Carlton Ware vase, Jazzdesign, damage. Louis Taylor,Stoke on Trent. Dec 03. HP:£880. ABP: £1,035.

Carlton Ware coffee set,pattern 3450 ‘Awakening’.Louis Taylor, Stoke on Trent.Mar 06. HP: £740. ABP: £870.

Wiltshaw & Robinson Carltonware canted square sectionEgyptian pattern trumpetvase, enamelled and gildedwith lotus capped columns,figures in profile, hieroglyphpanels, blue soufflé ground,9in high. Fieldings, WestHagley, Worcs.. Jun 05. HP:£520. ABP: £611.

Carlton Ware nightingalevase. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Jun 05.HP: £460. ABP: £541.

Carlton ware charger, gildedand enamelled with a treeand blossom in tones of blue,orange/purple on a yellowground, red foliate rim withgilded edge, 15.5in wide,marked ‘I Cole’ to under-side. Andrew Hartley, Ilkley.Jun 05. HP: £450. ABP: £529.

Pair of Carlton wareHandcraft vases. Rosebery’s,London. Oct 01. HP: £430.ABP: £505.

Carlton Ware claret jug,silver plate mounted, 10in.Louis Taylor, Stoke. Dec 02.HP: £420. ABP: £494.

Carlton Ware bowl, 3.5 x 9india, art deco shape. LouisTaylor, Stoke on Trent. Dec03. HP: £420. ABP: £494.

Large Carlton Ware rougeroyale jar and cover with fodog finial. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Feb 07.HP: £420. ABP: £494.

1920s Carlton ware tray,rouge ground, 36 x 21cm.Locke & England,Leamington Spa. Sep 02. HP:£400. ABP: £470.

Carlton Ware Sketching Birdvase, 36cm high. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.May 05. HP: £330. ABP: £388.

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Carlton Ware and the MarketBetween 1890 and 1957 Carlton Ware was produced by a company called Wiltshaw

& Robinson who occupied the Carlton Works in Stoke-on-Trent. The Company

name seemed always to have been played down and the earliest backstamps appear

only with the initials W & R. The name Carlton Ware was in use on backstamps as

early as c1894 and became the trademark for the company from the very earliest

days. The cursive Carlton Ware mark appears about 1925, followed by MADE IN

ENGLAND, followed by TRADE MARK. The latter appears to be dropped quite

quickly leaving the cursive mark and MADE IN ENGLAND on their own until

1957. I have also noticed on early wares, which still have the words TRADE

MARK, the additional upper case addition REGISTRATION APPLIED FOR. The

foregoing represents only an introduction to Carlton Ware as the main purpose of

this feature is to discuss the market.

Here are about a 100 images, descriptions and prices representing sales at auction

during the last several years. I have left out a lot of sales from the lower end of the

market. These range from about a £1,000 down to £10 with an average of about

£160 so at least the selection is worthy of study. Looking beyond these pages to the

wider market I am certain that the most ever paid at auction for Carlton Ware was

at Tennants in Leyburn in North Yorkshire in May, 2006 when a Devil vase, pattern

3767 and only 16cms in height reached £2,500 hammer, about £3,000 including

premium. The estimate was £180-£220. Another vase Mephistopheles, pattern 3765

and only 19cms in height, fetched £2,300 hammer or about £2,750 including

premium at Bearnes in Exeter in 2007. This also had a low estimate of £400-£450.

