1001699

Minton pink majolica teapot moulded as a Chinaman in robes clutching a theatre mask.
Circa 1875

Some restoration to lid, spout.

$1450

1001363

Royal Worcester dessert service of the Arts & Crafts movement Japanesque style decoration, with flowers in bronzed vases;
comprising of 2 shaped dishes & 6 plates with superb
Printed purple mark,
Dated 1888

excellent condition

plates 23cm

$2650

1004190

Bow plate with border of unusual aquatic plants and typical brightly painted peony centre.
Circa 1752-55

2 minor chips restored

22cm

$1450

1004640

Fine quality Minton plate with large central seascape, the peirced border with moulded flowerheads and gilding.
Pattern A3082/9, impressed date code for 1858.

diameter 230mm.

$1450

1004654

Chamberlain Worcester plate, in the Welsh manner, well painted with a central bunch of flowers, further flower specimens to the rim surrounded by a finely moulded border incorporating exotic birds and foliate scrollwork with highlights in gold.
Circa 1816-20

ref. Godden Chamberlains Worcester p128 for an example from this service (in the Dyson Perrins Museum) which Godden describes as the only example.... known to me

22cm wide

$1450

1005505

Large Meissen Neoclassical amphora-shaped vase with swan handles, highlighted with matt gold
Mark: Crossed swords in blue
Circa 1870

46cm high

$5850

1005950

Victorian spelter metal figure of a blackamoor, holding a mother-of-pearl basket in each hand, mounted on a gilt metal base.
Circa 1870

some faults

1850

Ormolu, Brass Copper

1006009

Handsome Jacob Petit Paris porcelain clock, the rococo form on a plinth base, both with handpainted flowers and elaborate gilding on a claret ground, the enamel faced clock with the inscription Hry Marc a Paris
Blue mark to base: JP
Circa 1855

good condition, clock goes but will need to be examined by an expert

35cm high

$1850

1006093

Handsome pair of Old Sheffield Plate serving dishes, the handles ornately moulded with acanthus leaves.
Marked for T & J Creswick, Circa 1820

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good, some signs of use.

33 x 23 cm, 14cm high

1250

Old Sheffield Plate

1006102

Pinxton plate with central panel handpainted with a ruin, titled A View on the Trent in red script to the back, within a leaf and fruit border, the rim with a bold design of pink and yellow chrysanthemums on a red ground. with typicel gilt borders. The border style is recorded as among the last Pinxton borders, but not in this colour combination, making this an unrecorded pattern. Unmarked.
Circa 1800.

This pattern/border is unrecorded in the literature. Several other pieces from this service were sold in Phillips, London, in the late 1990 s.

Condition: minor wear to gold; minor surface scratches.

Diameter 7.25 in; 18.5cm.

$2450

1006119

Stourbridge Cameo Glass vase, of globular form with tall neck, decorated in cameo with chrysanthemum flowers and leaves, the rear with a dragonfly.

Attributed to Web, Circa 1880.

18cm (7inches) high

4400

English Victorian Glass

1006137

Chinese glazed pottery model table of food, the green glazed table with yellow glaze brackets supporting the top, covered with dishes of food glazed in yellows and greens, with a candlestick at either front corner.

Ming Dynasty, 15th - 16th century AD.

Slight restorations, pieces applied to base.

33x19cm, 24cm high. (9.5 inches)

5400

1006156

Large pearlware arbor group, Perswaision , showing a stylish couple seated on a garden seat, on a grassy base with a bocage hedge behind, enamelled in bright colours and with touches of lustre.
Circa 1815-25.

The base has originally had feet, but these were removed when one became detached in the kiln - this is evident in the green enamels which have run over the space where it should have been. Examples exist with both short legs and no legs.
Refer Halfpenny English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840 ACC 1991 p253 for a similar but not identical example.

Condition: restoration to one rear corner, his hat, rim of her hat, flower & leaves in pot; her head restuck; losses to bocage, lacking dog.

Height 8 inches, 29.5cm,

$1850

1006353

Landscape of goatherds in an Italic landscape, with Roman ruins and a flight of birds above a lake, a deer drinking in the distance.
Oil on tin, in original frame.
Late 18th century.

