GEOFFREY WHITING (1919-1988) for St Augustine's Pottery; a stoneware chawan with iron decoration on lustrous iron rich ground, impressed pottery mark, diameter 14.5cm. (D) Provenance: Artist's collection. PR – This chawan and the vase in the next lot came from the Whiting family collection. They were the star pieces from an otherwise disastrous firing – as I recall, some of the wood was salt-preserved and it produced this lustre effect with the decoration largely burnt away. Whiting really liked them but knew he would never be able to reproduce what happened. David Whiting told me he was pretty loose with marks when he had both potteries, which explains why one has the Avoncroft mark and the other St Augustine’s. Additional Information Appears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration. This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org