Fairy, a rare Carltonware footed dish, 30cms in width and designed by Violet

Elmer, pattern 3576 was given a high estimate of £1,500-£2,000 at Woolley &

Wallis, Salisbury in November 2005 and duly obliged with a hammer price of

£2,000 or about £2,500 including premium. To my knowledge these are the only

lots that have reached over £2,000 at auction although a ‘handcraft’ wall plaque,

showing a girl in a crinoline walking in a garden, with an early pattern 1908, and

estimated at £400-£600 fetched £900, which equates to over £1,000 with premium

at Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh in April 2005. This quite superb plaque was 39cms

in width. It is in complete contrast to a later charger, c1935 by Violet Elmer at

32cms in width which fetched £760 hammer or about £900 including premium at

Woolley & Wallis a year later. Coffee sets can also do very well. A c1931 Violet

Elmer design, pattern 3450 fetched £1,500 hammer at the same auction and

Tyrolean Bands, a tea-for-two by Violet Elmer, pattern 4076, £800 hammer in 2005

at the same auction. Note that in these pages at 2 a coffee set, pattern 3450 again

and called Awakening reached only £740 hammer at Louis Taylor in 2006. Don’t

go overboard on coffee sets unless you know what you are about. See 46, 47, 51

and 54, where rouge royale and bleu royale sets averaged only £84 hammer.

It is worth now looking at the plentiful Guinness Carlton Ware and in particular at

the advertising Toucan lamps. I have selected four for these pages. See 25, 26, 31

and 42. Note also penguins at 23 and 30. To my knowledge, at 25 is the most ever

paid at auction, being £220 hammer at Amersham Auction Rooms in 2001 when

the market was much stronger. £310 has been paid back in 2003 but this also had

its lamp. Today’s market is lower. I have checked results since 2006 and over at

least a dozen sales the hammer prices have reached between £150 and £190. The

top end of the market in Carlton Ware is of course resisting the middle and lower

market downward trend where Carlton Ware is just too plentiful and that is the

problem, as well as Ebay. Furthermore the fashion for the twentieth century,

peddled continuously by the television media simply cannot be maintained on the

bases of quality and certainly not rarity. Much of it is common or garden. Hopefully

the days are gone when collectors were prepared to pay more for basic twentieth

century useful wares than I have seen paid for first period Worcester or English

delft or even eighteenth century saltglaze, all quite rare areas of the market. Despite

the financial pressures in the present economy it is surprising how resilient the

collectors market has remained. Finally I think it useful to compare Carlton Ware

prices with the Moorcroft feature which follows. Whilst I have restricted the

Moorcroft to examples over a £1,000 hammer I was easily able to find over a

hundred examples compared to only three or four for Carlton Ware.

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Pair of Carlton Ware gingerjars and covers, deep blueground decorated in gilt withchinoiserie scenes, domedcovers with Fo dog finial’s,42cm high. (2) Rosebery’s,London. Feb 06. HP: £320.ABP: £376.

Carlton Ware fantasia bowl,3 ball feet with matchingflower brick. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Feb 07.HP: £320. ABP: £376.

Carlton Ware ‘Devils Copse’vase. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Oct 06.HP: £310. ABP: £364.

Pair of Carlton ware‘Mikado’ pattern vases, in2881 variant of Chinoiseriescenes, matt black groundand terracotta frieze, printedmarks, 26.5cm high. (2)Cheffins, Cambridge. Feb 05.HP: £300. ABP: £352.

Carlton Ware vase‘Mandarins Chatting’. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Dec 05. HP: £300. ABP: £352.

Carlton Ware twin handledbowl, pattern No. 4140,azalea on pale green mottledground. John Taylors, Louth.Oct 04. HP: £290. ABP: £341.

Carlton Ware bleu royaletemple jar/cover in Mallardsrising pattern, with fo dogfinial. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Mar 07.HP: £280. ABP: £329.

Carlton Ware Fantasiapattern vase. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Nov 06.HP: £275. ABP: £323.

Carlton Ware ‘Devil's Copse’vase. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Aug 05.HP: £260. ABP: £305.

1920s Carlton ware potterylustre bowl/stand, printed incolours and gilt with butter-flies and spiders webs, royalblue ground, gilt borders,9.75in dia x 7in high, printedmark in black to base andpattern No. 3023, slightlyrubbed interior. CanterburyAuction Galleries, Kent. Jun07. HP: £260. ABP: £305.

