2 Mugs - Bas Cobanli from Salt Spring Is.
• Bas Cobanli was a prominent Salt
Spring Island civil engineer-turned-potter.
Born in Turkey, he moved to Canada in
1958. Leaving a successful engineering
career in 1973, he relocated to Salt Spring Is..
• Greyish/buff stoneware, cone 10 gas
fired in reduction. I think the handles are
&#34;extruded&#34; not pulled.
• The glaze is very fluid and works well
with the varied thicknesses.
• This piece has a late 80&#39;s feel to the mug.
• Mug #1 in excellent condition, no
cracks, breaks, or chips.
• Mug #2 in good condition, one crack,
no breaks or chips. View Images.
• Mug #1: 10.5 cm. x 11 cm. x 9 cm.
• Mug #2: 11 cm. x 10.5 cm. x 8.5 cm.
Dimensions:
• Mug #1: 10.5 cm. x 11 cm. x 9 cm. • Mug #2: 11 cm. x 10.5 cm. x 8.5 cm.
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2 Mugs - Bas Cobanli from Salt Spring Is.

Multi Coloured «Rainbow&#34; Mug
• I have not been able to discover who
the potter is that made this mug, but
believe they are from BC.
• The various colours in the clay were
achieved by adding various oxides or
underglazes to the white stoneware clay
as you see in the pulled handle.
• Multi coloured clay with a clear glaze on
top, fired to cone 6 in an electric kiln.
• Nice thumb rest on the pulled handle,
and thin even walls, so a skilled potter.
• There is a chop mark at the base of the handle.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 12 cm. x 12 cm. x 8 cm.
Dimensions:
12 cm. x 12 cm. x 8 cm.
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Multi Coloured «Rainbow&#34; Mug

#2) Olive Burl Wood Cutting Board
• The Adorn Co. does humanitarian for
displaced Syrian refugees who have
crossed the border into Turkey.
• Their Turkish division explicitly partners
with local workshops that employ, house,
and care for these refugees as a way to
support their families.
• They sell these through to companies
like Anthroplogie, Cedar & Lily Clothier.
• The olive wood for this cutting board is
harvested entirely within western Turkey.
• Trees are never clear-cut , but are
harvested under two main conditions:
routine pruning, or the need to replant
due to tree death.
• In very good condition, no stains or
chips, but there is a split in one of the
joins. View Images.
• 1.75 cm. x 40.3 cm. x 17 cm.
Dimensions:
1.75 cm. x 40.3 cm. x 17 cm.
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#2) Olive Burl Wood Cutting Board

Dansk Kobenstyle Blue 2-Quart Baker
• When the Kobenstyle line originally
debuted in 1955, production took place
in Denmark under the specialized
industrial supplier Glud & Marstrand.
• However, by late 1965 to 1966, Dansk
moved its entire enamelware fabrication
operation over to France. This piece was
made in France.
• This style of Dansk was designed in
1956 by Jens Quistgaard.
• This pot was made between 1966 and
the late 1970&#39;s. The backstamp reads
&#34;DANSK INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS LTD
/ IHQ/FRANCE&#34;
• In extremely good condition for a 50+
year old cooking pot! No breaks, cracks,
one minor chip on inner lip. Minor
scratching at bottom pot. View Images
• Without Lid: 8 cm x 12.5 cm. x 18.5 cm.
Dimensions:
Without Lid: 8 cm x 12.5 cm. x 18.5 cm.
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Dansk Kobenstyle Blue 2-Quart Baker

