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Click here to subscribeA Della Robbia Pottery plaque by Emily Margaret Wood, rectangular, cast in low relief with two naked boys sitting beside a campfire, glazed blue and turquoise, incised numbers and EMW monogram, minor glaze chips, 23.5 x 13cm. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.
A Della Robbia Pottery plaque, rectangular cast in low relief with a naked young boy playing two pipes whilst two boys listen and relax, in blue, green and turquoise on a white ground, painted DR, Birkenhead incised number, minor chips, 29.5 x 12.8cm. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.
Dancing Panel a Della Robbia Pottery plaque by Liz Wilkins, after a design by Ellen Mary Rope, dated 1898, rectangular, cast in low relief with young children dancing around a tree, in shades of yellow, green and turquoise on a white ground, incised factory marks, date and various artist monograms including EMN and painted LW, 24.5 x 20.5cm. Literature Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead 1894-1906, Antique Collectors Club, page 207 figure 222 for another example illustrated. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.
A Della Robbia Pottery wall plaque by Ellen Mary Rope, modelled in low relief with a young artist holding a paint brush and palette, glazed in shades of blue, yellow and green on a white ground, signed EMRope lower left, unmarked to back, chips, 21 x 12cm. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.
A Della Robbia Pottery plaque possibly by Ellen Mary Rope, rectangular, cast in low relief with two naked young boys beside a campfire, glazed blue, turquoise and yellow on a white ground, framed, indistinct signature lower left, incised M 944 to back, paper price label, 24 x 13cm. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.
A rare Della Robbia Pottery wall plaque, rectangular, modelled in low relief with a grasshopper below a garland of buttercups, in shades of blue, green and yellow on a white ground, unsigned, minor glaze chips, 20.5 x 15.5cm. Literature Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead 1894-1906, Antique Collector's Club, page 135 figure 145 for another example illustrated. It is stated that two examples of this plaque were included in the Della Robbia closing sale in 1906. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.
A Della Robbia Pottery jug by Arthur E Bells, slender, shouldered form, incised and painted with scrolling foliage, the spout with an Egyptian, mask and a winged scarab to the base of the handle, glazed in shades of green, blue, cream and aubergine on a terracotta ground, incised and painted marks, incised AEB monogram, handle missing, 28cm. high
A Della Robbia Pottery vase by John Fogo, pear shaped with knopped neck, incised and painted with vertical columns of foliage in shades of green, turquoise and yellow, incised mark and artist cipher, painted PJ monogram, minor glaze frits to top rim, 21.5cm. high Provenance Private collection.
A rare Della Robbia Pottery three-branch candlestick by Marian de Caluwe, modelled as four bare-breasted classical maidens supporting urn sconces on their heads, wearing green and yellow costume, on stepped circular base, glazed in shades of yellow, green and cream, painted DR, MdeC, and 5, incised 241 and X cipher, 37.5cm. high Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead 1894-1906, Antique Collector's Club, page 165 figure 175 for a comparable three-branch candlestick also by Caluwe. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.
A Della Robbia Pottery charger, incised and painted with radiating leaves and tulip flowers from the well, the rim decorated with a frieze of berried foliage and vine in green, blue, yellow and red, incised marks and ELL monogram, factory repaired rim, 37.5cm. diam. Catalogue notes An example of this design made by Cassandia Annie Walker was sold by Mellors & Kirk auctioneers. Provenance Private collection.
A Della Robbia Pottery charger by Charles Collis, incised and painted to the well with a heraldic griffin on scrolling foliate ground, the rim with a band of radiating leaf and flower head motif, in shades of turquoise, green, yellow and ochre incised marks, incised C cipher and painted TH monogram for Tom Hall, glaze frits 38cm. diam. Provenance Private collection.
A Della Robbia Pottery medallion plaque, circular cast in low relief with an angel cradling a young child, with an owl flying in the distance, glazed turquoise and green on a white ground, incised Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead - M 250, 31.5cm. diam. Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead 1894-1906, Antique Collector's Club, page 97 figure 102 for a comparable small religious medallion. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.
