Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Studio and

A Collection of Studio and Art Pottery Tableware Including William Adams and MW Examples - A collection of contemporary studio and art pottery tableware featuring diverse decorative motifs. The group includes a set of rustic stoneware pieces decorated with sgraffito-style landscapes featuring sheep and cows in neutral tones, including mugs, saucers, and side plates. One mug bears an impressed square seal mark to the base containing two vertical lines and one horizontal line. A lidded storage jar is hand-painted with yellow and red fruit. The lot also includes a collection of glazed earthenware decorated with fruit and bird motifs, comprising a large pitcher and a bowl with relief-molded apples, and multiple creamers and cereal bowls featuring a strawberry vine pattern. A side plate is decorated with a long-legged bird in blue, green, and reddish-brown. Several of these pieces bear a hand-painted monogram to the underside reading .MW. and MW.I.. An earthenware commemorative mug is decorated with a blue transfer-ware Chinese pattern and bears a printed scroll mark to the base reading Rd No 62329?, This Pattern was introduced by William Adams in 1780 being a copy of a Chinese pattern & one of the first of its style produced in English pottery. Wm Adams ENGLAND. Completing the lot are a cream-glazed ceramic toast rack and a small orange-glazed citrus juicer.