‡ Geoffrey Swindell (born 1945) a miniature porcelain vase with wing, covered in a matt black glaze, and two other miniature porcelain vessels by Geoffrey Swindell, and a small porcelain vase by Aniv James, incised S, two paper exhibition labels, 10cm. wide (main vase), (4) Provenance Geoffrey Swindell Porcelain and Stoneware British Crafts Centre, 21st November to 1st December 1972 catalogue number 37 (main vase) and catalogue numbers 102 and 103. David Coachworth Collection. Aniv James vase with paper label dated 1972. Literature Ceramic Forms Recent Work by Seven British Potters, Crafts Advisory Committee, 1974 page 26 for a comparable porcelain form.

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