of Sylvia Hardaker.Condition Report: Chip to rim with hairline extending from chip to well, and two further hairlines, kiln kiss to rim on one side, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations.
† BERNARD LEACH (1887-1979) for Leach Pottery; a porcelain flared dish covered in celadon glaze with combed decoration, impressed BL and pottery marks, diameter 16cm.Provenance: Estate of Sylvia Hardaker.Condition Report: Small chip to underside of rim, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations.
SALAMAN, Michael (1911-87). A collection of letters to Michael Salaman from Charles Aitken (4 letters), Campbell Dodgson (2), Michael Holroyd (6), Eric Kennington (3), Bernard Leach (3), William Rothenstein (1), Randolph Schwabe (1), and many others.SALAMAN, Michael [or Michel] (1911-87, British artist and teacher). A collection of autograph and typed letters to Michael Salaman, and his wife, from various artists and writers, various dates and sizes, including letters from Charles Aitken (4 letters), Campbell Dodgson (2), P. Cross (2), Michael Holroyd (6, one incomplete), Eric Kennington (3), Bernard Leach (3), William Roberts (1), William Rothenstein (2), Randolph Schwabe (1), Rosa Waugh (1), Humbert Wolfe (8) and Jessie Wolf (1). Bernard Leach writes (in one letter): "I'd like to cross-question [Arthur] Waley & perhaps I'll muster courage to do so next time I'm up. Of course the social conditions, particularly in the position & freedom of women, were extraordinarily difficult from those obtaining under the Tokugawa regime. What I question is whether he has not made the mentality of his 10th century Japanese too much like ours by the very freedom & light-footed imaginativeness of his renderings. My experience of Eastern peoples has been that in each case the mental background of consciousness is something as distinct as the smell of Japanese paper is from ours - as evanescent - as difficult to pin down" (1929). Humbert Wolfe writes: "Do you remember telling me of your idea of a series of travel books which were to be, in fact, Week-end Books for the countries visited? I have spoken to Douglas Jerrold of Eyre & Spottiswoode, and he is really interested" (1929). The letters from Charles Aitken, the first Director of the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) from 1917-30, include somewhat muted responses to Salaman's requests that the artist Edna Clarke Hall should be included in the national collection. In one, he writes, "I do think most of the drawings, though interesting and often charming, were scarcely carried far enough to be suitable for a National Collection" (1926). Michael Holroyd writes: "... I am preparing a full-length biography of Augustus John. It is the wish of Mrs Dorelia [i.e. Dorothy] John, and myself, that this book should be as comprehensive and as accurate as possible, and I was wondering whether you might therefore be able to help me" (1968). Michael Salaman - usually addressed in these letters as Michel - was an influential British artist and teacher. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art under Henry Tonks from 1928 to 1931, under Albert Rutherston at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, from 1930 to 1931, and at the Academie Ranson, Paris from 1933 to 1934. During the six years he lived in Paris he exhibited alongside Picasso, Braque, Bonnard and Dufy. When he returned to England he concentrated on teaching, mainly at the Camberwell and Chelsea Schools of Art between the 1940s and 1960s, where his students included Anthony Eyton, Maggi Hambling and Euan Uglow. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 16 October 1978, lot 285.