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1450

1006394

Rare pair of large Staffordshire figures of a lady and gent both wearing feathered hats, blue jackets and colourfully enamelled clothes, he with his dog, she with her bird, on scrolled bases.
Circa 1855

Very Rare - Refer Pugh pl 133, Schiffer vol I p362

Some flaking to black enamel, restorations to his hand patting dog, his feather, her bird.

He is 30.5cm high, she 29cm

2450

1006395

Derby figure of John Quinn in the role of Falstaff resplendent in a flowered waistcoat beneath a
light pink surcoat, wearing red breeches and black riding boots.
Patch mark & Incised marks: 3rd size,
Circa 1765

After a mezzotint by James McArdell published 1757

hand, sword & coat edge restored

315mm

1950

1006428

Victorian oval occasional table in mahogany with original patination, on turned column support with curved feet.
Attached gilt metal maker s plaque : William Smee & Sons / Manufacturers / 6 Finsbury Pavement London"

Circa 1855

Refer: William Smee & Sons Designs of Furniture, a stock of which is always kept ready for sale at their Cabinet and Upholstery Manufactory and Showrooms,
No 6, Finsbury Pavement, London: P 102 design no 4 (published circa 1852 - we have an original copy on hand with the exact design.)

Excellent original condition.

4450

1006443

Egyptian carved cedar wood figure of a standing lady, her movable arms at her side, with traces of original black & white pigments.
12th Dynasty, 1991-1786 BC

15cm high

1250

1006444

Egyptian carved cedar wood figure of a standing man, with one moving arm surviving, with traces of original black & white pigments.
12th Dynasty, 1991-1786 BC

15cm high

1250

1010281

Handsome George III mahogany writing desk with tamboured front enclosing
an adjustable slide and fitted pigeonholes above two drawers.
Circa 1785

legs with iron bracket reinforcements; repair to left curved side

9800

1006564

Chinese elm carved altar table with carved fretwork legs.
19th century

3400

1006655

French ormolu inkwell in the form of a ewer & stand, encrusted with jewels , with finely moulded decoration of scrolls embellished with symbolical birds, beasts and human figures in the Renaissance manner.
Circa 1870

knop replaced

$1850

1006657

Wedgwood tazza of scalloped form with entwined double snake handles, the centre vigorously painted with rustic kitchen scene of women and children with man and donkey at the door.
Signed E Lessore
Marks: Impressed WEDGWOOD
Impressed 3 letter
year cypher for 1862

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overall width 20cm

3250

1006694

Chelsea plate with unusual shell moulded border highlighted in gilt, the centre painted with colourful flower sprays
Gold Anchor mark & period;
Circa 1765

minor rim chips, craze to the thick glassy glaze - no restoration

diameter 230mm

1850

1006766

Late Georgian mahogany dropside table with large leaves, on turned legs
Circa 1820

top 155x107 cm

7cm high

2250

1006881

George II mahogany mirror with elaborately shaped surround and original plate.
Circa 1750

area of carving restored

2450

1006920

George III mahogany card table in the Hepplewhite manner, the square tapered legs with block foot and strung edges, the rounded square top inset with felt.
Circa 1790

70cm high; 90cm wide; 45cm deep

3800

1006931

Chinese black lacquer sewing table, the hinging lid and sliding work basket standing on elaborately carved dragons head feet, the entire upper & interior elaborately painted in gold with scenic panels, interiors, and stylized plants.
Circa 1830

restorations, work basket a replacement, BUT the interior shows stunning original condition in places!

66 x 46cm, 78cm high

3800

European 17thC to Medieval Pottery

1007066

Large German stoneware Bellarmine with brown saltglaze finish, of typical squat form, the neck with loop handle and applied bearded mask, with three impressed triangles to the body.
Late 17th Century

38cm high

1250

1007112

Minton Essex thermometer case with brightly coloured applied flowers to the gothic window frame, the inset thermometer engraved Fahrenheit Scale / Fever Heat/ Blood Heat /Sumr Heat/ Temperate/ Freezing .
Underglaze blue Crossed swords mark imitating Dresden (Meissen)
Design number 35 in the Estimate Book of 1830,
Circa 1835

Provenance: Minton Museum Collection, sold London in the late 1990 s.
Illustrated : G Godden Minton Pottery & Porcelain of the First Period pl 106 (this actual piece!)

Restorations/overpainting to the top of the frame and down one side, losses to some flowers.

