Live Auction 8524Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
TWO GILBERT WILLIAM BAYES (1872-1953), ROYAL DOULTON (EST.1815) STONEWARE 'BIRD' POST FINIALS
Lot 216

TWO GILBERT WILLIAM BAYES (1872-1953), ROYAL DOULTON (EST.1815) STONEWARE 'BIRD' POST FINIALS

CIRCA 1930

Closed26 March 2013

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GBP 27,500

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TWO GILBERT WILLIAM BAYES (1872-1953), ROYAL DOULTON (EST.1815) STONEWARE 'BIRD' POST FINIALS
CIRCA 1930
Each modelled and cast as birds, covered in streaked glaze, both signed Gilbert Bayes, impressed Royal Doulton Roundels
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

These polychrome stoneware sculptures were used as finials for washing line posts at St Pancras Housing association Estates, and also as garden ornaments. They featured in exhibitions around the country and abroad form 1936 and until 1939.