Ceramics

This 18th century Sèvres soft-paste porcelain ice pail (seau à glace) carries the date letter 'O' for 1767 and a tiny painter’s mark of an anchor for Charles Buteux Sr (1719-82).

With its long and varied production lines Moorcroft remains a stalwart of Design auctions.

A single-lot auction conducted by the sealed bids process has set a record for a transfer printed pot lid.

Ornate creation from Gothic fantasy comes for sale as part of the Bayreuth collection

Stand-out original among the 76 pieces from Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson’s workshops offered at Tennants’ (22% buyer’s premium) 20th Century Design auction was a carved oak monk sold with its working drawing.

Rare works on offer in Swiss saleroom were by artist most familiar for his Fauvist fine art creations

Victorian and Edwardian pottery butcher’s slabs made to display lard, butter and margarine are relatively frequent visitors to UK salerooms.

A new auction record for the Wade factory was set by Potteries Auctions in Stoke-on-Trent when this monumental 3ft 10in (1.15m) high figure made for the 1951 Festival of Britain sold at £4200.

It is 20 years ago that the auction record for Clarice Cliff was sent tumbling when an 18in (46cm) May Avenue charger sold for £34,000 at Christie’s South Kensington on May 14, 2003. Those were heady days indeed.

A large stoneware vessel by studio potter John Ward (1938- 2023) sold for £35,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) as part of a private collection of his work offered by Dreweatts on July 11.

Album of watercolours by mysterious but talented Indian artist takes £90,000 at Scottish saleroom

Auctions held in Australia and Germany rack up strong prices for major European makers

Classic examples of distinctive porcelain take four-figure sums in Gloucestershire

The June 8 sale at Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) in Washington, West Sussex included a fine example of Meiji cloisonné by Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927).

Vendor finds glass marbles are worth more than expected as they make surprise four-figure sums in Bury St Edmunds

Three auctions follow on from the October series to offer items from the collectors’ Californian residence