‡William Staite Murray (1881-1962) 'Sun and Air' a fine stoneware vase

‡William Staite Murray (1881-1962)

'Sun and Air' a fine stoneware vase, painted with a hot-air balloon flying amongst seagulls and clouds, the reverse a large sunflower. rust on an oatmeal ground highlighted with blue, impressed seal mark, 22.5cm. high

Provenance

William Paterson Gallery, London exhibited 1-28th November 1928, priced at 25 guineas.

Contemporary Ceramics, Bonhams, 13th November 1996 lot 5.

Exhibited

Gorgeously Grotesque, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, 2003 catalogue number 79.

British Studio Pottery from Bernard Leach to Lucie Rie, Chichester Cathedral/Pallant House.

30 Pots, Woolley and Wallis, 2019, catalogue number 4,

Literature

Dr Jeffrey Jones, Studio Pottery in Britain 1900-2005, A & C Black,. page 57 this vase illustrated.