Offered at a wider-ranging, paintings and decorative arts sale at Dreweatts (24% buyer’s premium), this Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, left, would have stood out at a post-1860s design sale.
Painted by Richard Joyce (1873-1931), perhaps the best of the talented pottery artists brought in by Pilkington, the 11in (28cm) tall vase bore the painted year mark for 1910.