Alan & Janet Mayfield

Welcome to our website which specialises in French Faience, British Studio Pottery, and in British and French Art Pottery.

Our collection of French Faience currently

focuses on Quimper, Desvres, Malicorne, CA, Faience de l'Est and

Faience Fine, but we also stock items from many other French

Faienceries.


Our British Studio Pottery collection

contains the work of a wide range of 20th.Century British studio potters.



The British Art Pottery items are mainly

drawn from the smaller regional potteries in the South and South-West of

England.



The French Art Pottery that we present

includes: Denbac, Greber, Pierrefonds,

Metenier, Les Yvelines and Rambervillers.







Please contact us for further information about these

or other potteries not at present represented on our website. Whilst we are

very happy to offer an opinion on identification of pottery items, we regret

we do not give valuations.







STRUCTURE OF THIS WEBSITE


This website has 5 main sections as listed at the top left-hand corner of this

first section, which can be accessed by clicking on the relevant section name.



This First Section HOME

gives general information about us, our website and the way we operate.

At the end of the section we include

A MISCELLANY which contains items for sale that

do not fit easily into the other sections of the website.



The Home Section is followed by four sections dealing with particular types of

pottery. At present these are:


Section Two, FRENCH FAIENCE

which deals with tin-glazed earthenware from French

Faienceries other than those in Section Three.


Section Three covers QUIMPER, MALICORNE AND

DESVRES.


Section Four deals with BRITISH STUDIO POTTERY AND

BRITISH ART POTTERY.


Section FIVE completes the collection covering

FRENCH ART POTTERY




Sections Two to Five each present 20 items from our large collection, which

are refreshed regularly. If you do not see what you are looking for on the

pages of this website please email us to check whether we do have such items

in our stock.

WEBSITE IMAGES

The following pages show a small sample of our extensive stock.

CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO OBTAIN AN ENLARGED SECOND IMAGE OF EACH ITEM

These can be further enlarged by using the + button.





Try this on the pictures of a lovely Rambervillers Cytere Lobed Jug

M326 above, and a Chelsea Pottery Cheese Dish & Cover P210 below,

and on our Stall Displays pictured elsewhere on these Home pages.

PRICES, PAYMENT & POSTAGE

PRICES



In the catalogue that follows, the quoted prices, which have recently been significantly reduced, are our 'best' or 'trade' prices in GB Pounds. We are not willing to sell below these prices, so please do not make lower offers. In the case of multiple purchases, however, we are always willing to give a small discount.


PAYMENT



For International buyers we accept payment in GB Pounds by PayPal (but not by credit card) at no additional cost.

We also accept International Money Orders in Sterling and Sterling cheques,

It is regretted that non-sterling cheques can not be accepted, because of excessive bank charges.

For UK buyers payment can be either by UK cheque or by PayPal, although cheques are preferred.


POSTAGE



All items will be sent securely packed and insulated, where necessary double-boxed. International items will be sent by International Signed For First Class Air Mail unless otherwise requested. UK items will be sent by First Class Recorded Mail unless otherwise requested. Shipping charges will be supplied once the items and the destination are identified.

EBAY SALES

We regularly have items for sale on eBay, and shall be auctioning some more

items later in the year, when you will be able to click on the icon below to

view them. ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.

ANTIQUES & COLLECTORS FAIRS

In recent years we have stalled several times each year at the Ardingly

Antiques & Collectors FaiR on the Sussex County Showground, and occasionally

at other Antiques Fairs mainly in the South of England. We do not intend to

stall out again on a regular basis at Ardingly, preferring instead to exhibit

occasionally at other smaller Fairs in the South-East. We do not stall at

Fairs during the winter months. During the summer months in 2010, weather

permitting, we may have an occasional outside stall at either Ardingly

or Detling. Our programme of Fairs will be regularly updated on our

Website, from which we shall continue to sell.

A MISCELLANY

The following items do not come within our usual stock categories.
These items include pieces from both British and European Factories and individual producers, and date from the early Nineteenth Century to the mid Twentieth Century. There are also a few items of glass.



For further information please do not hesitate to contact us.

Blue and Carmine Glass Vase

A large and heavy glass vase, in the manner of Scottish mottled glass (Monart/Vasart/Strathearn) but likely to be Bohemian in origin. Dating from the 1930's. In excellent undamaged condition.

