BY THE COMPTON POTTERY, GUILDFORD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF TERRACOTTA 'LEIX' POTS
BY THE COMPTON POTTERY, GUILDFORD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With impressed stamp
The pots -- 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) diameter; the plinths -- 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Together with a pair of painted wood plinths (2)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

Lot Essay

The Compton Potters' Arts Guild, was established by Mary Seton Watts (d.1938), the wife of the Symbolist and portrait painter and sculptor George F.Watts (d.1904), producing decorative terracotta work in the village of Compton, near Guildford in 1895.

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