Gay (John). Poems on several occasions, 2 volumes in one, London: Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720, three etched plates (including frontispiece), title-pages in red and black, continuous pagination, some browning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Edmund Pollexfen Bastard to upper pastedown, contemporary diced half calf gilt, worn at head of spine, 4to, together with: Churchill (Charles). Poems. Containing The Rosciad. The Apology. Night. The Prophecy of Famine. An Epistle to William Hogarth. And The Ghost, in four books, London: Printed for the Author, by Dryden Leach; and sold by W. Flexney, G. Kearsly, T. Henderson, J. Coote, J. Gardner, J. Almon, and E. Broughton, at Oxford, 1763, ink stamp at foot of title, modern calf-backed marbled boards preserving original gilt decorated spine, recent morocco title label to spine, 4to,Blair (Hugh). Sermons, 5 volumes, 24th edition, London: T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, 1802, occasional scattered spotting, contemporary marbled calf, red morocco title labels to spines, 8vo,Moore (John). A View of the Causes and Progress of the French Revolution, 2 volumes, London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1795, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, contemporary speckled calf, modern rebacks preserving original maroon morocco title labels, 8vo,Dodsley (Robert). Trifles: viz. The Toy-Shop. The King and the Miller of Mansfield. The Blind Beggar of Bethnal-Green. Rex & Pontifex. The Chronicles of the Kings of England. The Art of Preaching, in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. The Right of Mankind to do what they will, asserted. With several others, not more considerable, 2 volumes, [London]: At Tully's Head in Pall-mall, 1745, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, engraved illustration to titles, contemporary sheep, modern rebacks preserving maroon morocco title labels, 8vo, Kent (Samuel). The Grammar of Heraldry..., 3rd edition, London: Francis Jackson and William Meadows, 1724, numerous woodcut armorials throughout (few hand-coloured), modern boards, 8vo, plus four other 18th century antiquarian volumesQTY: (16)
Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) Red Fish, 2000 Carborundum, signed and dated, Printer's Proof, sheet 50.5 x 68.5cm, framed 62 x 80cm Purchased New Ashgate Gallery, 2009Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Nicola LORD Hillside, 2001 Mixed media, signed and titled to verso, 27 x 26cm, framed 41 x 39.5cmProvenance - Bettles Gallery Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) Red Bird on Magenta, 1999 Etching/aquatint, signed, dated and numbered 8/15, plate 39 x 58cm, framed 58 x 76cm Purchased New Ashgate Gallery, 2008Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Mary FEDDEN (1915-2012) Purple Hellebore, 1999 Gouache on paper, signed and dated, 29 x 27cm, framed 48 x 44cm New Ashgate Gallery, 2000Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Mary FEDDEN (1915-2012) Red Throated Diver, 1997 Oil on board, signed and dated, 60 x 75cm, framed 71 x 86cm Royal West of England Academy (label to verso)Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This oil is in wonderful original condition with no damage and no restoration. An examination under UV light shows no anomalies.
John MALTBY (1936-2020) Wind fresh to strong, GALE FORCE at times...., c1991 Painted wooden automata, signed to verso, inscribed 'Wind fresh to strong, GALE FORCE at times.... Lighthouse Keeper... A Wallis.. his house'31 x 25cm, (44 cm including pendulum) Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. There is some yellowing to the varnish, this is particularly evident in the white pigment of paint. Other than this, this charming and characterful piece is in good condition.
Mary FEDDEN (1915-2012) Yellow Hellebore, 1999 Gouache on paper, signed and dated, 29 x 25cm, framed 48 x 44cm Purchased New Ashgate Gallery, 2000Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This float-mounted glazed watercolour is in excellent condition, it is on paper with a deckle edge
Peter JOYCE (1964) Tall Coast, 1999-2000 Acrylic on canvas, initialled and dated, signed, titled and dated 1999 and 2000 to verso, 63.5 x 51cm, framed 72 x 59cmExhibited - Anthony Hepworth Gallery, 2000 (label verso) Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Jessamine KENDALL neé Leach (1920-2014) Tubular silver and lapis beads with African trade beads Silver, stamped, length 66cm.Jessamine had been inspired as a child by watching her father Bernard Leach unpick the glass beads of an old lace bobbin, to re-make it into a necklace for her sister Eleanor. Later on when visiting Patrick Heron and his family, she had been fascinated by seeing Susanna Heron’s jewellery, as well as by visits to the V&A and the British Museum. She loved ancient beads and collected coral, amber, cornelian and lapis lazuli amongst other things. She began working from home, putting the beads she had collected together with her own silver beads to create necklaces and earrings. She had her first exhibition at the newly opened Casson Gallery in London, which opened in May 1974. This was followed by showing her work in the annual ‘Loot’ exhibitions at Goldsmiths’ Hall and taking part in selling exhibitions in galleries around the country. Whilst developing her creative practice, she formed a new relationship with Dicon Nance, an exceptional craftsman who had been an important assistant at the Leach pottery and to Barbara Hepworth. Together, they moved to an old Devon longhouse on Dartmoor, where Dicon provided invaluable practical solutions to many technical problems encountered by Jassamine in her jewellery making as well as helping her to create a beautiful garden from a farmer’s hillside field. She went on to become a member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and exhibited her work there as well as at other galleries. Excerpts from ‘The Hidden Twin Daughters’ by David Kendall. Leach Pottery website Purchased from Devon Guild, 1997.Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Mary FEDDEN (1915-2012) Fruit & Scabious, 1993 Gouache on paper, signed and dated, artist's label to verso, 45.5 x 57.5cm, framed 61 x 71cm Purchased Beaux Arts, 1995Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This glazed gouache is in excellent condition Purchased Beaux Arts, 1995
Bryan PEARCE (1929-2006) Tulips & Daffodils, 1986 Oil on board, signed, titled and dated to verso, 61 x 51cm, framed 75 x 64cm Purchased Beaux Arts, 2004Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This is in remarkably good condition, still with its original frame. It comes to us from an important private collection and was acquired from Beaux Arts, Bath
Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) Bird over Blues & Grey, 1999 Carborundum, signed, dated and numbered 15/15, plate 39 x 58cm, framed 64 x 82cm Purchased New Ashgate Gallery, 2001Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This work is in excellent condition.
