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† THE ARCHITECTURAL PRESS, PUBLISHER MODERN FRENCH DECORATIVE ART folio, illustrated Art Deco cloth covered boards, London 1926 ++++

† THE ARCHIVE OF PILKINGTON`S TILE & POTTERY CO LIMITED SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILKINGTON`S ROYAL LANCASTRIAN POTTERY COMPANY LIMITED AND PILKINGTON`S TILES LIMITED EXTENDING OVER A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY including pattern books of original designs for tiles, pocket notebooks of glaze formulae and firings, photographs and documents (for details please see online catalogue at mellorsandkirk.com) A red marl, ideal for pottery was discovered by accident at the Pilkington brothers` colliery at Clifton Junction, near Manchester in 1888. Coal extraction no longer an option because of geological problems, the firm decided to manufacture bricks. On the advice of William Burton, a brilliant young chemist at Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, they instead established a high quality, decorative tile works. In 1891 the Pilkington Tile & Pottery Company was formed with Burton as its General Manager and also charged with the planning and building (without the aid of an architect) of what soon became one of the most advanced and extensive tile works. Production commenced in 1891 and two years later Burton was joined by his equally talented brother, Joseph whose research into new glazes was to prove invaluable. For the ensuing ninety years or so Pilkington`s tiles sold throughout the British Empire, Commonwealth and beyond. The scientific and technical expertise of the Burtons was such that the Company even explored the possibility of manufacturing pottery bullets, at the request of the War Office. A department specifically for the production of art pottery in particular lustre ware, began in about 1898. Under Burton`s enlightened management, the welfare of his workforce was a high priority with, for example, those working in the Lead House being given milk in an attempt to counteract the possible effects of lead poisoning. He also arranged for the artistic staff to go, expenses paid, to exhibitions including the Exposition Universelle in Paris, in 1900. William Burton was of that generation of ceramicists inspired by the unsurpassed sang de boeuf and other glazes of the early Chinese potters and it is not surprising that, largely due to his artistic sensitivity, some of the brightest stars in the Arts & Crafts firmament - including Walter Crane, C F A Voysey and Lewis F Day - were involved at Pilkington`s from the beginning. By the early 20th century the superb lustre ware, mainly chargers and vases, and painted by such talented artists as Gordon Forsyth and Richard Joyce were in a class of their own. In their proper art historical context these magnificent objects can be regarded as a continuation of the pioneering lustre wares of William Morris`s lifelong friend William de Morgan (1839-1917). The notable achievements of Howson-Taylor`s Ruskin Pottery, Bernard Moore and William Moorcroft, although equally original, lay in other directions. Never made in large quantities, the costly (not least because of high wastage) unique iridescent lustre glazes, fired in a reducing atmosphere in a muffle kiln, have always been regarded as amongst the finest such wares of their type, whether produced in England, Europe or America. An important constituent of the present archive is the group of experimental glaze firing records and books of formulae. Lustre ware was gradually superseded by the much cheaper eggshell glazed Lapis range produced in the 1920s & `30s. In truth, the lustre ware was never really profitably produced, and the Department was probably continued for reasons of prestige. De Morgan enjoyed no greater success, observing, in 1907, "...now that I can make [beautiful things] nobody wants them." The Pottery Department closed down, for the first time, in 1937. Over the subsequent history of the factory it was revived once or twice and in 1964 a merger with Carter & Co`s Poole Pottery heralded a short-lived revival in the fortunes of both factories. Complementing the limited holdings already in institutional collections, the importance of these extensive and unique primary source records of one of the most significant British manufacturers of pottery and tiles of the highest quality, lies in the fact that they are very far from being mere `dry` financial records. PILKINGTON ARCHIVE The factory records will generally be found in chronological sequence, much of the work of arranging/filing having been done in recent years by the Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery Society. It is housed in approximately twenty cardboard ‘bank’ and larger sized boxes. The principal items of interest are as follows: POTTERY AND TILE PRODUCTION 1. Three tile pattern books of original designs for wall tiles (see A J Cross, plt 6) 2. Original designs for 6 inch wall tiles including children’s, humorous and other subjects, c1920-c1950, all gouache some on watercolour board (approximately 350) 3. Tracings and pounce sheets for decorative tiles 4. Factory patents relating to various aspects of the production and decoration of tiles 5. Twenty-five notebooks written in pencil and filled with detailed records of glaze experiments, firing times etc with a further notebook labelled Index to Trial Books, by Abraham Lomax for the period 1901-11 and Joseph Burton, 1911-15. 6. Photographs, four boxes of glass negatives (12 x 16.5cm) of lustre and other vases either photographed singularly or in groups of usually two or three and two boxes of magic lantern slides, also eight reels of 16cm cine film colour, optical/sound: “Tile Fixing Today” 7. A quantity of original designs for tiled chimneypieces (one illustrated in A J Cross, plt 10) gouache on watercolour sketching board and miscellaneous designs on tracing paper for architectural ceramics CORRESPONDENCE Documents generally filed in manila envelopes including the company’s attendance at national/international exhibitions, insurance relating thereto, other insurance policies for salesmen/travellers overseas, An Enquiry into the Boiler Explosion and Fatal Accident 1911, files of business letters and copy letters including internal memoranda relating to glazes, samples overseas orders, screen printing equipment, production tables and miscellaneous subjects. An extensive series of mainly autograph letters signed to William Burton, many from his brother Joseph, others from the Pilkingtons including Alfred, Edward, Laurence and Charles (one dated August 1895 “I send you herewith a sample of red marl out of our borehole... I don’t think it is very good”), W Bush, J Lee Wood, John Chambers, trade suppliers/contractors such as William Boulton (engineer) many in the Potteries, including Frank Keeling, Maw & Co, John Ridgway, Cravan, Dunnill & Co and the Old Hall Porcelain Works, Hanley, several letters from the employees of other manufacturers seeking positions at Pilkington’s, artists such as Cosmo Rowe (1877-1952), mosacists and others, several hundreds filed in two modern white ring binders, period 1889-1894 and 1895-1901. Home Office Whitehall, framed typed letter signed (Edward Thorp) 3 September 1913 to the Company’s solicitors informing Pilkington’s that the king [Goerge V] has granted permission for the use of the tile “Royal Lancastrian Pottery” for their “artistic pottery”. FINANCIAL RECORDS Important documents in the factory’s history including the Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association of The Pilkington’s Pottery Company Limited, 1891 and Certificate of Incorporation for change of name to Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Co Limited, 1892 and approximately 75 ledgers and journals including cash books, expenses, general journals, tile fixing accounts, tile stock, share certificates, wages books and analysis of new work, 1892 onwards.

