Post War 'Contemporary' Style

• Product Code: Sold in our Liverpool Shop - December 2015 / 利物浦店内售出 - 2015年12月

A rare finely crafted silver brooch, comprising four conjoined light blue Guilloche Enamel concave discs, made by Ivar T. Holth (or Holt), Norway, circa 1950 - 1965.

Condition: excellent.

4.5cm (1.75 inches) across.

• Product Code: available / 待售
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A very rare Afriacan style "Crucifiction" form bronze sculpture by post-war Liverpool Artist Arthur Dooley (1929-1994) and probably made during the 1960s.

We are not aware of  any other bronzes in this form by the Artist.

We have  a Certificate of Authenticity for this item which is co-signed by the Arthur Dooley Estate and the  Official Arthur Dooley Archive.

Condition: Excellent.

Bronze:  43cm (17inches) high; 24cm (9.5inches) wide.

The original pastel portrait, by Dorothy Colles, which was commisioned for a "Trufood" advertizing poster. Dorothy Colles (1917-2003) was, according to an obituary in the Independent newspaper,"gifted in portraits of children". She has exhibited through the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of Portrait Painting. There is a water 'splash' above the head of the boy which we have not attempted to restore. Otherwise excellent condition. The picture 19.5 inches by 17.3 inches (49.5cm by 44cm)

A Cotswold pattern blue tinted glass handkerchief vase made at the Chance Brothers glassworks, circa 1965.

Condition: excellent.

10 cm (4 inches) high; 14cm (5.5 inches) across.

A rare, Whitefriars "Chess" vase, pattern no. 9817, designed by Geoffrey Baxter as part of his mould-blown relief-textured range. Aubergine is one of the rarest colours for this shape - listed only in the 1972 Whitefriars trade catalogue.

Condition - excellent - crisply moulded with no damages and, other than base wear consistent with age, there are no surface scratches.

15cm (5.8inches) high.

A rare art deco shallow bowl by the designer Wilhelm Kage (1889-1960) who trained under Henri Matisse. This item was probably produced during the 1940s as part of the "Argenta" range by Gustavsberg, Sweden.

Condition -there is surface wear to the silver overlay and there is a chip next to one of the handles and associated light hairline (please see enlargements 6 and 7).

23.5cm (9.25 inches)diameter.

A large, heavy, ten-sided (Korean style) black glazed stoneware vase made by Trevor Corser who was the longest servimg member of the Leach pottery, St Ives, Cornwall. This item bears the seal mark of Leach pottery and also Trevor Corser's personal seal.

Condition: excellent - no damages and no restoration.

28cm (11 inches) high. 2.8 kg (6lb 3oz).