Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 14 - 25 April 2022

Ceramics: Including works from the Sheila Nowers Collection
About the Session

In this session, Strauss & Co presents a lovely assortment of Ceramic Art featuring works from the Sheila Nowers Collection. Sheila Nowers was a watercolour artist working on an intimate scale. In her collection is a variety of ceramics by her brother John Nowers and an assortment from his then partner, Hylton Nel. The two artists met in 1967 in London and later moved to Gqeberha where they opened an antique shop. Each artist made innovative references to iconography in world ceramics, antique Staffordshire forms, and Chinese oriental pieces from their personal collections.


Sold for

ZAR 7 035
Lot 398
  • Hylton Nel; May this Glaze be Good Dish
  • Hylton Nel; May this Glaze be Good Dish


Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 7 035

About this Item

South African 1941-
May this Glaze be Good Dish

inscribed with the title and dated 2-11-98 on the base

glazed earthenware

Notes

Incised in the cavetto with a laurel leaf motif and incised border.

Provenance

Estate Late Mr Stuart John Saunders.

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