Carlton Ware ‘Devils Copse’vase, 10in high. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.May 07. HP: £250. ABP: £294.

Small Carlton ware ‘DraughtGuinness’ penguin, 9.5cmhigh. Boldon AuctionGalleries, Tyne & Wear. Sep04. HP: £245. ABP: £288.

Carlton Ware jug, SummerFlowers pattern, creamground with green lustreborders, gilt handle, 19cmhigh. John Taylors, Louth.Oct 04. HP: £240. ABP: £282.

Carlton Ware china‘Guinness’ table lamp as atoucan standing before a pintof Guinness, 9.25in high.Amersham Auction Rooms,Bucks. Jun 01. HP: £220.ABP: £258.

Two Carlton ware potteryadvertising items from the‘Guinness Zoo’ series:Guinness Toucan with pint ofGuinness, and Seal, basesworded ‘My Goodness, MyGuinness’, 3.5 x 3.75in high.Canterbury AuctionGalleries, Kent. Oct 05. HP:£220. ABP: £258.

Carlton Ware Bleu Royaledish, 10.25in wide. AndrewHartley, Ilkley. Oct 00. HP:£210. ABP: £247.

Carlton Ware orange lustrejar/cover, ‘Cubist butterfly’design, 7in. Louis Taylor,Stoke on Trent. Sep 03. HP:£210. ABP: £247.

Carlton Ware ‘Fantasia’ boxand cover, pale blue ground.Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. May 07. HP: £170.ABP: £199.

Carlton Ware ‘DraughtGuinness’penguin table lamp,18cm high. Boldon AuctionGalleries, Tyne & Wear. Sep04. HP: £165. ABP: £194.

Carlton Ware hand paintedGuinness Toucan lamp,electric cables removed,lamp switch. Kent AuctionGalleries, Folkestone. Feb06. HP: £150. ABP: £176.

Carlton ware pink anemonepattern beaker cup and covermoulded and painted withflowers and leaves, 5in high.Fieldings, West Hagley,Worcs. Jun 05. HP: £145.ABP: £170.

Carlton Ware vase in DevilsCopse pattern, 4.5in high.Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Nov 06. HP: £140.ABP: £164.

Large Carlton ware rougeroyale vase in New Storkpattern. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. May 07.HP: £140. ABP: £164.

Four Carlton Ware Guinnessegg cups, 3.5in high.Sworders, StanstedMountfitchet. Jul 01. HP:£130. ABP: £152.

Carlton Ware twin-handledoval pedestal bowl, printedand painted in polychromeand gilt with Oriental scene,dark blue ground, printedmarks, Reg. No. 729261,crazing to interior, 13.5inwide, 10in high. Fellows &Sons, Birmingham. Jul 03.HP: £130. ABP: £152.

Carlton Ware comical figureof a black and white sausagedog, worn printed mark, 6inhigh. Fellows & Sons,Hockley, Birmingham. Oct03. HP: £130. ABP: £152.

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Carlton Ware blue lustrevase, everted rim, enamelledand gilt with Chinese pavil-lions, figures and floweringtrees, 11in high. GoldingYoung & Co, Grantham. Feb06. HP: £130. ABP: £152.

Carlton ware chinoiseriestyle bowl. Gorringes,Bexhill. Dec 04. HP: £120.ABP: £141.

Carlton Ware ‘Forest Tree’jar and cover, restored. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Jun 07. HP: £120. ABP: £141.

Carlton Ware sketching birdbowl. Orpington Salerooms,Kent. Nov 05. HP: £110.ABP: £129.

Carlton Ware GuinnessToucan Table Lamp, birdwith light fitting on his head,pint of Guinness at his feet,‘How Grand to be a Toucan,Just Think What Toucan do.If He Can Say as You Can,Guinness is Good for You’,original shade, printed mark,lamp 25cm high. Cheffins,Cambridge. Apr 05. HP:£100. ABP: £117.

