Ben Nicholson (1894-1982)
a rare Foley Pottery Art in Industry coffee pot, cover milk-jug and sugar basin, designed in 1934, cylindrical form, glazed grey with a red band, printed factory mark, facsimile signature, stress hairlines to pot, 17cm. high (4)
Provenance
Private collection of Art in Industry Ceramics and Glass
Clarice Cliff including Art in Industry Ceramics, Christie's 2nd November 2001, lot 111.
Private collection
Catalogue notes
This is possibly the only set designed by Ben Nicholson from the Art in Industry exhibition to have survived.
Sold for £2,200
Ben Nicholson (1894-1982)
a rare Foley Pottery Art in Industry coffee pot, cover milk-jug and sugar basin, designed in 1934, cylindrical form, glazed grey with a red band, printed factory mark, facsimile signature, stress hairlines to pot, 17cm. high (4)
Provenance
Private collection of Art in Industry Ceramics and Glass
Clarice Cliff including Art in Industry Ceramics, Christie's 2nd November 2001, lot 111.
Private collection
Catalogue notes
This is possibly the only set designed by Ben Nicholson from the Art in Industry exhibition to have survived.
Auction: British Art & Design, 16th Apr, 2026
Viewing
Monday 13th April 10.00 - 16.00
Tuesday 14th April 10.00 - 16.00
Wednesday 15th April 10.00 - 16.00
Thursday 16th April 09.00 - 10.00