Size: height 19cm.,rim diam. 16cm.,weight 2.230gm (available to the UK only)
Ref: F392 ~ Price £35 GBP

Continental Green Crackle-Finish Glass Vase

A smsll green glass vase with a crackle finish similar to Ikora. Early 20th.C. Very good condition, without fault.

Size: Height 8cm., rim diam. 7cm.
Ref: E112 ~ Price £8GBP
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Susie Cooper Deco Striped Jug

A large deco jug, striped in grey and blue, dating from the mid.1930's. In excellent, undamaged condition.

Size: Height 12.5cm., max.diam. (excl. handle) 12cm.
Ref: E996 ~ Price £10GBP

Early Bloor Derby Porcelain Breakfast Tray

This lovely octagonal porcelain tray has a painted decoration of floral swags, with gilded decoration to the edges and the two handles. Each floral swag contains different, identifiable garden flowers, painted in fresh and attractive colours. On the reverse is the red circular 'BLOOR DERBY' and Crown mark, dating from c1820-40. Apart from some discolouration, the general condition of the tray is very good, with only slight wear and loss of gilding to the edge of the tray, due to usage, and two short tight hairlines to one handle.
Size: Max.dimensions 36cm. by 32cm.
Ref: G823 ~ Price £85GBP

European Faience Large Floral Charger

This large, cheerful charger is decorated with green, manganese, blue and yellow flowers, leaves and sprigs, and bears unknown marks of an 'A' and a curl to the rear (click on picture for the mark). It is thought to be from Southern Europe and of 20th.C origin. It is in very good condition, with no chips, cracks or repairs; just three small nicks to the rim. It displays well.
Size: Diam. 31cm.
Ref: N025A ~ Price £25GBP

Pair of Large Desvres 'Delft Style' Vases

This very attractive pair of Desvres Vases feature a Delft 'pierced rock' motif, with stylised flowers and birds. Both vases are marked with 'borrowed' Delft signatures, the 18th.C 'HB' mark of 'Hugo Brouwer', not to be confused with the 'HB' mark of Quimper. The vases are most likely to be 1930's products of the Geo. Martel Faiencerie at Desvres. The decoration is, however, of high quality, and the vases are in excellent condition, apart from some minor frits and rubs to the top rims.
Size: Height 22.5cm., max.diam. 11.5cm.
Ref: N311 ~ Price £45GBP

Schramberg German Art Pottery Floral Vase

This brillianly glazed vase, with attractive floral decoration in soft pastel colours on a black base, bears the ink-stamped marks 'SMF' and 'SCHRAMBERG' to the base, with the impressed numbers '2820' and '3', and the painted number '81'. It dates from 1918-30 and is in excellent condition, with just a small patch of glaze loss during manufacture.
Size: Height 15.5cm., max.diam. 11cm.
Ref: P337 ~ Price £15GBP

Thoune Swiss Faience Early Two-Handled Vase

This is a lovely early example of the Chrutmuster pattern, with soft colours and much relief detail. It bears the script mark 'Thoune' on the base and dates from c1900. Condition very good for Thoune, with only one small chip to the rim, and some rubs to the base.
Size: Height 15cm., max.diam. 13cm.
Ref: P173 ~ Price £35GBP

Thoune Wanzenried Swiss Faience Floral Plate

This attractive Thoune small plate has a design of flowers and geometric devices, and is marked on the base with 'JW' for Johann Wanzenried and 'Thoune'. It dates from c1900. It is in very good condition, with no chips or cracks, and just a few rubs to the rim.
Size: Diam. 18.5cm.
Ref: R089 ~ Price £18

Thoune Wanzenried Swiss Faience Edelweiss Vase

This pretty little Thoune Vase is decorated with an elaborate floral pattern, including four large edelweiss. It bears the mark 'JW' of Johann Wanzenried, and dates from c1885-1915. It is in excellent condition, with none of the usual Thoune chips and rubs.
Size: Height 8.5cm., max.diam. 7.5cm.
Ref: P234 ~ Price £18

French Faience 'Lille' Pictorial Plate

This French faience plate has a pleasant painted representation of a David Teniers (Flemish Painter 1610-90) peasant scene. It also has a printed backstamp 'Lille' and an impressed mark (see blow-up picture). We understand that the plate is a late 19thC. production, not to be confused with the much finer 18thC. Lille pieces. It is, however, in very good condition, with no damage and displays well.
Size: Diam. 26.5cm.
Ref: K638 ~ Price £25GBP