Report by Roland Arkell
It was, said specialist Michael Jeffery, “one of, if not the finest, collections of Burmantofts put together by a private individual”.
The 700-plus Victorian art pots from a south of England collection offered at Woolley & Wallis (22% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury on June 22 covered all aspects of the Leeds factory’s output, from conservatory heaters to grotesques.