Early 19th Century Southern European ivory inlaid ebonised cabinet on stand, the upper section of architectural form with central cupboard and thirteen drawers with classical figural and foliate inlay, the base fitted one long drawer with conforming inlay and standing on tapered turned supports united by a conforming stretcher, 66cm wide

Album of late 19th Century albumen photographs, various British topographical and architectural subjects including Whitby, St Ives, Newquay, Cambridge boat races, Dublin etc

Early 20th Century album of photographs relating to the Channel Island of Sark, taken by Tony Monckton August 1924, mainly architectural and topographic views

Three large albums of late 19th Century photographs, mainly albumen prints and relating mainly to Italian architectural topography, paintings, museums etc

Collection of approximately 130 late 19th Century Carte de Visites - Grand Tour architectural and art studies, many by Giancomo Brogi

JOHN BETJEMAN AND JOHN PIPER (EDS): MURRAY’S BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE, 1948, 1st edn, sigd by John Betjeman, orig pict cl, d/w

AYMER VALLANCE: THE OLD COLLEGES OF OXFORD THEIR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY ILLUSTRATED, B T Batsford, [1913], orig decor cl gt, spine slightly worn, teg

JOHN BRITTON: THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN REPRESENTED AND ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF VIEWS ELEVATIONS PLANS SECTIONS AND DETAILS ….., 1826, vol 5, rebkd (not recent) hf cf gt, 4to

An Album containing 50+ assorted Pencil, Pen & Ink, and Watercolour Sketches, circa 1889-1891, depicting various European, Topographical and Architectural scenes, including Florence, Verona, Mount Eiger, Oberhofen etc, each individual sketch pasted in, various sizes, with written annots, unusual carved wooden bds depicting armorial-style crests, monograms “HLL” and “AB Le G”

