Three pieces of C H Brannam Barum art pottery (Barnstaple, North Devon)
comprising a heron spill vase and candlestick with a detachable petal-shaped candleholder, 28cm dated 1875 (foot and cover repaired); a vase, early 20th century, decorated in sgraffito and coloured slips with a fish amid waves, covered with a blue glaze, monogrammed and impressed marks, 18cm high (small rim chip); and a green and treacle glazed jug with the verse 'From rocks, and sands, and barren lands, Good fortune set me free, and from great guns and women's tongues Good lord deliver me', 15cm high
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Sold for £100
Condition Report
Candleholder- reglued break to a leaf on the top, with a further chip to the underside of another leaf. Various nibbles around the edges of the tops of the leaves. Some losses of glaze to the edges of the smaller holder, behind the heron. A break to approximately 1/3rd of the foot, which has been reattached.
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