H 17.5cm, W14cm,

1550

1007116

Pair of Minton parian figures of Grand Turk and Turkish Woman on scrolled bases, shapes 90 & 91 from the figure book.
Incised workmen s marks,
Incised date cypher for 1857

Provenance: Minton Museum Collection

13cm high

1250

1007133

Handsome large Minton plaque handpainted with coloured barbotine decoration with The Laughing Cavalier after Franz Hals.
Signed Antonin Boullemeier
Impressed marks: MINTON
Year cypher for 1880

Provenance: Minton Museum Collection

3950

1007435

Superb large grey pottery model of a standing horse, with traces of original paint.
Han Dynasty,
206BC - 221 AD

legs repaired

3600

1007947

Large Indus Valley Pre-Harappan pottery cup of slightly concave straight sided form, with narrow foot, boldly painted in iron oxide with three fish beneath a wave pattern border.
Mehrgarh culture, Modern day Pakistan.
Circa 3,300 - 3,000 BC

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superior condition, no chips or cracks, no restoration, just some slight loss to the pigments and some mineral accretions.

9.5cm high
13cm wide

4500

1007978

Chelsea plate with Gotzkowsky moulding , after a Meissen original, well painted in the deutsche blumen style with large floral groups to the four rim reserves and a large central specimen flower.
Red Anchor mark,
Circa 1755.

speckled body, crazed & abraised to the back only

245mm wide

1850

1007980

Handsome Chelsea dish of double leaf shape, well painted with scattered berries and fruit, with various lively insects, within a green band rim.
Marked with a brown anchor,
Circa 1760

from an old Australian collection

small rim repairs, green rim flaked

29cm wide

2800

1008016

Chamberlains Worcester square dish, well painted with flower sprays within gilt line reserves on a cobalt blue ground, the corner sections well gilded with foliate elements.
Circa 1820.

21cm wide

$1150

1008071

Three tiered corner shelves with period mirrored back, the pediment and side pillars with applied flower carving, traces of original gilding.
18th/ early 19th century,
Northern European,
possibly Swedish

short plinth added; mirrors show signs of age

4950

1008305

George II walnut kneehole desk or dressing table with cockbeaded drawers with inlaid stringing, the top with inlaid stringing and cross-banded edge.
Fine original patination.
Circa 1730

The escutcheons are original; the handles are old replacements

9750

1008379

Interesting Staffordshire salt-glazed Flora wall pocket in the form of a female head with bow in her hair, surrounded by a rococo frill and acanthus leaf lower terminal.
Circa 1755

A similar example is in the Glaisher Collection No 540
Ref: The Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery & Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeThis example has lost part of the acanthus leaf in the firing (and the break covered in glaze), part of the other has been removed to match. A similar example in the V&A has the exact same flaw!

loss to top frill

Height 24cm, 16cm wide

2540

1008391

Meissen coffee cup with scrolled handle, the porphyry ground with lobed reserve painted with a Watteauesque scene within an elaborate gold lace border. Marks: Crossed swords in underglaze blue
36 in gold,
Circa 1745

ref. Hans Syz Collection #216, Wark Collection #328 for other cups & saucers from this same service & by the same painter/gilder.

height 70mm

1750

1008444

Meissen etui of ogee shape with gold mounts, delicately painted with groups of deutschblumen flowers, the interior vacant.

Circa 1745

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length 110mm

2950

1008584

Oil on canvas of head of St Bernard dog, painted by Mrs A Swallow and titled Bayard . With original label for the Australian Exhibition of Women s Work, Melbourne 1907.

Mrs Swallow, of Swallow & Ariel s biscuit factory, was a very talented amateur artist who was highly acclaimed. This piece was part of the re-creation of the Exhibition, 2007

1450

1008601

Superb Chelsea dish with Brocade pattern after a Japanese original, painted in underglaze blue with enamelling and gilding.
Red anchor period,
Circa 1752-58

This is one of four patterns made at Chelsea using underglaze blue. Some examples are marked with an anchor in underglaze blue.

restored crack & chip

diameter 260mm

3450

1008605

Egyptian carved palmwood figure of Anubis,
the Jackal guide of the underworld.
Late Period, 712 - 332 BC
The time of Assyrian, Nubian and Persian control of Egypt.
Originally from the top of a sacophagus or shrine.