Peter JOYCE (1964) Durlston Country Park, 1993 - 1997 Mixed media on canvas, initialled and dated '97, signed and inscribed to verso, 101 x 11cm, framed 106 x 115cmThis work was started in 1993 and re-worked to completion in 1997 (notes to verso) Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Jessamine KENDALL neé Leach (1920-2014) Lapis and ancient Carnelian necklace Silver, stamped, length 44.5cm.Jessamine had been inspired as a child by watching her father Bernard Leach unpick the glass beads of an old lace bobbin, to re-make it into a necklace for her sister Eleanor. Later on when visiting Patrick Heron and his family, she had been fascinated by seeing Susanna Heron’s jewellery, as well as by visits to the V&A and the British Museum. She loved ancient beads and collected coral, amber, cornelian and lapis lazuli amongst other things. She began working from home, putting the beads she had collected together with her own silver beads to create necklaces and earrings. She had her first exhibition at the newly opened Casson Gallery in London, which opened in May 1974. This was followed by showing her work in the annual ‘Loot’ exhibitions at Goldsmiths’ Hall and taking part in selling exhibitions in galleries around the country. Whilst developing her creative practice, she formed a new relationship with Dicon Nance, an exceptional craftsman who had been an important assistant at the Leach pottery and to Barbara Hepworth. Together, they moved to an old Devon longhouse on Dartmoor, where Dicon provided invaluable practical solutions to many technical problems encountered by Jassamine in her jewellery making as well as helping her to create a beautiful garden from a farmer’s hillside field. She went on to become a member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and exhibited her work there as well as at other galleries. Excerpts from ‘The Hidden Twin Daughters’ by David Kendall. Leach Pottery website Purchased from the Devon Guild, 1995Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Peter JOYCE (1964) Rough Surf, 2002 Mixed media on board, signed, dated and titled to verso, 31.5 x 32cm, framed 54 x 54cm Purchased directly from the artist (artist's label verso), 2002Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Brian GRAHAM (1945) Creswell Crags, 2004 Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated, 121 x 91cmProvenance - Hart Gallery (label verso) Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This work is in excellent condition
Peter JOYCE (1964) Sennen's Surf, 2002 Mixed media on board, initialled and dated '02, signed and titled to verso, 32 x 32.5cm, framed 54 x 54cm Bought directly from the artist (artists label verso), 2002Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Jessamine KENDALL neé Leach (1920-2014) Incised Lapis and Glass necklace Silver, stamped, length 50cm. Together with a second Lapis, Carnelian and silver necklace, stamped, length 45cm. (2)Jessamine had been inspired as a child by watching her father Bernard Leach unpick the glass beads of an old lace bobbin, to re-make it into a necklace for her sister Eleanor. Later on when visiting Patrick Heron and his family, she had been fascinated by seeing Susanna Heron’s jewellery, as well as by visits to the V&A and the British Museum. She loved ancient beads and collected coral, amber, cornelian and lapis lazuli amongst other things. She began working from home, putting the beads she had collected together with her own silver beads to create necklaces and earrings. She had her first exhibition at the newly opened Casson Gallery in London, which opened in May 1974. This was followed by showing her work in the annual ‘Loot’ exhibitions at Goldsmiths’ Hall and taking part in selling exhibitions in galleries around the country. Whilst developing her creative practice, she formed a new relationship with Dicon Nance, an exceptional craftsman who had been an important assistant at the Leach pottery and to Barbara Hepworth. Together, they moved to an old Devon longhouse on Dartmoor, where Dicon provided invaluable practical solutions to many technical problems encountered by Jassamine in her jewellery making as well as helping her to create a beautiful garden from a farmer’s hillside field. She went on to become a member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and exhibited her work there as well as at other galleries. Excerpts from ‘The Hidden Twin Daughters’ by David Kendall. Leach Pottery website The first, purchased from New Ashgate, 1996. The second, purchased from Devon Guild, 1996.Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Bryan PEARCE (1929-2006) Still Life with Orange Flowers, 1996 Oil on board, signed, artist's label to verso, 61 x 51cm, framed 75 x 65cm Purchased Beaux Arts, 1997Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This is a wonderful vibrant still-life in excellent condition with its original frame. There is a tiny degree of bumping to the corners.
