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<p>[QUOTE="Nathan Lindop, post: 1218034, member: 5285"]The red vases do have a style that resembles the glazes that ruskin pottery often has, so that may be where the Asian influence comes in, as well as the insect motifs being part of Asian art and seen in English art Nouvea pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bretby were a big company in England. You see a lot of their 1880-1930 pieces around at auctions and centres. I'm not sure about how common they are worldwide.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sang de boeuf! A word I haven't used before but will now haha. The bookends were pottery. Bretby are well known for they're brown and cream wares that look like this, usually they had oriental scenes on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bretby can get some good prices, all depends on rarity and at the minute these seems extraordinarily rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nathan Lindop, post: 1218034, member: 5285"]The red vases do have a style that resembles the glazes that ruskin pottery often has, so that may be where the Asian influence comes in, as well as the insect motifs being part of Asian art and seen in English art Nouvea pieces. Bretby were a big company in England. You see a lot of their 1880-1930 pieces around at auctions and centres. I'm not sure about how common they are worldwide. Sang de boeuf! A word I haven't used before but will now haha. The bookends were pottery. Bretby are well known for they're brown and cream wares that look like this, usually they had oriental scenes on them. Bretby can get some good prices, all depends on rarity and at the minute these seems extraordinarily rare.[/QUOTE]
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