Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Decorative Ceramics
An Assortment of Decorative Ceramics including Bitossi, Arthur Wood, and Williamsburg Restoration Pottery This group contains various ceramic pieces featuring a range of decorative techniques. It includes a Bitossi Lotus bowl designed by Aldo Londi, finished in a dark olive green glaze with a central light blue and white crystalline starburst motif. The base is stamped with a circular mark reading Aldo Londi, Lotus, and Made in Italy. A tall Arthur Wood footed vase is included, designed in the Art Deco style with an asymmetrical slanted rim and hand-painted leaping red and black deer on a cream ground. The base carries a brown printed Arthur Wood factory mark with a globe and banner, alongside the incised word Joy and hand-painted alphanumeric codes W'E, K'U, 16'11, and 4287. The collection also features a Williamsburg Restoration Pottery red earthenware oval platter with yellow slip-trailed feathered decoration over a dark brown ground, with an impressed CPG square seal mark to the base. An agate ware coffee pot with a marbled brown and white glaze and gilded highlights is present, though it bears no maker mark. Finally, there is a Cauldon bone china plate featuring a hand-painted abstract swirling pattern in pink, green, white, and black over the white glaze. The reverse shows a green printed Cauldon factory mark.