Large Bretby Art Pottery figure, interesting purple lustre glaze, c.1915

$395.00 AUD

Rare Bretby Art Pottery figure of a barefoot lady in an apron, holding a basket, standing on a rustic plinth with tree trunk at back, decorated in an extraordinary purple lustre with black streaks.

Impressed ‘BRETBY / MADE IN ENGLAND / 2706’.

Circa 1915

 

30cm high

good condition, minor crazing to surface

 

Bretby figures are rare, and lustre finished pieces extremely so: this may be an experimental, rather than commercial piece.

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