Large Shelley Harmony Ware Vase glazed in blue and grey, 1930s

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Large Shelley Harmony Ware Vase glazed in blue and grey, 1930s

A ceramic vase of plain ovoid form, the body slightly ribbed and painted with various shades of ‘spun’ decoration in blue and grey, the base glazed and with a transfer mark ‘Shelley (in a border frame and underlined) England’, the impressed numbers ‘988’ presumably denoting the model number and the letter ‘d’ in black, probably hand inscribed.

Shelley Potteries, situated in Staffordshire, was originally known as Wileman & Co. which had also traded under the name ‘The Foley Potteries’. The first Shelley to join the company was Joseph Ball Shelley in 1862, and it remained a Shelley family business until 1966, when it was taken over by Allied English Potteries. Joseph’s son Percy employed first the designer Frederick Rhead then Walter Slater who had worked with Doulton. It was Walter Slater’s son, Eric, who initiated the ‘Harmony’ range in 1932, at first with a series of banded designs as here and then with drip ware patterns which became enormously popular. Harmony ware was produced in a wide variety of colours and shapes, the plain ovoid form being typical and reflecting the Art Deco styles of the period, but this example is exceptionally large with a more unusual range of colourings.

Size: Ht 22cm Width (max) 17cm Base 10cm
Weight: 1.125kg
Date: 1930s
Condition: Excellent condition with no damage or restoration
Estimate: £40 – 60

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