Angus Suttie (British, 1946-1993) A tall fantasy Teapot, circa 1990 Stoneware, hand-built abstract architectural form with mottled brown and green glazes and blue mouth , two lopping handles and a lid with conical finial, painted signature ; Provenance: Private Collection, London" Height 49cm, Width 23.5cm, Depth 23.8cm Condition: In perfect condition with no damage or restoration View on auctionatrium.com

A LATE VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN OAK BRACKET OR TABLE CLOCK, the arched silvered dial with engraved acanthus scrolls, Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and Prince of Wales half hours, the centre signed Sorley, Glasgow, beneath a strike/silent ring, the twin train fusee movement with shouldered plates and coiled gong strike, the architectural case with carved foliate decoration, twin Ionic columns and side frets, 19 ½" high.

A late Victorian black slate and marble mantel clock of architectural form, retailed by J W Benson, Luggate Hill, London, the 5 inch dial with white enamel chapter ring of Arabic numerals and centred anchor escapement, the eight day movement striking on a bell, stamped `49335`, the architectural case with half fluted side pilasters, on a rectangular stepped base, 45cm wide, 32.5cm high, 16cm deep

A Regency oak and mahogany eight day longcase clock, the restored 13 inch arched painted dial with ring of Roman numerals, subsidiary centred seconds dial and date aperture within architectural ruin painted spandrels, under a church ruin painted to the arch, the hood with swan-neck pediment and gilt brass eagle finials, over an arched hood door between baluster front corner hood pilasters, over a short crossbanded trunk door between quarter turned front corner trunk pilasters, on a crossbanded box base and cut out plinth, 226cm high

An oak mural cabinet, 18th century, probably North Wales, the architectural pediment over a single ogee panel door fitted with replacement hinges opening to reveal two fixed shelves, 60.5cm wide, 82cm high, 20cm deep

A French walnut four poster bed in the Louis XVI taste, the ogee moulded cornice on four turned and tapering fluted posts with slender reeded baluster support to the base, the headboard of architectural form with pointed pediment over an arched central panel, the foot with pierced arcaded detailing to the centre between fluted tapering front corner pilasters raised on compressed short turned feet, 195cm wide, 246cm high, 213cm long

A Victorian Mantel Clock with ivorine dial and striking movement in architectural black slate case. 12" (31cms) high.

A white painted wood dovecot, of recent manufacture, of architectural form, 86cm high, 109cm wide, 75cm deep, on a patinated metal stand

An oak press cupboard, second half 19th century, Dutch or Flemish, carved throughout with flowering foliage, masks and architectural elements, the moulded cornice above a pair of doors opening to a shelved interior, lower open recess, plinth base, 207cm high, 161cm wide, 61cm deep

Late Victorian mahogany desk calendar of architectural form with turned handles, 24cm high

Nineteenth century stained oak bracket clock of Gothic architectural form with blind fret decoration. Twin chain fusee movement striking on a gong with white painted dial and trefoil hands, 53cm overall height

Edwardian architectural gilt wirework bird cage with domed centre and two arched wings with turned finial decoration, 94cm wide, 120cm high, 44cm deep

EDWARDIAN BLACK SLATE CLOCK GARNITURE the dial with Arabic numerals, set in Romanesque architectural case with column supports and bust finial, flanked by two garnitures each with bust decoration

Late Victorian Blonde Burr Walnut Mantel Clock by Gibson Poole, movement marked MB, quarter striking ting-tang movement, 2 train, gilt grained centre, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, cherub spandrels, architectural case, bevelled glass door, 11" W x 15" H x 7" D (KEY IN OFFICE)

Gandy (Michael) and Benjamin Baud. Architectural I text by John Britton engraved portrait frontispiece wood-engraved title-vignette 40 lithographed plates including 16 tinted views (with tissue-guards) a very good copy in original morocco-backed cloth vignette of castle surmounted by the royal arms and surrounded by a circlet of national emblems in gilt on upper cover slightly rubbed and faded at edges folio 1842.