Cathi Jefferson - Soda Ash Plater
• Cathi Jefferson&#39;s career began in 1974
with Herman-Venema, in Matsqui, BC.
• She has a fine arts degree at Kwantlen
College & the Fraser Valley College.
• She received two Canada Council
Grants, one at the Bray Foundation in
Montana, (1997 / 2006, and the other at
Banff (2000 / 2005), Maine. (1997), Japan
(1993 / 2003), the UK (2002).
• Website:
http://www.cathijefferson.com/
• This plate/platter is stoneware clay with
a salt/soda glaze, fired in a gas kiln to
cone 10.
• This piece is thrown, altered, and a
variety of oxides to create the subtle
tones of the bamboo like plant in the
centre of the bowl, as well as on the
interior of the foot.
• This platter was made between 1990
and 2010.
• In very good condition, no breaks,
cracks, or chips, but shows some wear
from use. View images.
• 4 cm x 27.5 cm. x 27.5 cm.
Dimensions:
 4 cm x 27.5 cm. x 27.5 cm.
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Cathi Jefferson - Soda Ash Plater

Hand Thrown Purple Decorated
Creative Bowl
•  have not been able to discover who
the potter is that made this bowl. It is
signed on the base with bold writing.
• This bowl has a mixture of layered
glazes and oxides. Painted, splatted,
sgraffitoed and dabbled with design.
• The stoneware clay body is a darkish
grey speckled with iron. Fired to cone 10
in a gas reduction kiln.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 6 cm. x 21 cm. x 21 cm.
Dimensions:
6 cm. x 21 cm. x 21 cm.
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Hand Thrown Purple Decorated Creative Bowl

Gordon Ward - &#34;Purrfect&#34; Cat Bowl
• Gordon Ward first studied fine arts, and
then ceramics at the University of
Oregon, where he received a masters
degree in 1974.
• In 2005 Gordon moved to the Bay Area
and joined his mother&#39;s ikebana class,
taught by the renowned Soho Sakai.
• Gordon has progressed in Sogetsu and
now holds the rank of Komon.
• Cambria White Stoneware, high fire to
cone 10 in a gas kiln.
• Cat painted with cobalt oxide in various
water downed shades, beautifully done.
Light celadon glaze over all. This pice
was part of a series and was made in
1979.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 6.5 cm. x 18 cm. x 18 cm.
Dimensions:
6.5 cm. x 18 cm. x 18 cm.
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Gordon Ward - &#34;Purrfect&#34; Cat Bowl

Vincent Massey - Copper Red Glazed
Bowl
• Vincent Massey, a fourth generation
artist, discovered his passion for pottery
at the age of 15.
• He studied at West Surrey College of
Art and Design in Farnham, England in
1982 where he specialized in traditional
English and Japanese methods of
stoneware, including firing techniques of
wood, salt and raku.
• Vincent lives and works in Whistler, B.C.
• Buff/brownish iron rich stoneware clay.
Matte celadon glaze with copper red
&#34;shiny&#34; glaze sections. Fired to cone 10
in a gas reduction kiln.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 6 cm. x 16.2 cm. x 13.5 cm.
Dimensions:
 6 cm. x 16.2 cm. x 13.5 cm.
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Vincent Massey - Copper Red Glazed Bowl

Quirky Bird Bank
•  have not been able to find out any
information about this potter.
• From the style, type of clay, and glaze
used, this piece was made between 1960
and 1980.
• The bird bank has an
&#34;oatmeal&#34; glazed
exterior. The clay is an iron rich
stoneware clay, so when a white or
cream glaze is applied on top, the iron in
the clay seeps through to create the colour.
• The potter applied a heavier glaze over
the wings and head, and &#34;rubbed&#34; away
the glaze on the rest of the body to
create the contrast.
• The interior is also glazed, so the piece
could be used for a bank or a flower
vase.
• Fired to cone 10 in a gas kiln.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 11 cm. x 10.5 cm. x 8 cm.
Dimensions:
 11 cm. x 10.5 cm. x 8 cm.
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Quirky Bird Bank

Flora Christeller - Crystalline Glaze
Pottery Vase
• Flora Christeller (1923-2004).
• She was a highly regarded mid-to-late
20th-century potter from New Zealand.
• Flora Christeller graduated with a
Diploma in Fine Arts from Canterbury
University College of Art and committed
herself fully to pottery in the mid-1950s
• Based on the style of the label, as well
as the crystalline glaze, this piece can be
dated from mid-1970&#39;s through the late
1980&#39;s.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or dents. View Images.
• 5.5 cm. x 6.5 cm. x 6.5 cm.
Dimensions:
 5.5 cm. x 6.5 cm. x 6.5 cm.
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Flora Christeller - Crystalline Glaze Pottery Vase