4200

1008609

Superbly sculptural fragment of a large dog vessel, his ears upright and a friendly grin on his face.
Colima, Western Mexico, Comala style
Circa 100 BC - 250 AD

Provenance - Australian collection, put together in the 1970 s

1650

1008617

Egyptian limestone wall fragment carved with hieroglyphic inscription;
(left) RA - King of the Gods
(right) ...might upon (or over) (.... region)
King ........
New Kingdom, probably from a temple
1550 - 1069 BC

From an Australian Collector

3200

1008632

Egyptian cedar wood figure of a cat, representing the the Goddess Bastet.
Middle Kingdom, 1550 - 1076 BC

Provenance: European collection (purchased Vienna 1997)

good, minor deteriation, old lustre to surface. Mounted on a modern stand.

5600

1008696

Wedgwood blue jasper dip plaque sprigged in white with The Dancing Hours, mounted in original rosewood frame.
Impressed mark: WEDGWOOD
19th century

1850

1008732

Unusual pair of provincial pine chairs, of Scandinavian origin, of bobbin turned construction.
Early 19th century.

94cm high

1850

Furniture Continental

1008978

Impressive Derby vase with blue ground, of classical form with two dragons rising up the sides towards an eagle on the finial, the top with well modeled swags of flowers pendant to the dragons mouths, a lions head modeled to the waist, well embellished with tooled
gold throughout.
Modeled by the famous contemporary sculptor John Bacon (R.A.)
Circa 1770-75

see Twitchett Derby porcelain 2002 p 45 for a write up on this important 18th century sculptor.
Apparently unrecorded form.

Restored

33cm high

5800

1008984

Dr Wall Worcester shaped dish, painted with a polychrome central flower sprig, the border apple green with rococo gilt borders and pendant swags of puce flowers.
Circa 1775

Provenance: purchased from the estate of Dr Frank Stephens, Launceston, 1978

Excellent.

20cm wide

1450

1009068

Handsome large German Faience Walzenkrug tankard of simple cylindrical form, glazed in a rich turquoise and mounted in contemporary pewter fittings with a spreading gadrooned foot, the rim mounts with lappet frieze and floral motif on the handle, the lid with large knop and inset medallion of the visitation titled HERR IESU ZEVCH HIER VNS ALLE NACH DIR , incised initials A.S.M. added later & the date 1793.
Mid-18th century.

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good, short crack to one side, no restoration.

27cm high

1950

1009083

Martinware vase of neck amphora shape, decorated in black slip with panels of unusual ancient Greek black- figure inspired dancing figures, within an incised architectural frame.
Incised mark R. Martin - London & Southall / 305
Circa 1885

This appears to be a very rare type, untypical of the Martin Brothers production.

restored cracks with overpainting

28cm high

3400

1009124

Rare Meissen knife handle mounted with original steel blade and gold collar & within original red velvet scabbard, the porcelain exquisitely painted with a hunt scene in a landscape, the figures on horseback chasing wild boar by towns and churches, within gold foliate borders, the sides with fine flower specimens.
Unmarked, Circa 1730

Good, minor wear to the velvet

19cm

2700

1009161

Carved limestone figure of Anubis, the Jackal headed guide to the underworld.
Roman period,
2nd - 4th century AD

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20cm high

1250

1009162

Egyptian faience libation tray, of square form with moulded edge and two shaped handles to either side pierced with suspension holes, the surface with a deep blue glaze and signs of an ankh symbol to the base.
Late Period, 25th-30th Dynasty, 712 - 332 BC

This tray was probably used as an offering vessel in a temple, to hold a portion of food or drink. The holes suggest suspension.

restored

12cm across

1450

1009265

French faience jardiniere of rococo form, well painted to the sides with Watteauesque panels of pastoral scenes, the sides with flowers.
Attributed to Marseilles, Circa 1770

slight restorations

36cm wide

2750

1009374

Chelsea plate with moulded feather rim, well painted with large scattered bunches of flowers and single specimens.
brown anchor mark,
red anchor period
Circa 1760

ref Chelsea at Williamsburg no. 77 for 3 plates from an identical service.

