The November 11 sale at Potteries Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Silverdale included plenty of the 20th century material for which the Staffordshire saleroom is best known.
Just inching into the dateline were two fin-de-siècle lots designed by Minton’s pâté-sur-pâté master Alboin Birks.
A pair of 7½in (19.5cm) vases, each decorated with a vignette of Cupid getting an archery lesson from Venus in one and a winged angel in the other, took a mid-estimate £3600.