Peter JOYCE (1964) Ancient Coast, 1996-2000 Mixed media on canvas, signed and dated to verso, 95 x 70cm, framed 105 x 80cmCatalogue NoteThis painting was worked on over the course of four years between 1996 and 2000, it is signed and dated accordingly to verso Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Mary FEDDEN (1915-2012) Fishing Boats, 2000 Watercolour, signed and dated, 18 x 29cm, framed 40 x 48cm Purchased Beaux Arts, 2000Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This float-mounted watercolour is in excellent condition. The colours look strong, there is no foxing and no others condition issues
Jessamine KENDALL neé Leach (1920-2014) Lapis, Carnelian and Crystal necklace Silver, stamped, length 46cm.Jessamine had been inspired as a child by watching her father Bernard Leach unpick the glass beads of an old lace bobbin, to re-make it into a necklace for her sister Eleanor. Later on when visiting Patrick Heron and his family, she had been fascinated by seeing Susanna Heron’s jewellery, as well as by visits to the V&A and the British Museum. She loved ancient beads and collected coral, amber, cornelian and lapis lazuli amongst other things. She began working from home, putting the beads she had collected together with her own silver beads to create necklaces and earrings. She had her first exhibition at the newly opened Casson Gallery in London, which opened in May 1974. This was followed by showing her work in the annual ‘Loot’ exhibitions at Goldsmiths’ Hall and taking part in selling exhibitions in galleries around the country. Whilst developing her creative practice, she formed a new relationship with Dicon Nance, an exceptional craftsman who had been an important assistant at the Leach pottery and to Barbara Hepworth. Together, they moved to an old Devon longhouse on Dartmoor, where Dicon provided invaluable practical solutions to many technical problems encountered by Jassamine in her jewellery making as well as helping her to create a beautiful garden from a farmer’s hillside field. She went on to become a member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and exhibited her work there as well as at other galleries. Excerpts from ‘The Hidden Twin Daughters’ by David Kendall. Leach Pottery website Purchased from the Devon Guild, 1995Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Bryan PEARCE (1929-2006) Mousehole Harbour, 2002 Oil on board, signed, titled and dated to verso, 51 x 61cm, framed 65 x 75cm Purchased at Beaux Arts, 2004Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This oil is in excellent condition but for a tiny pigment loss about 9mm long to the extreme bottom edge. It has a stylish high-quality frame.
Peter JOYCE (1964) Ringstead Walk, 1999 Acrylic/mixed media on canvas, signed, titled and dated to verso, 55 x 45cm, framed 66 x 56cmProvenance - Bought directly from the artist, 2001 Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Jessamine KENDALL neé Leach (1920-2014) Glass and silver bead necklace Stamped, length 43cm.Jessamine had been inspired as a child by watching her father Bernard Leach unpick the glass beads of an old lace bobbin, to re-make it into a necklace for her sister Eleanor. Later on when visiting Patrick Heron and his family, she had been fascinated by seeing Susanna Heron’s jewellery, as well as by visits to the V&A and the British Museum. She loved ancient beads and collected coral, amber, cornelian and lapis lazuli amongst other things. She began working from home, putting the beads she had collected together with her own silver beads to create necklaces and earrings. She had her first exhibition at the newly opened Casson Gallery in London, which opened in May 1974. This was followed by showing her work in the annual ‘Loot’ exhibitions at Goldsmiths’ Hall and taking part in selling exhibitions in galleries around the country. Whilst developing her creative practice, she formed a new relationship with Dicon Nance, an exceptional craftsman who had been an important assistant at the Leach pottery and to Barbara Hepworth. Together, they moved to an old Devon longhouse on Dartmoor, where Dicon provided invaluable practical solutions to many technical problems encountered by Jassamine in her jewellery making as well as helping her to create a beautiful garden from a farmer’s hillside field. She went on to become a member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and exhibited her work there as well as at other galleries. Excerpts from ‘The Hidden Twin Daughters’ by David Kendall. Leach Pottery website Purchased directly from the artist, 2005.Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
David TINDLE (1932) Open Doors, Etching/aquatint, signed, titled and numbered 5/75, plate 32.5 x 53.5cm, framed 60 x 81cm Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Brian GRAHAM (1945) Atapuerca. Dance of Terror, 2007 Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated, 121 x 91cmProvenance - Hart Gallery (label verso) Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This work appears to be in excellent condition although it has not been examined out of its glazed frame. The glass is cracked bottom right.