Porcelain Sea Urchin Sculpture
• There was no No chop mark or
signature on this piece, so I have not
been able to discover who the potter is
that made this sculpture, but believe they
are from BC.
• This is a very clever piece, if a bit
&#34;prickly&#34;! Not sure if it&#39;a a box, or two
separate pieces, possibly candlesticks?
• Hand formed, pierced, altered, and clay
slip to make the pointy bits.
• An amazing amount of work. The top,
or one of the two pieces has 3 added
urchin type forms.
• The exterior has a clear glaze, the
interior has no glaze.
• I believe that this is porcelain fired to
cone 10 in a gas kiln, as the clay itself is
translucent!
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
As a box: 8 cm.  10 cm. x 9.5 cm.
Dimensions:
As a box: 8 cm.  10 cm. x 9.5 cm.
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Porcelain Sea Urchin Sculpture

Two Pieces of Martha James Pottery
(Creamer & Salt Shaker)
• Martha James is potter, working in her
Quadra Island studio, where she has
been working with husband, Gordon
James, since 1979.
• She has a BFA Univ. of Calgary, and
studied art in Florence, and Banff.
• In 1984 Martha&#39;s entry of dinner ware
was a finalist for a national competition
&#34;The Perfect Setting
• Creamer: This is made with porcelain
clay, decorated with spring like flowers
and leaves on the exterior, and a deep
cobalt blue on the interior. Fired to cone
10 in a gas kiln with a clear glaze on top.
• Shaker: This is thrown with a cream
coloured stoneware clay. The bottom
half thrown, and the upper section hand
molded. Martha used cobalt oxide for
the decoration, and fired to cone 10 in a
gas kiln with a celadon glaze on top.
• Both in excellent condition, no breaks,
cracks, or chips. View Images.
• Creamer: 8 cm. X30 cm. X 30 cm.
• Shaker: 8 cm. X30 cm. X 30 cm.
Dimensions:
• Creamer: 8 cm. X30 cm. X 30 cm. • Shaker: 8 cm. X30 cm. X 30 cm.
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Two Pieces of Martha James Pottery (Creamer &#38; Salt Shaker)

Sue Hopper/Hara - Yunomi Cup/Bowl
• Sue Hopper, now Sue Hara studied
ceramics in England before immigrating
to Canada in 1968.
• They set up the Chosin Pottery in 1977
• She was an original member of the
collective FIRED UP, Contemporary
Works in Clay (1984), and her work can
be found in the 2009 FIRED UP catalogue.
• She is known for her fine porcelain
throwing, and delicate hand modelling.
Her work was represented in the AGGV
2012 Back to the Land, Exhibition.
• This piece is porcelain with copper red
&#34;spray blooms&#34;, and overlay, I believe
with chrome in a leaf/vine design.
• Cone 10 gas fired reduction
atmosphere. And she has signed with a
&#34;SH&#34; on the base. I believe this was
made in the late 1970&#39;s or early 1980&#39;s.
• In excellent condition, no stains, cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 7 cm. x 8.2 cm. x 8.2 cm.
Dimensions:
7 cm. x 8.2 cm. x 8.2 cm.
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Sue Hopper/Hara - Yunomi Cup/Bowl

Hand Formed Handleless Mug
• This mug has been signed by
&#34;Charlotte&#34; on the base. I have not been
able to discover who the potter is.
• A white clay body, fired to cone 6 in an
electric kiln.
• The interior has a turquoise underglaze
with a semi matte glaze on top.
• The exterior has varied underglaze
colors with sgraffito carving of flowers
and leaves.
• There is a certain
&#34; Japanese&#34; feel to the
piece.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 10.5 cm. x 8.5 cm. x 8 cm.
Dimensions:
10.5 cm. x 8.5 cm. x 8 cm.
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Hand Formed Handleless Mug

