A vintage Danish stoneware dish by Royal Copenhagen, attributed to ceramicist Gerd Bøgelund. Its broad rim features a flowing border of stylised leaves, picked out in pale olive against a deep brown ground. The softly speckled centre brings together cream, moss green and warm brown, with variations in the glaze giving the surface plenty of depth.
Danish stoneware vase made by Nymølle for Ceres Breweries in Aarhus, with a gently tapered shape and raised ears of grain repeated around the body. The mottled glaze combines pale olive and sage green with honey-gold highlights, deepening to a warm ochre around the rim.
A wonderful vintage commemorative bottle by Wheaton Glass, produced in vibrant cobalt blue glass with an iridescent finish. One side features an embossed eagle landing on the lunar surface, accompanied by the words “Apollo 11 – First on the Moon” and the date July 20, 1969. The reverse depicts the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, alongside Neil Armstrong's famous words about mankind's giant leap.
A vintage Wheaton Glass commemorative bottle celebrating Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States. Made in deep purple glass with an iridescent finish, it features a raised portrait of Eisenhower on one side and the inscription “Peace with Justice” on the reverse, surrounded by embossed stars.
A vintage American commemorative bottle by Wheaton Glass, made in rich amber glass with a beautiful iridescent finish. One side features an embossed portrait of Will Rogers wearing his familiar cowboy hat, while the reverse carries his famous saying, “I never met a man I didn't like.”
A charming small Poole Pottery vase with a rounded body, narrow neck and delicate hand-painted floral decoration. A cobalt-blue flower sits alongside smaller pink blooms and green leaves, while a yellow band and dotted blue rim complete the design.
This vintage Poole Pottery vase is decorated with an elaborate arrangement of stylised flowers in cobalt blue, lilac, red and golden yellow, accompanied by sweeping green foliage. Its rounded body and gently flared neck provide plenty of space for the colourful design.
A beautifully decorated Poole Pottery vase featuring an arrangement of stylised tulip-like flowers, leaves and scrolling foliage in sunny yellow, soft pink, turquoise and blue. Coloured bands around the neck and base frame the floral design.
A vintage Scheurich pottery vase with a colourful abstract design that captures the playful, experimental spirit of mid-century West German ceramics.
A tall West German ceramic vase with an intricate patterned surface and a rich combination of honey, cream and glossy chocolate brown.
A bottle vase by Jano Clarke with gently faceted sides, sloping shoulders and a short neck finished with a rounded collar. The shaped body gives it an appealing outline, with subtle changes of angle catching the light across the glazed surface.
A rounded handled vase by Jano Clarke, with a short neck, curved loop handle and a rich glaze of rusty orange, muted teal and deep brown. Broad oval areas of pale blue-green frame small cream botanical motifs, creating a pattern that changes as you turn the piece.
Raised ears of wheat curve around this lidded Jano Clarke jar, their warm rust-brown colour standing out against a finely mottled green glaze
This Jano Clarke vase combines a rounded body and slender neck with a striking arrangement of vertical panels.
Sweeping cream botanical motifs give this Jano Clarke handled vase its distinctive character, spreading across a rounded body glazed in blue, turquoise and soft green.
Deep blue, turquoise and warm rust flow across this rounded Jano Clarke vase, with creamy streaks spreading over the shoulders beneath a gently flared neck.
A beautifully weighty art glass vase with a soft frosted finish and sweeping bands of blue, green and yellow running through the body.
A striking tall bud vase in rich ruby red and clear glass, with a wonderfully sculptural shape and a heavy rounded base.
A tall satin glass vase with a beautifully soft, frosted finish and sweeping bands of green running through the body.
A lovely graphic piece of West German pottery by Jopeko, with an almost reptilian black-and-white crackle glaze covering the entire exterior.
A wonderfully tactile little piece from Jopeko, made in West Germany in the late 1950s. The rounded body is covered in the maker’s distinctive black-and-white shrink glaze, where the thick white surface contracts during firing to reveal the dark ground beneath in an irregular, almost cellular pattern.
A lovely early Scheurich piece with far more of a 1950s modern-art feel than the heavier Fat Lava styles that followed. The body has a heavily textured off-white glaze, decorated with loose black lines, flashes of turquoise and blocks of mustard yellow and deep red.
A wonderfully sculptural piece of mid-century French pottery, most likely from Vallauris and dating to the 1960s. Its unusual openwork form is finished in a heavily textured cream and caramel lava glaze, with a vivid glossy red glaze spilling down from the upper section and a warm mustard-yellow interior.
A cracking little piece of late-1950s West German pottery from Jopeko Keramik — see what I did there?
With its golden mustard-yellow body, deep green neck and frothy white glaze, this vintage French jug is a gorgeous character.
Made by Jopeko Keramik in West Germany, it has a brilliant, twisted, sculptural shape covered in a thick white shrink glaze, with deep blue peeking through every crack and crevice underneath.
A beautiful vintage Scheurich West German pottery handled vase with a tall cylindrical jug form and bold mid-century styling.
A striking vintage Scheurich West German pottery vase with a bold cylindrical form and classic mid-century fat lava decoration.
Now this is a colourful old thing. Made by Fielding’s in Stoke-on-Trent sometime between 1917 and 1930, this Devon Ware ‘Hurley’ jug is nearly a century old, but hardly looks its age.
A lovely little piece of Welsh studio pottery from Ewenny Pottery, with a wonderfully rich, moody glaze. Deep chocolate brown around the rim and handle gives way to warm amber, olive and earthy tones across the body, with all the lovely variation you get from a hand-glazed piece.