Richardson (Charles James) Architectural Remains o lithographed frontispiece 2 decorative titles dedication and 26 plates some tinted some with partial hand-colouring and heightened with gold cloth rebacked and recornered in morocco 1838 § Hall (S.C.) The Baronial Halls 2 vol. second edition 72 lithographed plates contemporary half morocco rubbed n.d. foxed; and another similar folio & 4to (4) (4)

A circa 1900 oak cased mantel clock of architectural form, the 30 hour movement with circular enamelled dial and Roman numerals

Three ebonised framed and glazed hunting prints, together with a pair of ebonised framed and glazed prints of jockeys after Cawthorne and other pictures and prints, to include architectural studies etc., three boxes containing other similar pictures and prints.

An Edwardian walnut cased arch top architectural chimney mantel clock

An early 20th Century Oak Cased Aneroid Barometer, retailed by W R Bullen of 29 London Street, Norwich, the architectural pediment over freestanding columns to a twin scale brass and alcohol thermometer, to a hexagonal case with brass bezel and bevelled glass, to a 5” engraved dial with scale of 28-31, height 19 ½”

A late 19th Walnut Cased Century Cuckoo Bracket Clock, the architectural case with plain pediment and carved details over freestanding columns, to a pierced gallery, to a carved and pierced blind frieze, on a shaped plinth base, to a 7 ½” Roman chapter ring with pierced composite hands, to a spring-driven two train movement with anchor escapement and strike on a coiled gong with further wooden bellows, height 19”

A late 19th Century French pink Onyx Mantel Clock, the architectural case with overhanging cornice, to three quarter columns and large plinth base, to a cast Brass bezel set with bevelled glass enclosing a 3 ½” Roman enamel chapter ring (hairline), to a further enamelled centre and visible Brocot escapement, with blued steel moon hands, to a circular Brass movement, with anchor escapement, strike on a bell (bell lacking), height 12”

An early 20th Century Oak cased Mantel Clock, the architectural case with overhanging cornice and plinth base, to a 6” painted black and white Arabic dial, with outside minute track and black steel hands, to a rectangular Brass spring driven movement, with anchor escapement, strike on a coiled gong, height 14”

An early 20th Century Walnut cased Mantel Clock, Jeunghans, the architectural case with overhanging cornice and half columns, with moulded base and compressed bun feet, to a 6” square dial with Roman numerals and blued steel hands, to a rectangular movement with anchor escapement, strike on a coiled gong, height 23”

An Edwardian pen and ink architectural drawing of a house, signed with monogram and dated 1909; a watercolour of an architectural feature and a painting on glass (3)

The following five lots by Clarence Woodburn are consigned from his family and are part of his studio collection. The Artist was an architectural and engineer illustrator who retired to Cornwall. CLARENCE WOODBURN (BRITISH, MID 20TH CENTURY), "Lerryn" (Cornwall), two and another "Pelynt" (Cornwall), signed and dated 1970-75. 9.5" x 14.5", 11.5" x 15". (2). (3).

CLARENCE WOODBURN (BRITISH, MID 20TH CENTURY), three architectural illustrations for civil engineering projects, "Silo, Prudhoe, Northumberland", "Foundations, St Helier Hospital" and "Khorramshar Bridge, Iran". Watercolurs, three. 14.25" x 19.5" and 11" x 15". (3).

MID 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE, having architectural pediment above angular freize with two lancet glazed doors revealing two fitted shelves to the interior, the projecting base with panel moulded drop front secretaire drawer revealing fitted interior above three graduated cockbeaded drawers, all having turned knobs and standing on fluted baluster feet. C1840. 48" wide x 21" Deep x 88" High.

EARLY 20TH CENTURY "ADMIRAL FITZROY" TYPE BAROMETER, with printed back sheet and foliate carved and pierced architectural pediment. 42" High.

A wood cased architectural mantle clock.

An early 20th century oak cased mantel clock having crest and spindle top and architectural decoration by Fattorini and Sons, Bradford with patent, automatic alarm, No 16226

An early 20th century mahogany German mantel clock having architectural case and striking movement

Six prints, Architectural studies 11 x 8"

"Late Victorian portrait, study of a young girl at the piano, oval reed gilt frame, and three architectural engravings"

"E.E.Bradley, 19thC, watercolour, landscape and quayside architectural study and J.Dunnett, watercolour, market study "

