Art Nouveau era ceramics, some edging into Art Deco. Designed by Walter Slater for Shelley Pottery which started in 1896 and operated until it was taken over in 1966. All of these happening to have come from the website for Bonhams.

download (1) — Intarsio vases, one in globe and shaft form decorated with a stylized scrolling foliate motif in purple, green, and mauve. The other is a small ewer with a bulbous body decorated with carnations. ca. 1911. Printed makers mark, numbered “3577” and “3010.”Image © Bonhams 2001-2020. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15302/lot/233/

Lustre bowl. ca. 1919-21. — Lustre bowl with a sea green ground. Decorated with central foliate scrolls in blue, yellow and green and embellished with gilt. Green “Spano-lustra” candlestick with a swirling form. ca. 1919-21. Signed with a printed makers mark. Image © Bonhams 2001-2020. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15302/lot/273/

Lustre ginger jar and cover. ca. 1915. — Lustre ginger jar and cover, iridescent pink/golden ground with gilt slip trailed decoration of dragonflies and floral tendrils. ca. 1915. Attributed to Walter Slater. Printed mark. Image © Bonhams 2001-2020. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10826/lot/168/

Art Deco so bright and gay it could cheer up the dullest of days. Shelley Pottery, Staffordshire, England, which started up around 1890 and lasted for 70 years.

Lustre vase in the Balloons and Flashes pattern. ca. 1920. — Lustre vase in the Balloons and Flashes pattern. ca. 1920. Image © 1998-2019 Ruby Lane, Inc. and Prairie Wind Antiques, Manitoba. Fair use license. via https://www.rubylane.com/item/520021-GPO03121801/Stunning-Shelley-Art-Deco-Lustre-Vase

Coffee set in the Vogue shape and yellow Sunray pattern. 1930-33. — Coffee set in the Vogue shape and yellow Sunray pattern. 1930-33. Image © Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Fair use license. via https://twitter.com/antiquesmag/status/996338036186152960?lang=da

Part of a tea service in the Vogue shape Red Block design. — Part of a tea service in the Vogue shape and Red Block design. ca. 1930. Six teacups with saucers, milk jug, sugar bowl, side plates and a cake plate. Painted pattern number “11786” to bases. ca. 1930. Bone china. Eric Slater, designer for Shelley. Image © Copyright Toovey’s 2017-2019. Fair use license. via https://www.tooveys.com/lots/323595/a-shelley-art-deco-bone-china-vogue-shape-red-block-pattern-part-tea-service/

Wash pitcher and basin.1925-45. — Wash pitcher and basin. Broad light blue top band with abstract line decorations decorations and pastel polychrome geometric designs including diamonds and fans. 1925-45. Green printed mark “Shelley / ENGLAND” on base. Image © 2002-2019 LiveAuctioneers. Fair use license. via https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-gb/item/74614695_english-shelley-art-deco-wash-pitcher-and-basin

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