Eric WARD (1945) Purbeck Hills Over Poole Harbour Oil on canvas board, signed, artist's label to verso, 26 x 26cm, framed 41 x 41cmProvenance - Maltby Gallery Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This nicely framed oil is in excellent condition
Breon O'CASEY (1928-2011) Grey Bird, 2001 Carborundum, signed, dated (MMI) and numbered 6/20, sheet 58 x 76cm, framed 70 x 87cm Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September. This float-mounted work is in excellent condition.
Jessamine KENDALL neé Leach (1920-2014) Brass, silver and African trade bead necklace Stamped, length 46cm.Jessamine had been inspired as a child by watching her father Bernard Leach unpick the glass beads of an old lace bobbin, to re-make it into a necklace for her sister Eleanor. Later on when visiting Patrick Heron and his family, she had been fascinated by seeing Susanna Heron’s jewellery, as well as by visits to the V&A and the British Museum. She loved ancient beads and collected coral, amber, cornelian and lapis lazuli amongst other things. She began working from home, putting the beads she had collected together with her own silver beads to create necklaces and earrings. She had her first exhibition at the newly opened Casson Gallery in London, which opened in May 1974. This was followed by showing her work in the annual ‘Loot’ exhibitions at Goldsmiths’ Hall and taking part in selling exhibitions in galleries around the country. Whilst developing her creative practice, she formed a new relationship with Dicon Nance, an exceptional craftsman who had been an important assistant at the Leach pottery and to Barbara Hepworth. Together, they moved to an old Devon longhouse on Dartmoor, where Dicon provided invaluable practical solutions to many technical problems encountered by Jassamine in her jewellery making as well as helping her to create a beautiful garden from a farmer’s hillside field. She went on to become a member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen and exhibited her work there as well as at other galleries. Excerpts from ‘The Hidden Twin Daughters’ by David Kendall. Leach Pottery website Purchased directly from the artist, 2001.Over the last 40 years, Ian & Ann Head have gathered an outstanding collection of about 1000 paintings, prints, pieces of jewellery and studio pottery, buying predominately from galleries across the UK, including Beaux-Arts and The Candover Gallery. It has been a pleasure to meet Ian & Ann and learn about their artistic passions and the arc of their collecting process. In this sale we have some particularly glorious works by Mary Fedden, Breon O’Casey and Bryan Pearce, alongside other paintings from their collection, also beautiful jewellery by Jessamine Kendall who was the daughter of Bernard Leach.We are delighted to be offering an impressive selection of Ian and Ann’s studio pottery including John Maltby, Jim Malone, Janet Leach, Bill Marshall and many more in our inaugural Studio Pottery sale on the 5th of September.
Janet and Bernard Leach for Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall, England. Studio ceramic fireplace tile with a design of a fiddlehead fern, ca. early 1950s. Stoneware with a clear glaze and iron decoration. With a label from Janet Leach affixed to the verso. Impressed stamp along the verso behind the label.Height: 4 in x width: 4 in x depth: 1/2 in.Condition:There are small chip in the lower right quadrant and to the upper left corner. There are no signs of restoration under UV light.
Studio Pottery Interest Bernard Leach, 'A Potter's Handbook', Faber and Faber, 1991; John Bedding, 'Japanese Links'; together with three exhibition catalogues for Sam Hall and three also for Jason Wason. From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)
(Signed) LEACH, Bernard 'My Religious Faith,' Flat signed and dated to front printed wrap, pp.5 plus cover, printed on 'Japanese' hand-made paper, french-folded at fore-edge, (apart from front cover), hand-stitched spine, some spotting, dated 'At the close of 1953'.An extremely scarce signed Leach pamphlet, promoting his belief in the Baha'i faith.