John Robertson - 2 Serving Dishes
• John was born in 1951, and started
making pottery in the 1970&#39;s, and retired
from this in 2016.
• Two stoneware serving dishes made by
John Robertson from Cobble Hill. BC.
• Neither of these are stamped, but he
has a distinctive style and form which is
recognizable.
• These pieces are
&#34;slab formed&#34; made
of a white stoneware formed into a mold
with an impressed frog pattern. Fired in a
gas kiln to cone 10. This piece was made
between 2000 and 2010
• Both in excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View images.
• Lg. Dish: 2 cm. x 22.5 cm. x 15 cm.
• Sm. Dish: 2.3 cm. x 9 cm. x 9 cm.
Dimensions:
• Lg. Dish: 2 cm. x 22.5 cm. x 15 cm. • Sm. Dish: 2.3 cm. x 9 cm. x 9 cm.
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John Robertson - 2 Serving Dishes

Japanese Mingei-Style Handleless Cup
• There&#39;s no chop mark, but a possible
signature &#34;MAN&#34;, or it may just be
scratches or designs.
• Hakeme Brushing: The white
background isn&#39;t a solid dipped glaze; it
is broad, visible white slip swept onto the
raw clay using a coarse, traditional straw
brush. You can clearly see the individual
bristle textures sweeping diagonally
across the form.
• Sgraffito & Splashing: The iron-rich
black glaze patch is layered over the slip,
punctuated by parallel vertical sgraffito
lines scratched directly through to the
clay body near the base.
• Dark greyish stoneware clay was fired
to cone 6 in an electric kiln. No
overglaze was applied, so a matte finish.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 12 cm. x 8 cm. x 8 cm.
Dimensions:
 12 cm. x 8 cm. x 8 cm.
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Japanese Mingei-Style Handleless Cup

Scott & Garnett Beardsley - Large
Storage Container/Cookie Jar
• Scott & Garnett Beardsley are self
taught studio potters who began making
pottery in 1972 on Denman Island, their
pieces incorporate natural, local, or
foliage motifs. This piece was made
between 1980 and 1990.
• Website:
https://visitdenmanisland.ca/listings/
beardsley-studio/
• Buff/cream stoneware clay, fired to
cone 10 in a gas kiln.
• Thrown and altered form with 4-sides
creating panels where bamboo like
plants have been painted using iron
oxide. There is band of textured design
made from applied clay that has been
&#34;paddled&#34; and then rubbed with oxides,
but not glazed.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, but one small chip on the
underside of the lid. View Images.
• With Lid: 23 cm. x 16 cm. x 16 cm.
Dimensions:
With Lid: 23 cm. x 16 cm. x 16 cm.
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Scott &#38; Garnett Beardsley - Large Storage Container/Cookie Jar

Art Brendon -Thrown Sculptural Vase
• Art started working in clay in 1967, and
In the 1970&#39;s he spent two years training
intensely under the ceramic pioneer Luke
Lindoe in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
• Walter Dexter was his ceramics teacher
at the Kootenay School of Art in the
1970&#39;s with the Jam Factory Pottery
Collective.
• In 1974, he relocated to Victoria where
he worked alongside Walter Dexter.
• Art moved onto painting in the 1990&#39;s.
• This is thrown forming a &#34;half moon&#34;
shape with a narrowed neck at the top.
He has added decoration, and sgraffito
designs in an asymmetrical fashion.
• An semi-matte glaze over all, with black
iron oxide on the decorated sections.
• Cone 10 gas fired. Greyish lightly
speckled iron stoneware clay body.
• This vase was made in the mid 1970&#39;s
while he was still in Nelson at the Jam
Factory Pottery Collective.
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 16 cm. x 13 cm. x 13 cm.
Dimensions:
16 cm. x 13 cm. x 13 cm.
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Art Brendon - Thrown Sculptural Vase

