A rare Troika Pottery Love plaque designed by Benny Sirota

A rare Troika Pottery Love plaque designed by Benny Sirota, modelled in low relief with stylised couples, glazed in bronze and matt ochre painted Troika marks, trident mark and artist cipher to back 36.5cm. wide

Provenance

David Lay Auctioneer's 10th November 2003 lot 1288.

private collection.

Literature

Carol Cashmore Troika Pottery St Ives, Private Press, plate 7 for a Troika Love plaque illustrated in Ideal Home magazine, 1967, reproduced. The plaque shows the three stages from love to marriage (meeting, falling in love and proposing).