Carlton Ware ‘Rabbits at Dusk’kite shaped bowl. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Sep 05. HP: £100. ABP: £117.

Carlton Ware vase ‘Tree andSwallow’ , restored. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Jun 07. HP: £100. ABP: £117.

Carlton Ware Mallards plate,black background. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Sep 05. HP: £95. ABP: £111.

Carlton Ware ‘Rouge Royale’coffee set: coffee pot, milkjug, sugar bowl, 5 cups and6 saucers, printed marks.(14) Cheffins, Cambridge.Apr 05. HP: £90. ABP: £105.

Carlton Ware bleu royalecoffee set. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Sep 05.HP: £90. ABP: £105.

Carlton Ware vert royaleNew Mikado 2-handled vase.Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Nov 05. HP: £90.ABP: £105.

Carlton ware kingfisherginger jar and cover. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Feb 06. HP: £80. ABP: £94.

Carlton Ware 2-handledvase. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Mar 07.HP: £80. ABP: £94.

Carlton Ware rouge royalepolka dot coffee set. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Jun 07. HP: £80. ABP: £94.

Mid 20thC Carlton waresugar caster modelled as apixie cottage, 13.5cm high.Cheffins, Cambridge. Sep 01.HP: £75. ABP: £88.

Pair Carlton Ware chocolatecups/covers, mugs impressed1687, black Carlton WareMark Australian Design, leafgreen bodies decorated withflowers. Kent AuctionGalleries, Folkestone. Feb06. HP: £75. ABP: £88.

Carlton Ware Rouge Royalcoffee service for 6: coffeepot, milk jug, sugar basin, 6cups/saucers. Kent AuctionGalleries, Folkestone. Mar06. HP: £75. ABP: £88.

Carlton Ware mug, ‘We aregiven our RELATIONS, thankGod we can choose ourFRIENDS’, stylised brown &black handle, 5.25in high,with a moulded Wedgwoodpottery ‘Dye ken John Peel’mug, hound handle, 4.25inhigh. (2) Dee, Atkinson &Harrison, Driffield. Mar 04.HP: £70. ABP: £82.

Carlton Ware Spiders Webdish. Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Oct 05. HP: £70.ABP: £82.

Pair of Carlton Ware NewMikado vases. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Nov 05.HP: £70. ABP: £82.

Pair of Carlton Ware rougeroyale New Mikado vases.Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Oct 06. HP: £70.ABP: £82.

Pair of Carlton Ware vases,powder blue ground withbirds on branches. (1 def)Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Feb 07. HP: £70.ABP: £82.

Carlton Ware ribbed balustervase painted with flowers.Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Mar 07. HP: £70.ABP: £82.

Carlton Ware figural bookend,female warrior holding ashield and a snake, blackplinth stand with uprighttriangular back, printedmarks, height 7.25in. Fellows& Sons, Birmingham. Jul 03.HP: £65. ABP: £76.

Carlton ware handcraft vase.Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Oct 05. HP: £65.ABP: £76.

Carlton Ware flower holder,hollyhocks pattern on blackground, small chip tounderside. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Nov 06.HP: £65. ABP: £76.

Unusual Carlton ware biscuitbarrel formed as a curlingstone, printed mark, 20cmdia. Woolley & Wallis,Salisbury. Sep 00. HP: £60.ABP: £70.

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Carlton Ware New Mikadovase. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Jun 05.HP: £60. ABP: £70.

Carlton Ware spiders web jug.Orpington Salerooms, Kent.Nov 05. HP: £60. ABP: £70.

Carlton Ware black groundplate, decorated with 3 flyingmallard ducks. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Jan 06. HP: £60. ABP: £70.

Carlton ware lustre bowl,gilded with butterflies to theinterior and exterior, bluelustre ground, 7.5in wide.Hartleys, Ilkley. Dec 06. HP:£60. ABP: £70.