Connie Pike Shallow Serving Dish
• Connie Pike was born in Vegreville,
Alberta, began her journey with clay in
1971 and has been a full-time,
professional ceramic artist since 1978.
• She went to the Banff School of the
Arts, and completed advanced studies
through the Australian National
University&#39;s Diploma Course in Ceramics.
• This is an &#34;iron rich&#34; stoneware clay
body which shows in the
&#34;spots&#34; of the
finish vessel. There&#39;s a cream with cobalt
oxide brush marks under the glaze.
• Fired to cone 10 in a gas kiln with little
reduction atmosphere.
• In excellent condition, no cracks or
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 3 cm. x 23 cm. x 23 cm.
Dimensions:
3 cm. x 23 cm. x 23 cm.
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Connie Pike Shallow Serving Dish

Martha James LARGE Pear Serving Bowl
• Martha James is potter, working in her
Quadra Island studio, where she has
been working with husband, Gordon
James, since 1979.
• She has a BFA Univ. of Calgary, and
studied art in Florence, and Banff.
• In 1984 Martha&#39;s entry of dinner ware
was a finalist for a national competition
&#34;The Perfect Setting&#34;
• This bowl is made of red stoneware,
and decorated with twelve pears with a
background of cream, and an edging
with vines and leaves that have sgraffito
design. The type of decoration would
becon sided &#34;majolica&#34;. Fired to cone 6
in an electric kiln.
• The exterior is a light cream glaze.
• In excellent condition, no breaks,
cracks, or chips. View Images.
• 8 cm. X 30 cm. X 30 cm.
Dimensions:
8 cm. X 30 cm. X 30 cm.
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Martha James LARGE Pear Serving Bowl

Meg Burgess - Two Wine Goblets
• Meg Burgess trained at Camberwell
School of Art in London. Some of her
teachers were Colin Pearson, Lucy Rie,
Hans Coper and Bryan Newman.
• Meg and her husband Allan Burgess,
set up the Caeathro Pottery in North
Wales in 1973, and in 1982 came to
Canada settled in Comox and set up
Little River Pottery.
• These are hand thrown goblets. She
used a wax resist technique with the
glazes with tomaku on top, and
“cream&#34; glaze underneath.
• This is a buff coloured stoneware clay,
fired in a gas kiln to cone 10.
• The chop mark on the back is &#34;MB&#34; is
for Meg Burgess!
• In excellent condition, no cracks,
breaks or chips. View Images.
• 11.5 cm. x 8 cm.  8 cm.
Dimensions:
11.5 cm. x 8 cm.  8 cm.
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Meg Burgess - Two Wine Goblets

Linda Buhlmann - Two Goblets
• Linda Buhlmann is recognized as a
highly skilled Alberta ceramic artist
• Buhlmann was a child living in Germany
throughout WWII.
• She joined the Edmonton Pottery Guild
in the 1960&#39;s, and pottery became her
main focus for 16 hours a day for about
35 years.
• Iron speckled stoneware clay that
expresses itself in the &#34;Mustarde&#34;
coloured glaze. A wax resist technique
that was used by many potters in the
1970&#39;s and 1980&#39;s.
• The style has similarities to Linda
Mackie, Robin Righton.
• Cone 10 gas fired, minor reduction
atmosphere. Signed but not clear if it
says &#34;Linda&#34;
• In excellent condition, no cracks or
breaks, or chips. View Images.
• 14 cm. x 8 cm. x 8 cm.
Dimensions:
 14 cm. x 8 cm. x 8 cm.
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Linda Buhlmann - Two Goblets

2 Goblets - Bas Cobanli - Salt Spring Is.
• Bas Cobanli was a prominent Salt
Spring Island civil engineer-turned-potter.
Born in Turkey, he moved to Canada in
1958. and in 1973, he relocated to Salt
Spring Is..
• Greyish/buff stoneware, cone 10 gas
fired in reduction.
• The glaze is very fluid and works well
with the varied thicknesses, and the
combination of the speckled brownish
glaze of the stems.
• Goblet #1 in excellent condition, no
cracks, breaks, or chips.
• Goblet #2 in good condition, no cracks,
no breaks, but one chip on bottom foot.
View mages.
• Goblet #1: 13.2 cm. x 8.5 cm. x 8.5 cm
• Goblet #2: 13.6 cm. x 8.5 cm. x 8.5 cm
Dimensions:
• Goblet #1: 13.2 cm. x 8.5 cm. x 8.5 cm • Goblet #2: 13.6 cm. x 8.5 cm. x 8.5 cm
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2 Goblets - Bas Cobanli - Salt Spring Is.