Della Robbia Pottery two handled baluster shaped vase by Annie Smith, decorated with a tortoise, rising sun and birds in flight on a blue, brown and yellow ground, the underside with incised marks and painted monogram, 14.25cm high Condition: Some nibbling around the top rim nut this is just the glaze rather than the body, some crazing to the surface - **General condition consistent with age
Good Della Robbia large plaque by Charles Collis and Tom Hall, circa 1895-1905, the Art Nouveau inspired design incised and worked with a border of six stylised tulip heads in blue within demi-lune panels of yellow ochre, the centre with a trefoil design in red bordered with blue, the whole also bordered with a blue and yellow line, incised marks and a painter's monogram AS (unidentified), 38cm diameter
DELLA ROBBIA POTTERY, BIRKENHEAD LARGE FRAMED WALL PLAQUE, CIRCA 1900 or circular form, depicting the Madonna and Child with the cross, within a band of four angels in relief, with inscribed maker's marks verso, within a square stained oak frame (crack to left side) frame 68cm square, panel 52.5cm square
Late 19th/ early 20th century Della Robbia 'Dutch shape' vase and cover, designed by Charles Collis and painted by Lizzie Wilkins, scraffito leaf decoration in a green, pink and brown palette, incised marks of a galleon, DR, 243, E LL, LW, H31cm Condition Report The lid has three chips - one to the outer rim, one to the centre rim & on the rim edge (pictured) Crazing. Otherwise very good condition. Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Della Robbia Pottery slender ovoid vase decorated with stylised trailing leaves on a yellow ground, the underside with typical incised marks, initials C.L and monogram T.H, 22cm high, together with a Della Robbia Pottery bowl decorated with a band of stylised foliage on a mottled green ground, the base with typical incised marks and painted and incised monogram T.H., 8.5cm high Condition: Tall vase - The entire neck of the vase has been broken off and into a number of pieces and fairly crudely stuck back together, there is a chip/bruise to the foot rim approximately 6mm in diameter but then with a further crack running around the foot rim extending a further 15mm, crazing to the surface, Second piece - lid missing, some light crazing - ** General condition consistent with age
After Luca della Robbia, (Florentine 1399/1400 ~ 1482), the Cantoria, a painted plaster figural relief panel, late 19th century, portraying seven choir boys in song, all draped in the classical manner, the foremost sculpted almost in the round, 102cm high, 65cm wide Set within a contemporary carved mahogany and parcel gilt composition frame, with egg-and-dart and gadrooned mouldings, beneath a dentil worked and ogee moulded entablature, the overall dimensions 138cm high, 103cm wide Provenance: Previously at the Old Hall, Melton Mowbray Della Robbia's output was noted for its charm more than for its sense of drama (which was more obvious in the work of some of his contemporaries). This is clearly apparent in the faces and figures of this, his first major commission, the gallery for liturgical singers in Florence's Duomo -the Cantoria (1431 ~ 1438) Della Robbia was praised by his compatriot Leon Battista Alberti for genius comparable to that of the sculptors Donatello and Lorenzo Ghiberti, the architect Filippo Brunelleschi, and the painter Masaccio. By ranking him with contemporary artists of this stature, Alberti defined the interest in and strength of Luca's work in marble and bronze, as well as in the terracottas for which his name is now more usually associated As for the structure of the Cantoria itself, the Victoria & Albert Museum (which holds a 19th century plaster cast of part of the Cantoria in its collection) states that: 't he Cantoria, or Singing Gallery, was probably designed as an organ loft, and may have acquired its name when, in 1688, the balustrade was replaced by a larger wooden structure to hold a choir to sing at Ferdinando de'Medici's wedding. It was not until 1891 that the reliefs and the surviving lower part were reunited by Luigi del Moro in an erroneous reconstruction, with single, fluted pilasters dividing the reliefs. The discovery in 1899, of a selection of the original paired Corinthian pilasters and a retrieval of part of the architrave and of the upper inscription in 1941 permitted a more accurate reconstruction of the Cantoria in 1954'
John Fogo or Jack Ford for Della Robbia, an Arts and Crafts art pottery jar and cover, cylindrical form incised with bands of trefoils and shields, in pink and green, marked to the base and monogrammed JF, 21.5cm high. Heavily crazed throughout to both interior and exterior. There is a small chip to the inner rim of the cover. Please see images.
DELLA ROBBIA; a late 19th century domed wall plaque depicting a kneeling angel amongst garlands on blue ground, flanked by volutes, scratched marks to verso, signed in monogram by Emily M Wood, modelled by Joseph Fogo, dated 1898, 58.5cm, height 32cm. CONDITION REPORT: A large chip to the lower corner to the back, extensive crazing to the glaze throughout, a chip to the top edge and an area of frtting with a few smaller areas of frtting to the same edge, chip to the top of the left hand side volute, areas of chips and nibbles along the lower edge including a large stained example and a chip to the right hand corner of the base, and few areas of chips, fritting throughout, also areas of surface wear such as scratches and rubbing and surface dirt, no visible traces of major damage or restoration.
A large Della Robbia dated terracotta jug, the ovoid body having centred decoration in the Italian style of winged cherubs within a green and blue floral surround, marked to base DR either side of ship at sail and dated 1894, 34 cm highWould benefit from a clean. Crackling to the glaze. Several small scuffs to the rim. Small crack to the top of the handle. Light pitting to sections of the glaze. Substantial scuffs to the handle. Rubbing to the base. No apparent restoration.
A Della Robbia Pottery vase by Jessie Sinclair, ovoid with loop handles, painted with angled foliate columns, in blue and white, highlighted in green on a brown ground, and another Della Robbia vase by James Hughes, incised marks and monogram and a painted monogram, restored, 10.5cm. high, (2)
A large Della Robbia Florentine vase by Ruth Bare, the pear-shaped body with applied dolphin handles, incised and painted with Art Nouveau flowers and foliage, incised marks and artist RB monogram, restored top rim and handles, 34cm. high Literature Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, figure 27 for a comparable vase.