Carlton ware dish, printedfactory mark, 28cm dia.Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury.Sep 00. HP: £55. ABP: £64.

Carlton ware paradise birdginger jar. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Oct 05.HP: £55. ABP: £64.

Carlton Ware Rouge Royalevase, enamelled and gilt witha spider’s web, butterflies &vegetation, 7in high. GoldingYoung & Co, Grantham. Feb06. HP: £55. ABP: £64.

Carlton Ware ‘Fairy’ lustreware bowl, black ground,orange lustre border, centrepanel with gilded high-lighting, four footed base,33cm length, factory marksto underside. Rosebery’s,London. Sep 04. HP: £50.ABP: £58.

Carlton ware cockerel teapotwith lid. Sandwich AuctionRooms, Kent. Jun 05. HP:£50. ABP: £58.

Carlton Ware Garden patternbowl. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Jun 05.HP: £50. ABP: £58.

Carlton Ware vase/jug ofunusual shape. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Aug 05. HP: £50. ABP: £58.

Carlton Ware ‘New Mikado’rouge royale jar and cover.Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Sep 05. HP: £50.ABP: £58.

Carlton Ware shaped dish,flowers on an orange lustrebackground, 25.5cm, 0/2298,3478. Boldon AuctionGalleries, Tyne & Wear. Sep05. HP: £50. ABP: £58.

Two Carlton Ware 1960scube condiment sets of threepieces on stands, one red theother lime. Boldon AuctionGalleries, Tyne & Wear. Sep05. HP: £50. ABP: £58.

Carlton ware wall pocket,form of a flowerhead withbud and foliage, imp’d No.1746, 10.25in. Dee, Atkinson& Harrison, Driffield. Feb06. HP: £50. ABP: £58.

Carlton Ware hydrangeahors d’oeuvre dish. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Feb 06. HP: £50. ABP: £58.

Carlton Ware Rouge Royalewater jug, panelled form,enamelled/gilt with Chineselandscapes, 7in high. GoldingYoung & Co, Grantham. Feb06. HP: £45. ABP: £52.

Carlton Ware Gondola shapebowl with Oriental scene.Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Feb 07. HP: £42.ABP: £49.

Carlton Ware New Mikadovase. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Apr 06.HP: £42. ABP: £49.

Carlton Ware handcraftcandlestick. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Oct 05.HP: £40. ABP: £47.

Carlton Ware lidless gingerjar, gilt & enamels, chinoiseriedesigns on yellow background,13.5cm. Boldon AuctionGalleries, Tyne & Wear. Sep05. HP: £40. ABP: £47.

Carlton Ware hexagonaldish, painted with shamrockswithin faux panels, whiteground, 9in wide. GoldingYoung & Co, Grantham. Feb06. HP: £40. ABP: £47.

Carlton Ware jug depictingdragonfly and waterlillies.Great Western Auctions,Glasgow. Aug 06. HP: £40.ABP: £47.

Carlton Ware New Mikadovase in cream and gilt. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Jan 07. HP: £40. ABP: £47.

Carlton Ware rouge royalespiders web bowl. GreatWestern Auctions, Glasgow.Sep 05. HP: £36. ABP: £42.

Carlton Ware flower wallpocket. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. May 06.HP: £35. ABP: £41.

Four Carlton Ware orangelustre vases with gilt rimsand bases, one a/f. (4)Rosebery’s, London. Aug 06.HP: £35. ABP: £41.

Carlton Ware bowl and saladservers. Great WesternAuctions, Glasgow. Sep 05.HP: £32. ABP: £37.

Carlton ware hydrangeapattern tapering ovoid vase,moulded and painted withflower sprays, 5in high,crazed. Fieldings, WestHagley, Worcs. Jun 05. HP:£30. ABP: £35.

Two items of Carlton Ware,triangular shaped dish &small bowl, backgrounddecoration green with floraldecoration. Kent AuctionGalleries, Folkestone. Jul 05.HP: £10. ABP: £11.

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