23cm

1250

1009380

English oak coffer of panelled construction, well carved to the front with geometric diamond panels, the interior with
a candle box.
Circa 1670

142 x 62 cm, 75cm high

5400

1009419

Sevres pâte tendre plate painted with sprigs of flowers within a feathered gold and blue border.
Blue crossed L s mark, painter unknown, date letter ff for 1783

Excellent

24cm

1250

1009438

George III mahogany tripod based pedestal, the column well carved with fluting and laurel leaf & berry, on cabriole legs.
Circa 1780

136cm high

1990

1009482

Rare Riley blue & white serving dish from the Company of Drapers, London, the center printed with a large guild arms for the Drapers titled UNTO GOD ONLY BE HONOUR AND GLORY , within a
flower border.
Marked RILEY S Semi China, also impressed RILEY
Circa 1820

good, usage scratches

33cm x 26cm

1650

1009635

Worcester teapot of globular form, tastefully decorated to either side with a panel of colourful exotic birds amongst foliage, with distant flying birds, the lid with flower sprigs.
Circa 1765

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lid possibly associated, small chip to spout end

19cm handle - spout

1450

1009935

Fine quality French bronze ewer decorated with fruiting vine and a freize of dancing cherubs, the handle surmounted by a cherub and terminating with a rams- head mask.
Circa 1860

$3800

Ormolu, Brass Copper

1009941

Oak William & Mary Chest, with bobble moulded division and panel drawer fronts
Circa 1690

$4600

1009977

Rare Sunderland Pottery bowl with moulded rim decorated with a wide lustre band, the center with a large print titled The Great Australia Clipper-Ship , coloured in enamels.
Impressed SCOTT
Circa 1860

very minor wear to rim

30.5 cm wide, 8.5 cm high

1350

1010166

Gilt wood figure of a youthful Louis XIV, the Sun King , shown in an elegant pose wearing antique style armour, a robe falling from his shoulders down behind him, a large crown on his head.
Circa 1660

some small losses to carving; no restoration

31cm high

3300

1010269

Mennecy snuff box of oval shape, modeled with a reclining shepherd and his dog to the lid, wearing a bright yellow coat, blue trousers, and a pink hat, the lid moulded & painted with flowers inside & out. Silver mounts hallmarked Paris 1762
Porcelain Circa 1760

8cm wide

8800

1010271

Chelsea scent bottle in the form of children building a house of cards against a tree trunk studded with flowers and leaves, the base with a gilt flower sprig within a turquoise dentil border, the neck with a silver mount with rococo leaf stopper.
Circa 1760

Ex- Blohm Collection

7.5cm high

8700

1010274

Girl-in-a-swing (St James s) seal mount, modeled as Hope seated on an anchor, titled in red to the mound base J ESPERE ENCOR (I Still Hope)
Circa 1755

head re-stuck

2550

1010276

Chelsea/Derby seal in the form of a seated chinaman with a pipe, with period gold mounts and suspension loop, the red stone seal with a crest incorporating a winged knight s helm.
Circa 1770

Provenance: Blohm Collection

some wear

less than 2.5cm

2250

1010289

Louis XVI Kingwood dressing table with ormolu feet, the top with folding mirror and two compartments, one with some original fittings including cut glass cup and saucer, scent bottles, funnel, and three porcelain pommade pots decorated in blue, one marked for Mennecy.
Circa 1755

Mirror replaced, 3 ormolu mounts replaced

14500

1010291

Large pair of pottery tower models, the three stories with doorways and applied flanking figures, an applied square plaque above each door, with leaf shaped finials to the eaves and a roof to the gateway to a walled forecourt.

Mid Eastern Han dynasty,
2nd century AD

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finials re-stuck, minor losses

95cm high

9800

1010293

Large Tang terracotta figure of a foreigner, modeled standing with detailed non-Chinese facial features including a large nose, a moustache and pointed beard, and dressed in an interesting costume, with traces of original pigments.

Tang dynasty,
8th century AD

48cm high

3500

1010294

48cm high

3500

1010297

Bronze Fang Hu vase of squared baluster form, with lions head & ring handles, uncleaned condition with fine green encrustation.

Han dynasty,
206 BC, 221 AD

35cm high

3300

1010299

Majapahit fascade fragment from a scale model temple, showing a guardian mask above a doorway with ornately detailed pediments
to either side.

