16th Apr, 2026 10:00

British Art & Design

 
  Lot 108
 

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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

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Thursday 16th April 09.00 - 10.00

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