(Bernard Leach) Seven leaves of original sketches Several pots, casserole dishes and jugs etc, consistent with Leach's style and indeed ink and paper used, although unsigned, largest leaf measures 20cm x 25cm. (7)These were consigned to the sale with lot 49, the signed 'My Religious Faith' and lot 47
Pottery and Sculpture interest Eleven works 'Denis Mitchell - Sculptor', an exhibition celebrating Mitchell's 80th birthday and signed by the sculptor; Peter Davies, 'The Sculpture of John Milne', signed, Belgrave Gallery, 2000; Emmanuel Cooper, 'Janet Leach - A Potter's Life', 2006; two works related to Micheal Cardew, one of which signed by his son, Seth Cardew; Marion Whybrow, 'Leach Pottery St Ives', Beach Books, 2006; A St Ives comendium celebrating Bernard Leach and Barbara Hepworth commemmorating the Honorary Freedom of the Borough for them; and four other works. From the estate of author, John Branfield: Introducing The Art Collection of Pep & John Branfield (davidlay.co.uk)
§ Bernard Leach (1887-1979), an earthenware footed bowl, circa 1920s, the body slip decorated with tenmoku and persimmon over an oatmeal ground, impressed St Ives and potter seal marks to underside12 x 19.5cmThere is a notable chip to the exterior of the rim (see images), as well as some other minor rim fritting. Crazed all over.
Warren MacKenzie (American, 1924-2018). Studio ceramic vase. Stoneware with a matte white oatmeal glaze and finger mark decoration. Stamped along the base.Warren MacKenzie was a renowned Minnesota studio potter. A student of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, he is credited with bringing the functional Mingei tradition to the United States, and spreading it through his own art and mentorship of students during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.Height: 10 in x diameter: 6 1/2 in.Condition:No chips, cracks, losses, or restorations. Very light wear to the footrim.
Warren MacKenzie (American, 1924-2018). Studio ceramic pottery vase with applied handles. Stoneware with a shino glaze and with a natural wood ash decoration along the shoulder. Possibly fired in Randy Johnston's kiln. Stamped along the footrim.Warren MacKenzie was a renowned Minnesota studio potter. A student of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, he is credited with bringing the functional Mingei tradition to the United States, and spreading it through his own art and mentorship of students during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.Height: 11 in x diameter: 8 in.Condition:There are no chips, losses, or cracks. There is wear to the footrim, consistent with age and use. No signs of restoration under UV light.
Warren MacKenzie (American, 1924-2018). Tall studio ceramic pot or vase. Stoneware with a dark Tenmoku glaze. Double stamped along the footrim.Warren MacKenzie was a renowned Minnesota studio potter. A student of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, he is credited with bringing the functional Mingei tradition to the United States, and spreading it through his own art and mentorship of students during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.Height: 14 in x diameter 6 in.Condition:There are no chips, cracks, losses, or restorations. A few white accretions that are easily removed throughout the body. Very light wear to the underside.
Warren MacKenzie (American, 1924-2018). Studio porcelain double-rim pinch pot, ca. 1960s-70s. With a white glaze and ovoid yonic opening. Not marked. MacKenzie only worked with porcelain for a short period of time in the 1960s and 1970s.Warren MacKenzie was a renowned Minnesota studio potter. A student of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, he is credited with bringing the functional Mingei tradition to the United States, and spreading it through his own art and mentorship of students during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.Height: 4 in x diameter: 4 1/4 in.Condition:There are small areas of wear along both of the double rims including some light soiling and a few minute fleabite chips. Crazing to the glaze throughout. Light wear to the footrim. There are four felt tabs affixed to the underside. Dirt/debris accumulated along the interior.
Warren MacKenzie (American, 1924-2018). Studio ceramic pottery vase. Stoneware with a dolomite glaze and matte gray. Not marked.Warren MacKenzie was a renowned Minnesota studio potter. A student of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, he is credited with bringing the functional Mingei tradition to the United States, and spreading it through his own art and mentorship of students during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.Height: 13 1/2 in x diameter: 7 1/2 in.Condition:No visible cracks, chips, or losses. There is minute wear to the footrim, as expected from age and use. There are no signs of restoration under UV light.
Warren MacKenzie (American, 1924-2018). Studio ceramic pottery plate. Stoneware with a matte white oatmeal glaze. Two sides of the plate with a thicker, brushed on glaze, providing a two-toned effect. With barbed wire decoration along the center. Not marked.Warren MacKenzie was a renowned Minnesota studio potter. A student of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, he is credited with bringing the functional Mingei tradition to the United States, and spreading it through his own art and mentorship of students during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.Height: 2 1/4 in x diameter: 15 in.Condition:No chips, cracks, losses, or restorations. Light wear to the footrim.
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