Majapahit Empire,
ancient Java
15th Century

1450

1010324

Pair of Chinese blanc-de-chine Buddhist lions, shown in alert stances with one arm resting on a ball, an incense stick holder to one side, on a short plinth base with
scrolled edge.
Kangxi, 1622-1722

slight losses

16cm high

1750

1010448

Rare Pearlware quintal, the openings with moulded leaves highlighted in blue, the squared plinth with acanthus leaf moulding, painted in blue with scrolling flowers
and star bursts.
Circa 1790

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excellent condition

20cm wide

1480

1010451

Derby figure of a Dresden Shepherd , shown as a dandy with a basket of fruit and flowers, dressed in flowery pants and colourful cloak, a dog at his feet, standing on a scrolled rococo base.
Circa 1765

This figure is illustrated in Bradshaw s Derby Porcelain Figures as one of the Dresden Shepherds of the later type (ie 1770 s). This example, however, belongs to the earlier period, and the painting of the flowers on his pants are by a distinctive hand known as the Cotton Stem painter.

minor losses, no restoration.

24cm high

1250

1010498

Derby dish of scollop shell shape, on three short curved feet, printed and painted with a large flower group within a feathered rim.

Circa 1765

minor rim bruise

14cm wide

1250

1010507

Meissen cup & saucer, well painted with village genera scenes, including a mother feeding a baby on the cup, and boys smoking on the saucer, each within elaborate rococo fret & scroll borders.
Crossed swords mark,
Circa 1750

saucer 11.5cm wide

2650

1010515

French faience desk set, the rococo form base mounted with a prowling lion supporting an armorial shield, a castellation to one side for the sander, a knights helm to the other hinging up to reveal the original ink pot, the pen tray painted in enamels with dueling knights and a burning castle, the remainder with enamel highlights.

Marked VP for the Widow Veuve Perrin, active in Marseilles toward the end of the 18th century, this example a 19th century one.
Mid - 19th century.

slight restoration.

37cm wide

3200

1010516

Bow octagonal plate, painted in famille rose colours to the center with a peony flower issuing from a rock, an insect flying overhead, the rim with three further peony and daisy groups.
Circa 1755

21cm wide

1450

1010526

Bow Nesting Buntings group, showing two mottled yellow bunting birds perched on flowering trunks, a nest with baby buntings in the fork, an interested dog seated at the foot of the trunk looking up and a lamb to one side, on a grassy mound base picked out in green and purple enamels.
Circa 1760

A rare type with a dog and lamb on one base,apparently unrecorded.
Ref. A Treasury of Bow no. 29 for one with a lamb.

19cm high

2400

1010553

Pearlware teapot of globular form, painted to both sides with chinoiserie figures in a fenced garden, within an iron red arc and dot border, the lid with a fence, flowers and flocks of birds.
Circa 1760

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faults & small restorations

1560

1010587

Large Dresden baluster shaped vase, painted to either side with a fine quality rural scene of cows and figures, within a gold cartouche, the deep chocolate brown ground reserved with flower sprays, the lid with similar detail and a flower knop.
AR mark in underglaze blue,
for Helena Wolfson studio, Dresden.
Circa 1880

some slight wear

1850

1010638

Meissen covered bowl & stand, decorated by an outside decorator with panels of river scapes within ornate baroque gold work incorporating small puce river scapes and Chinese figures.
Crossed swords mark,
19th century

stand 19cm wide

1450

1010640

Superb Meissen plate with woven wicker border, boldly painted to the center with a pheasant in a fig tree, the rim with several colourful insects.
Circa 1745

24cm wide

1580

1010656

Rare large French creamware covered jug, of elegant beaked form, decorated with panels of flowers in relief, the base with a wide gadrooned border, the knop shaped as a pear.
Unmarked, attributed to Pont-aux-Choux, Paris.
Circa 1760

ref. Faience et Porcelain de Paris p61 for a similar pot.

small faults to foot & knop

2450

1010669

Meissen covered chocolate cup, decorated in a thick layer of gold in the manner of the early 18th century.
Crossed swords mark,
19th century

excellent condition

12cm high

1250

1010756

Bow blanc-de-chine plate, decorated to the rim with applied sprigs of prunus blossom.
Circa 1752

good condition

23.5 cm across

1450

1010757

Bow plate, painted in the Kakiemon pallette with a version of the Quail pattern, within an iron red foliage border with gilt flower heads.
Circa 1755

some wear

1250

1010767

Chantilly bowl of straight sided form with a flared lip, painted in bright enamels with kakiemon flower sprigs.
Red hunting horn mark,
Circa 1735

