November Toys & Vintage Auction
Lot 441:
Description
This lot comprises two pieces of English hand-painted earthenware. The first is a circular flan or baking dish featuring fluted vertical sides. The interior is decorated with a central polychrome fruit motif depicting a purple plum, an orange, and a yellow pear amongst green foliage, finished with a blue sponged border to the rim. The base of the dish bears a printed black circular mark reading Hand Poole Pottery ENGLAND, surrounded by the words MICROWAVE SAFE DISHWASHER SAFE. An illegible handwritten artist’s mark is also present. The second item is a shallow decorative plate featuring a floral spray in the traditional Poole style, composed of a large blue flower, a red carnation, a yellow tulip, and purple buds, tied together with a pink ribbon. The rim is decorated with a green band and a dotted blue outer border. The reverse of the plate has a printed black oval mark containing a stylized dolphin above the word POOLE and ENGLAND below. Beside this is a handwritten artist monogram reading BMK in black.
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