KAREL NEKOLA (1857-1915)
FACSIMILE NOTEBOOK AND PIGMENTS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
£350
Auction: 7 November 2012 at 11:00 GMT
Description
including bottles of original Wemyss Ware pigments and two facsimile copies of Nekola's notebook; also including works by DAVIS, PETER; DE RIN, VICTORIA; MACMILLAN, DAVID & RANKINE, ROBERT; WEMYSS WARE, A DECORATIVE SCOTTISH POTTERY; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1986. First edition, oblong 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, interior clean; also WEMYSS WARE 1880-1930, Rogers de Rin exhibition catalogue, Sotheby's Belgravia, 17th - 23rd November 1976, clean copy; and WEMYSS WARE; THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DECORATIVE SCOTTISH POTTERY C. 1883-1930, Scottish Arts Council exhibition catalogue, 18th September - 10th October 1971, clean copy, and accompanying poster for the exhibition; assorted magazines containing articles on Wemyss Ware etc (a lot)
Footnote
Provenance: Freda Nekola Collection
Note: These copies of Nekola's notebook which was lent to Robert Rankine when he was researching 'Wemyss Ware', and has now been lost or sold on.