Bowl by the ‘Godmother’ of Modern Ceramics’ discovered during consignment visit.

Speckle glaze bowl made by Dame Lucie Rie comes up for auction at Batemans.

Discovered by Greg Bateman amongst a house full of other china and crockery at a Northamptonshire Deceased Estate, this beautiful little bowl is sure to attract serious interest…

Dame Lucie Rie (British, Austrian, 1902-1995): a studio pottery bowl, decorated in pale blue speckled glaze, LR mark to base, 13.7 by 6.8cm high. It will be offered for sale on 3rd September with pre-sale estimates: £300 – £500

Lucie Rie (nee Gomperz) was an Austrian potter who was born and educated in Vienna, where she trained as a potter under Ludwig Powolny at the High School for Arts and Crafts. When she graduated from art school she set up her first pottery in her parents home. Her work soon became internationally recognised but the rise of the Nazi movement in Germany and the rise of anti-semitism meant that Lucie, who was by now married to Hans Rie, had to leave Vienna. They arrived in London in September 1938 on a temporary visa. She spent the war working in a lens factory and making ceramic buttons for the fashion trade. In 1946 she returned to making pots, and with Hans Coper, another Jewish refugee, she rediscovered the enthusiasm of her days in Vienna. Slowly she became well-known but the real breakthrough was in 1967 when the Arts Council presented a retrospective of her work. She was made a Dame in 1990. On 1 April 1995 after a series of strokes, Lucie Rie died.

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