Perfect Pieces Specialists in British Pottery

If you’re looking for a pottery vase that’s impressive in both size and design, then take a look at this small selection of what we at Perfect Pieces currently have for sale.

Stylish in design and reputation, Wedgwood’s Keith Murray’s pieces are becoming more collectable as people are looking for modern pieces to suit their modern lifestyles. We currently have this stunning Keith Murray designed Shoulder Vase for sale in our Wedgwood pottery section.

Standing just over 11″ tall, it’s an impressive piece and is decorated in the classic Moonstone white glaze. The modern design of this vase allows it to sit happily in any surroundings – especially modern homes. Click here for further details.

If you’re looking for something more colourful, then why not take a look at this vibrant Crown Ducal Ware vase?

This large Crown Ducal Ware ovoid vase stands just over 10″ tall, has a ribbed body that has been decorated with a bright stylised flower-head pattern. It would fit even the largest bunch of flowers! For further pictures and information – click here.

Another interesting and unusual piece is this stoneware Ruskin pottery vase. Known for the quality and innovation of its glazes, Ruskin was a leading British art pottery in the early 20th century, but its wares were only ever produced in relatively limited numbers.

This extremely heavy Ruskin stoneware vase has been decorated in tones of blue and grey and stands approximately 9″ tall. With a light speckled decoration this Ruskin vase is simple in pattern and design but like all Ruskin, is beautifully proportioned and benefits from a fantastic glaze. Click here for further pictures.

I hope this examples will provide you with some inspiration and a few ideas as to what’s available. Do remember if you have any questions or are looking for a specific item then do let us know to see if we can help.

Looking for a gift for someone with a modern home, and lost at what to buy? Why not take a look at some of Wedgwood’s Keith Murray’s creations?

Although created and designed in the 1930s to the 1950s the sleek modern designs of Keith Murray could easily be a creation from today. With prices ranging from £40 upwards there’s something for everyone’s budget. See some examples of our current Keith Murray designs below and click any image for further details:

All our pieces of Wedgwood Keith Murray ware are currently on sale with 5% off ALL list prices until Christmas Eve 2008 AND include FREE UK postage and packaging by Royal Mail Special Delivery so if you’re late getting that last minute gift don’t be worried delivery is guaranteed next working day by 1pm!

Click here to view our collection of Wedgwood Keith Murray pieces.

Our latest addition to our Wedgwood Keith Murray selection is an impressive Keith Murray Moonstone Shoulder vase.

As you can see, this is a large, imposing vase and was one of the larger shapes designed by Keith Murray during his time at Wedgwood. Standing at just over 11″ tall, it is an excellent example of the fresh, contemporary style Murray brought to Wedgwood in the 1930s. Looking back now, it is difficult to appreciate just how modern and contemporary Keith Murray’s designs were when compared to the more traditional wares also being produced by the company at the time.

For further details about this Keith Murray Shoulder vase and the Keith Murray Open Shoulder vase we also have please – click here.

In our Wedgwood section we have just added an unusual piece of Keith Murray – a green apple shaped powder bowl and cover.

This piece is only 4.5″ in diamter and makes a rather unsual addition to a collection of Keith Murray items! Both the lid and base of the pot are fully marked with the Wedgwood and Keith Murray script marks.

The New Zealander Keith Murray brought fresh and contemporary designs to Wedgwood and is hugely collected today. The smaller items such as the tankard are always a good starting point for collections. They were produced in such a wide range of colours and shapes they’re almost never ending!

If you’d rather start off with the bigger items then the Shoulder vase or Open Shoulder vase always make stunning additions. The Open Shoulder vase is shape number 3842 and stands an impressive 9.5″ tall.

Whichever shape or colour you decide to collect Keith Murray remains simple yet stylish and can be purely for display or indeed can be used as any household object if you should choose!

Keith Murray brought fresh, modern and contemporary designs to the Wedgwood pottery making it highly desirable today. Most sought after are the unsual shapes, the larger pieces and the rarer colours.

This black basalt Keith Murray bowl currently on eBay is certainly large and in one of the more collectable colours. The seller measures it as over 9″ in diameter and shows that it has the favoured red Keith Murray script mark to its base.

Whilst this seller does provide a couple of photographs showing the outside of the bowl there are none of the inside. Bowls are well known to be worn in the centre from being used so if you’re thinking about bidding it might be worth asking for an additional photograph or description of the condition of the inside, just to be sure.

Anyone with an interest in Art Deco ceramics might want to consider making a beeline for Stourbridge at the end of May.

Well-known Stourbridge auctioneer Fieldings is putting on an exhibition of work by designers such as Clarice Cliff, Keith Murray, Poole’s Carter, Stabler & Adams and Lenci at its auction house on Mill Race Lane from Thursday 29th May to midday on Saturday 31st May.

The exhibition has been planned to coincide with Fieldings hosting the first official Clarice Cliff Collectors Club auction ever to take place outside London – something of a coup for the auctioneer. The sale at Fieldings has nearly 300 lots and will begin at midday on Saturday 31st May, allowing plenty of time for anyone needing to travel to the auction.

Fieldings’ auctioneer Will Farmer will be known to many as one of the experts on the Antiques Roadshow. He’s excited about the exhibition and says: “It’s going to be a really rare exhibition, we’ve been building this for five months. Collectors will be coming from all over the country and everybody in Stourbridge can come and see this.”

The Clarice Cliff auction promises to be exciting too and it will be interesting to see how prices are holding up in the current market.

Full details of the Clarice Cliff sale catalogue will be available on Fieldings’ website nearer the time.