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The Kiln Room

Fourteen lots of studio pottery and blown glass, most of it made within two hundred miles of the saleroom. Glaze faults, crazing and kiln kisses are photographed rather than described, because a photograph of a hairline is worth four sentences about one.

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  • Lot 1, Celadon teapot with bound cane handle
    A round speckled celadon stoneware teapot with a bound cane handle, on a warm paper sweep.ClosingBidding is open on this lot.No reserve

    Lot 1 Kilnwork PDX

    Celadon teapot with bound cane handle

    The glaze breaks iron over every throwing ring, which is exactly what you want and impossible to photograph badly.

    Current bid$24517 bids
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  • Lot 7, Pair of celadon yunomi
    A close view of two speckled celadon stoneware cups on a warm paper sweep, one tipped on its side.Bidding openBidding is open on this lot.No reserve

    Lot 7 Kilnwork PDX

    Pair of celadon yunomi

    Made alongside lot 1 and glazed in the same firing. Buy both and they will match; buy one and it will not.

    Current bid$956 bids
    Closes inCloses in 9 minutes 0 seconds.
  • Lot 8, Three shallow serving bowls, kiln-kissed
    A close view of three shallow mottled iron-glazed stoneware serving bowls stacked on a warm paper sweep.Bidding openBidding is open on this lot.

    Lot 8 Kilnwork PDX

    Three shallow serving bowls, kiln-kissed

    Two of the three carry a kiln kiss where they touched in the firing. We would not have separated them either.

    Current bid$1457 bids
    Closes inCloses in 23 minutes 0 seconds.
  • Lot 2, Wide-shouldered vessel, oatmeal to rust
    A wide-shouldered stoneware vessel in a matte oatmeal glaze breaking rust at the rim, on a warm paper sweep.Bidding openBidding is open on this lot.No reserve

    Lot 2 Kilnwork PDX

    Wide-shouldered vessel, oatmeal to rust

    A big quiet shape that does most of its work from across a room, and the rest of it up close.

    Current bid$46012 bids
    Closes inCloses in 47 minutes 0 seconds.
  • Lot 3, Six iron-glazed dinner plates
    A stack of six mottled iron-and-bone glazed stoneware dinner plates, rims fanned out, on a warm paper sweep.Bidding openBidding is open on this lot.

    Lot 3 Kilnwork PDX

    Six iron-glazed dinner plates

    Six plates that have already survived thirty years of dinners. They will survive yours.

    Current bid$2859 bids
    Closes inCloses in 1 hour 12 minutes.
  • Lot 4, Three studio glass vessels
    Three hand-blown studio glass vessels in smoke grey, amber and sage, casting warm coloured light on a warm paper sweep.Bidding openBidding is open on this lot.

    Lot 4 Third Light

    Three studio glass vessels

    Bought as a group because they were made as a group. Selling as one for the same reason.

    Current bid$38015 bids
    Closes inCloses in 1 hour 36 minutes.
  • Lot 5, Smoke glass decanter and two tumblers
    A hand-blown smoke grey glass decanter with a heavy stopper and two matching tumblers on a warm paper sweep.Bidding openBidding is open on this lot.No reserve

    Lot 5 Third Light

    Smoke glass decanter and two tumblers

    The stopper still seats with that small glass sound, which is the entire argument for buying old glass.

    Current bid$1958 bids
    Closes inCloses in 1 hour 58 minutes.
  • Lot 6, Tall thrown vase, iron slip over bone
    A tall thrown stoneware vase in iron slip over a bone body, close-up on a warm paper sweep.Bidding openBidding is open on this lot.No reserve

    Lot 6 Kilnwork PDX

    Tall thrown vase, iron slip over bone

    Thrown tall and thin enough that you can see the potter changed their mind about the shoulder.

    Current bid$32011 bids
    Closes inCloses in 2 hours 14 minutes.
  • Lot 9, Amber bubble bowl
    A close view of an amber hand-blown glass bubble bowl throwing warm caustic light onto a warm paper sweep.Bidding openBidding is open on this lot.

    Lot 9 Third Light

    Amber bubble bowl

    Controlled bubble work that throws proper caustics on a windowsill. Photograph does not do it justice; nothing does.

    Current bid$1655 bids
    Closes inCloses in 2 hours 34 minutes.
  • Lot 10, Pair of smoke glass tumblers
    A close view of two heavy smoke grey hand-blown tumblers on a warm paper sweep.Bidding openBidding is open on this lot.No reserve

    Lot 10 Third Light

    Pair of smoke glass tumblers

    Heavier than they look, which is the point of them.

    Opens at$300 bids
    Closes inCloses in 2 hours 48 minutes.