Richard Joyce for Pilkington, a Royal Lancastrian lustre vase, circa 1920, shouldered ovoid form, painted with a band of polar bears in an icy landscape, between bronzed iridescent borders with wave bands, painted monogram,17cm high Provenance: Harriman Judd Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 22nd January 2001, lot 408 Note: see Cross, A.J. 1980, Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles, p.62, pl.87 for an illustration of this vase

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000