Timeless Elegance & Mid-Century Icons: The Curator's Timed Auction

Timeless Elegance & Mid-Century Icons: The Curator's Timed Auction

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Lot 347 An Assortment of English Decorative Ceramics Including Wade Character Wares and Poole Pottery Twintone Mugs

This lot comprises a varied collection of English decorative and functional ceramics, featuring pieces from Wade and Poole Pottery. Included is a Wade character cookie jar, which has a deep blue glazed base with white slip lettering reading Cookies. The lid is modelled as a male character wearing a brown flat cap and spectacles, reminiscent of the Homepride Fred mascot, and remains in its original protective cardboard packaging. A white heart-shaped trinket box by Wade is also present, featuring a double heart design decorated with pink roses and gilt rims, accompanied by an original Wade presentation box.

The collection includes several character figurines and novelty items:

– A pair of salt and pepper shakers modelled as characters in white coats and spectacles.

– A pair of salt and pepper shakers in the form of snowmen with green and brown scarves.

– A figurine of a bear in a blue dress holding a cracker beside a Christmas tree.

– A figurine of an elderly woman in a dark teal dress with a red and white chequered underskirt.

– A small character figurine wearing a blue hood and white garment.

Also included are several monochrome mugs from the Poole Pottery Twintone range in the mushroom colourway. The base of one mug displays the printed oval dolphin backstamp with the text POOLE ENGLAND and the pattern code C54.

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