Rochelle Chinnery &#34;Olive Branch&#34; Mug
• Rochelle travelled to Japan to teach
English in 1991, but was sidetracked by
ceramics.
• She worked with a Japanese pottery
master as an apprentice in Yokohama,
Tokyo, and Kita Kyushu for 4 years.
• She attended Sheridan Art College for
one year (Bruce Cochrane and Winn
Burke) moved to BC and attended
ECUAD for one year. (Tam Irving) In 1997,
she started &#34;Mudslinger Pottery&#34; in
Vancouver with Marc Lemieux.
• She has been awarded BC Arts and
Canada Arts Council grants for travel and
production.
• Website:
https://rochellechinnery.com/
• This mug is made with a white
porcelaneous clay, fired to cone 10 in a
gas kiln, and then a second firing in an
electric kiln for the 22 carat gold olive
leaf and berry designs.
• In excellent condition, no breaks,
cracks or chips. View images.
• 10 cm. x 13 cm. x 10 cm.
Dimensions:
 10 cm. x 13 cm. x 10 cm.
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Rochelle Chinnery &#34;Olive Branch&#34; Mug

Victoria (British Columbia, Canada) SELLER MANAGED Reseller Online Auction - Balfour Avenue

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Solid beech or hard maple shoe last, marked size 37, yellow base with multicolour folk-art floral painting, metal thimble sleeve at heel, made Germany or Italy 1920s-1950s, decoration added 1960s-1980s, 10 × 23.5 × 7 cm, 574 g, some paint wear, no structural damage

hand-painted wooden shoe last

Left side view showing floral painting and overall form

Right side view showing opposite floral pattern and paint wear

Top heel view showing size 37 stamp and metal thimble sleeve

Yellow lacquered wood with hand-painted green, red, blue floral and vine motifs; metal-lined thimble hole; carved 37 size mark

Vintage hand-painted wooden shoe last

Vintage Hand-Painted Wooden “Shoe Last&#34;
• This was made in Germany or Italy, and
is made of Beech or Hard Maple.
• The last is marked &#34;37&#34; which is a
European or Canadian show size.
• This is a solid form used historically by
shoe manufacturers and cobblers to
shape footwear during production.
• The &#34;Last&#34; was originally manufactured
between the 1920&#39;s and 1950&#39;s, and and
later hand-painted as decorative folk art,
likely between the 1960&#39;s and 1980&#39;s.
• The deep, circular metal sleeve
embedded near the heel is known as the
thimble or thimble hole used by the
cobbler for inserting into a jig.
• In very good condition, no cracks,
breaks, or chips to the form itself, but
some wear to the yellow paint.
• Weight: 1 lb. 4.25 oz. or 574 grams
• 10 cm. x 23.5 cm. x 7 cm.
Dimensions:
 10 cm. x 23.5 cm. x 7 cm.
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Lot #153: Vintage Hand-Painted Wooden “Shoe Last"

Only Available Pickup Date/Time: Mon, July 27 2026 Category A: 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM

Pickup Location: Balfour Avenue, Victoria, BC, V9A 1S1 View Map (opens in new window)

Lot #153: Vintage Hand-Painted Wooden “Shoe Last"

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Only Available Pickup Date/Time: Mon, July 27 2026 Category A: 09:00 AM - 02:00 PM

Pickup Location: Balfour Avenue, Victoria, BC, V9A 1S1 View Map (opens in new window)

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