Len Castle (New Zealand), flagons, carafes, pots - price guide and values

Len Castle Stoneware Carafe for Deerstalkers Inn

Len Castle, stoneware carafe, made for the Deerstalkers Inn Ponsonby. Height 23 cm. Provenance: Graeme Fairey collection

Len Castle Stoneware Slab Pot with Impressed Sides

A Len Castle stoneware slab pot with impressed sides, stamped to the base, circa 1980s. Height 35.5 cm. Width 31 cm. Diameter 18.5 cm

Len Castle Grey Chun Glaze Jug with Spout Nibbles

A Len Castle grey chun glaze jug spout nibbles, circa 1980s. Height 11.5 cm. Length 16 cm

Textured Stoneware Brush Pot with Ash Glaze

Len Castle, stoneware brush pot cylindrical shape with textured surface with red and brown ash glaze, unglazed to the base impressed initials. Height 25 cm

Len Castle's Bonsai Pot with Birch and Chip

Len Castle, stoneware bonsai pot with silver birch [small rim chip]

Len Castle Stoneware Bonsai Pot with Coprosma

Len Castle, stoneware bonsai pot with coprosma [small rim chip]

Stoneware Bonsai Pot with Gardenia by Len Castle

Len Castle, stoneware bonsai pot with gardenia

Castle's Gardenia Bonsai Pot

Len Castle, large bonsai pot with gardenia

Stoneware Bonsai Pot with Coprosma by Len Castle

Len Castle, large stoneware bonsai pot with coprosma

Len Castle Stoneware Flagon for Dees-stalkers Inn, Auckland

Len Castle, stoneware flagon originally made for the Dees-stalkers Inn, Ponsonby road, Auckland incised initials. Height 20 cm. Provenance: from the collection of Ruth Butterworth

Len Castle Carafe with Impressed Medallion

Len Castle. Carafe, unglazed with impressed medallion and iron oxide wash. Impressed mark. Height 24 cm. Diameter 14 cm

Len Castle Stoneware Tenmoku Glazed Impressed Mark Jug

Len Castle. Jug, a small stoneware jug with tenmoku glaze, impressed mark. Height 10 cm. Width 13 cm

Tenmoku Stoneware Jug by Len Castle

Len Castle, stoneware jug, with tenmoku glaze, impressed potters initials. Height 16 cm

Len Castle Stoneware Vase and Milk Jug Set

A Len Castle stoneware cylindrical vase, decorated with incised concentric bands with olive coloured glaze and umber pigmenting; along with a Castle milk jug with iron speckled ash glaze, impressed artist's mark to each piece. Tallest 18 cm

Len Castle Shino Glaze Branch Pot

A Len Castle branch pot, of slab built construction, shino glaze, artist's mark impressed at base. Height 26.5 cm

Len Castle Deerstalkers Inn Carafe

An early Len Castle 'Deerstalkers Inn' carafe, the compressed ovoid body with a tall mildly tapered neck, an applied pressed cartouche of deer antlers in circular form to the shoulder, burnt umber matt glaze, impressed mark. Height 20.5 cm

Early Len Castle Feldspathic Glazed Branch Pot

A good early Len Castle branch pot, slab built earthenware with slightly swollen walls, a 'ladder' set of impressed decoration at the corners, with short conforming neck and pan mouth. Feldspathic glaze. Early impressed artist's cipher. Height 33 cm.

Iron-Spotted White Glaze Jug by Len Castle

Len Castle. Small jug, iron spotted white glaze, impressed mark, 16 cm height

Hare's Fur Glazed Branch Pot by Len Castle

Len Castle, branch pot, a large and impressive press moulded branch pot with a hare's fur glaze. Height 58 cm. Width 51 cm. Depth 30 cm

Stoneware Wine Flagon by Len Castle

Len Castle, stoneware wine flagon, similar to the previous lot

Textured Stoneware Flaggon with Deerstalkers Inn Emblem

Len Castle, stoneware Deerstalkers Inn flagon, textured surface with umber pigment decoration and Deerstalkers Inn emblem. Impressed initials to the base. Height 24 cm

Spherical Flaggon in Black/Green Glaze by Len Castle

Len Castle, large spherical flagon, with strap handle in black/ green glaze over red/green ground. Impressed mark (1960's) 33 cm height

Iron Ash Jug with Strap Handle by Len Castle

Len Castle, large stoneware jug with strap handle and iron ash glaze, impressed initials. Height 26 cm