Malden (Henry). An Account of King’s College-Chapel, in Cambridge ..., including a Character of Henry VI and a Short History of the Foundation of his two Colleges, King’s and Eton ..., pub. Cambridge, printed for the author, by Fletcher & Hodson, 1769, etched port. frontis., single eng. plt., some foxing to title and final leaf (with errata to verso), modern half calf gilt, 8vo, together with The Cambridge Guide, or, A Description of the University and Town of Cambridge, including Historical and Architectural Notices of the Public Buildings ..., new ed., revised and corrected, illustrated by thirty-two beautiful engravings on steel, from Drawings by Mackenzie, and a plan of the town, Cambridge, n.d., c. 1830, folding eng. plan frontis., thirty-two eng. vign. views on eight leaves (dated October 1st 1829), contemp. straight-grained plum morocco, rubbed and some marks, small worm track to foot of upper joint, 12mo, plus R.C.H.M. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge, 3 vols., including Maps vol., 1st ed., 1959, b&w plts. after photos, folding plans, etc., all orig. matching cloth, with d.j.s, 4to (5)

Architectural designs. Villa Residences with Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details, Designed and Built by F.C. Kellow, c.1870s, calligraphic title-page, and 100 pen & ink designs, many with watercolour, of architectural elevations and plans, and details of windows, doors, cornices, ceiling roses, steps, chimneys, window sills, banisters, etc., some light dust-soiling and staining, mostly to margins, occn. minor foxing, marbled endpapers, orig. half morocco gilt, stained and somewhat worn, with upper joint splitting, thick 4to (1)

The Book of Common Prayer, by the assigns of Bill & Barker, in the Savoy 1682; The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, by Daniel, Cambridge 1648; and The Whole Book of Psalms, by Daniel, 1648, bound as one. Full black leather with twin metal clasp fastenings engraved `R.C.` and `1704` (possibly `Rebecka Cotton` whose name appears, with others, on the front free endpapers), separate title pages that for the Old Testament with engraved architectural borders and vignette of London, small octavo (14cm x 85cm).

Spenser, Edmond. The Works of... whereunto is added An Account of his Life, by Hills for Edwin, London 1679. Full speckled calf, engraved architectural frontispiece, tall quarto.

A Georgian inlaid mahogany wheel barometer/thermometer by Baptist Ronckellii and H Lomas Adlington of Manchester with silvered scale and register and architectural top, with boxwood and fruitwood inlaid cartouches and stringing, length 98cm (illustrated)

A late 19th century carved oak cased architectural form bracket clock by Winterhalter & Hoffmeier, marked W & HSCH3 with eight day movement, striking on two spiral gongs, height 42cm, width 31.7cm

A postcard album containing sixty postcards of topographical scenes, architectural, landscapes, family photographs etc, another containing approximately one hundred and eighty postcards of coastal scenes, landscape, topographical scenes, architectural buildings, boats arriving at Great Yarmouth, universities, actors and actresses, shipping scenes etc, another album containing approximately two hundred postcards of waterfalls, coastal scenes, churches, topographical scenes, amusing postcards by Tom B, Easter cards, sailing, London etc, also another postcard album containing approximately forty-eight postcards of shipping scenes, Royal Navy, submarines etc and an album containing a small collection of old matchboxes for various places including a gentleman`s entertainment club called the 500 club, luncheon clubs etc together with a loose packet of old matchboxes (illustrated)

CAROLUS REMBSHART (1678-1735), after Paul Decker (1677-1713) `Architectural study - die erste seite de audienz gemaches gegen dem garten`, engraving 42cm x 51cm, framed. (To be sold on behalf of Trinity Hospice)

CAROT (19th century), `Architectural studies`, engravings, 29cm x 21cm, framed. (2)

BUREAU, late 18th century George III oak with mahogany crossbanding, having an architectural fitted interior with drawers and stationery compartments over two short and three long drawers on ogee supports, 98cm W x 56cm D x 110cm H. (as found)

A Victorian architectural black slate mantel clcok, 26.5cm high

A Victorian oak repeating architectural bracket clock with circular brass and steel Roman numeral dial, the chiming movement striking on four gongs, the case with lancet shaped side doors and spires, 64cm high together with its matching bracket (2)

Modern dolls house, the three storey townhouse with architectural surround windows, the hinged front opening to reveal four principal rooms, 70cm high and 56cm wide

Shaw, Richard Norman Architectural sketches from the Continent, 1858, binding loose