John Maltby

A fine teabowl/yunomi that passed through my hands some years ago.

That’s really nice….I have just bought a similar one with his “flying bird” I will post an image tomorrow….

Maltby's mark at Lowerdown

That is a nice one Studio! Any idea of its date? Stylistically it looks rather early 1980's. That very accomplished decoration against a whire background. That style looks quite different from his later 80's and 90's work.

Here is another similar


Yunomi type vessel……

The Aberystwyth collection has several pieces from the early 1980's the decoration palette is often very similar.
Yours and Studio's are extra special tho!
https://ceramics-aberystwyth.com/collection/?st=25344

The Crafts Council purchased a similar jug to mine in 1984 so that kind of helps to narrow it down….

https://collections.craftscouncil.org.uk/object-p351

What is very interesting is Maltby's date change from this sort of style, to his lot more colourful style, Given that this decorative palette was quite successful for him

I was looking through the photos of the John Maltby I posted bac in July from the Bill Ismay collection at York. Which are on the previous page. This was the descritive card for that piece. Which places much earlier than I would have thought,
This one.
https://servimg.com/view/15893997/2451

14,5 cms high, dated 2003. Rather charming I thought..

Seconded …..

https://ceramics-aberystwyth.com/potter/john-maltby/

John Maltby at Aberystwyth. Ten pieces covering from the early 1980's, They give the acquisition dates so it is useful in style changes judgements,

Treated myself for Christmas

Nice…..and marked all over…..

Nice! You can rarely mistake a John Maltby! That lovely decoration is so atypical.

True, but David Melville’s latest work with reds and blues has elements of Maltby in it. I’ve done a double take before now at the fairs, thinking Ive seen a Maltby. But thankfully he marks all his pots

That Maltby was a good buy as well! His sold prices seem to have declined quite markedly from the peak just after his death.

It has 2 chips on the inside rim which weren't mentioned or shown in the ebay listing so I told the seller off. Normally he's reliable but he almost lost his 100% positive rating with a sloppy listing.

Glad I didn’t buy it then as it would have gone back…..I bought the tea pot from the same collection and it was sound….images added…..

He seems to be selling a job lot of Maltby’s atm. Im assuming he got them at one of the recent auctions

NaomiM wrote:He seems to be selling a job lot of Maltby’s atm. Im assuming he got them at one of the recent auctions

I wouldn't buy anything from anyone that gives a condition report as "appears good" and wouldn't expect anyone to buy anything from me if that's all I said, especially if the images wouldn't expand.

Hi I have just joined this group and I'm wondering if anyone can supply information about the "lodgers fiddles" shown rather unclearly in the book John Maltby - A life of creativity.  Page 40 published in conjunction with the Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall.
I have admired his automata for a very long time and have 2 samples hanging on my wall. So if anyone can help with this enquiry I would really appreciate it.
Many thanks  Nigel Graham.

Unfortunately there are no examples online

The photo in the Yew Tree book looks quite an early one. If you read the credits at the back of the book there were two long time  large collector's of Maltby's work who shared old photos. Nigel Dutt and Martin Browne.
             Nigel Dutt was on Grand Designs a little while ago when building a  large eco friendly house . He is also a well known photographer, You could see his collection of John Maltby pieces in the background. I think be he is on Facebook or other Social media.
           Martin Browne lives in Ilkley Yorkshire and sells on Ebay as martinscupboard The link is to one of his recently sold pieces. You should be able to contact him via Ebay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395071939943

Nigel here - I checked with the family re the fiddles but they don’t know, so I’ll ask at the Yew Tree when I’m there….