St George and the Dragon a Della Robbia five tile panel, modelled in low relief with a mounted St George slaying the dragon, flanking central banner inscribed Saint George for England, in shades of green and turquoise on a blue ground, incised marks to reverse, minor professional restoration, 25 x 113cm (panel), (5) Literature A St George panel measuring 44.5 x 9 7/8inches was listed in the 1896 Della Robbia Ware catalogue (no.575)
Gideon a fine Della Robbia two-tile panel designed by Ford Madox Brown, by Emily Margaret Wood, possibly dated 1898, modelled in low relief with Saint Gideon in full armour, on a scrolling vine ground, painted in colours, framed incised and painted marks, EMW monogram, incised 3/98, 70 x 42cm. (panel) Literature Rob Higgins & Christopher Stolbert Robinson William De Morgan Arts and Crafts Potter Shire Library, page 62 this actual tile panel illustrated. Charles Sewter The Stained Glass of William Morris & His Circle, Yale, catalogue number 75 for the original cartoon. The Harrimann Judd Collection of British Art Pottery, Part 2, Sotheby's New York October 6th 2001 lot 380 for the only other known example (now in the Delaware Art Museum) erroneously listed as a female knight. Catalogue notes The panel has a paper label to the reverse stating that the figure is Archangel Michael designed by Ford Madox Brown for Morris & Co and made by his pupil Harold Rathbone at the Della Robbia Pottery. It is actually from Ford Madox Brown's design of Gideon for a stained glass window by Morris & Co at St Martins on the Hill, Scarborough. The window depicts Joshua, St Michael and Gideon and was designed in 1862.
Robert Anning Bell, RA (British, 1863-1933) "The Warning" signed lower left "R A NE / Bell / '02" watercolour 18 x 25cm (7 x 10in) Other Notes: Robert Anning Bell was born in London on 14 April 1863, the son of Robert George Bell and Mary Charlotte Knight. He studied at University College School, Westminster College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, followed by a time in Paris. He later shared a studio with George Frampton (1860-1928) with whom he created a series of designs for an altarpiece which was exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and later installed in the Church of St Clare, Liverpool. From 1895 to 1899, Bell was an instructor at the Liverpool University School of Architecture. During this time he became associated with the Della Robbia Pottery in Birkenhead and became increasingly successful as a book designer and illustrator. In 1911, Bell was appointed Chief of the Design Section at the Glasgow School of Art and from 1918 to 1924, he was Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art. He continued to paint and exhibit at the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club and the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours. Dated 1902. Condition appears fine.
Carlo Manzoni, Granville Pottery vase, dated 1895, baluster form decorated with a Persian inspired design of stylised foliage and a trail of flowers at the neck in blue, yellow and buff glazes, incised marks, height 22cmProvenance: The David Hillhouse Collection, past Curator of the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, publisher of 'Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, An Interim Report (Wirral Borough Council 1981)
Carlo Manzoni, Granville Pottery plate, dated 1896, decorated with a circle of blue leaves against an ochre ground within a buff stylised foliate border, incised marks, 22cm diameterProvenance: The David Hillhouse Collection, past Curator of the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, publisher of 'Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, An Interim Report (Wirral Borough Council 1981)
Della Robbia small vase, circa 1901-03, probably by Willie Williams, of inverted baluster form incised with red flowers with gilt foliage against a buff ground, incised marks, height 15cmProvenance: The David Hillhouse Collection, past Curator of the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, publisher of 'Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, An Interim Report (Wirral Borough Council 1981)
Della Robbia Salamander bottle vase, circa 1900-04, incised with Yellow Flag Iris and with two moulded Salamanders climbing the sides of the bottle, decorated throughout with green, ochre and yellow glaze, incised marks to the base and initials 'GW', possibly George Warhurst and 'ELL' (unknown) (slight restorations), height 39cmProvenance: The David Hillhouse Collection, past Curator of the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, publisher of 'Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, An Interim Report (Wirral Borough Council 1981)
Della Robbia vase, circa 1900, by Violet Woodhouse, slender baluster form with a trumpet neck, decorated with butterfly cameo shaped reserves in green against a straw glazed ground dispersed with honeysuckle, incised marks (slight restoration), height 21cmProvenance: The David Hillhouse Collection, past Curator of the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, publisher of 'Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, An Interim Report (Wirral Borough Council 1981)
Pair of Della Robbia gourd vases, circa 1903-06, by Charles Collis and Tom Hall, decorated with incised Briar Roses in pink and yellow with green foliage, outlined in red against a mottled green ground, incised marks and numbered '760', height 16.5cmProvenance: The David Hillhouse Collection, past Curator of the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, publisher of 'Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, An Interim Report (Wirral Borough Council 1981)
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