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rim chip

10cm wide

1450

1010772

Chelsea Gold Anchor plate with moulded rococo borders highlighted with gold, well painted with five panels of exotic birds, the base painted with bunches of flowers.
Gold anchor mark,
Circa 1756

ref - a plate in the Schriber Collection (V&A), from the same service, also an example in the Rosenberg collection, ex- Thirlestane Castle collection. The hand that painted these birds can be seen on the tureen in the National Gallery in Melbourne, also a similar tureen & stand in the V&A

restored base

1150

1010777

Fine quality French cabinet cup & saucer, of elegant classical shape, the handle in the form of a harpy, superbly painted with flower sprays attributed William Pollard, the cup with a basket
group to the front.
Underglaze blue crossed arrows mark,
for Locré, rue de la Fountaine-au-Roi, Paris.

Circa 1835

Pollard was well known for his work at the Swansea manufactory, but spent most of his working life as the proprietor of a china shop, and much of the china he sold was decorated by him. This cup & saucer appears to be an example of his work on an imported Paris Porcelain blank.

saucer restored

1450

1010785

Meissen vase of baluster form, with tall neck and spreading lip, decorated with large flower groups within gilt line rims.
Crossed swords mark,
Circa 1750

24cm high

3450

1010790

Gold Anchor Chelsea vase of spherical shape with short neck, supported on tripod goats legs, each with an associated goats head to the vessel rim and moulded rococo scrollwork spreading towards the base with gilt details, the whole standing on an integral plinth with turquoise top and gilt line edges.
Gold anchor mark ( rubbed)
Circa 1765

This shape apparently unrecorded in literature.

faults to the turquoise ground restored, chip to plinth

22cm high

1650

1010791

Regency mahogany chiffonier with black marble top, the pillared front with a drawer and two arched doors, the drawer with classical ormalou mounts.
Circa 1820

3800

European 17thC to Medieval Pottery

1010823

Large German stoneware Bellarmine with brown saltglaze finish, of typical squat form, the neck with loop handle and applied bearded mask.
Late 17th Century

38cm high

1850

1010825

Pair of oil paintings of children, the oval scenes well painted in strong tones with pastoral scenes, one with a lad and a large sheep dog, a sheep in the background, the other with a lad and lass in conversation, a pair of inquisitive goats on the horizon.
Probably Italian, early 19th century.

Oil on canvas, re-lined & restored

2450.00

1010890

Worcester junket dish, moulded to the centre with a carnation flower head, the sides with scollop shell moulding painted with various bunches of flowers, linked with arched cell borders.
Crescent mark to base,
Circa 1770

ref. WBWP I.E. 35, rarity Uncommon

firing flaw to outside

25cm wide

2400

1010897

Meissen cup and saucer, superbly painted with gallant couples in park settings within simple gilt dentil borders.
Crossed swords marks,
Circa 1740

ref. Wark Collection #617 for a comparable example, C. 1740 - 45

Saucer chip restored

saucer 14cm

1950

1010909

Staffordshire pearlware tea caddy, moulded with Macaroni figures to either side, highlighted in high-fired Pratt-type colours, with flowers to the short sides and neck.
Circa 1770

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restored neck chip

12.5 cm high

1250

1010914

Hepplewhite open armchair, the back with three splats well carved with foliate capitals and central roundels, on square tapered legs with reeded edges.
Circa 1785

3800

1010929

Important Derby guglet (water vessel) of elegant ovoid form with tall flared lip, well painted by the cotton stem painter with a large group of exotic birds, the reverse with large scattered
flower sprays.
Circa 1760

Ref. similar examples: Ceramics of Derbyshire 1978 #122 for the form, c. 1758
Derby Porcelain 1965 #29 for the identical pair in the Victoria and Albert museum,
C. 1755 ; Derby Porcelain - the Golden Years 1983 for the same again, but date
revised to 1760, also #128 for more by the same painter.

lip reduced, hairline around short section of bottom moulding

25cm high

11500

1010931

Mennecy box moulded as a wicker weave basket, with applied handles to the front with pink out line, painted all over with scattered flowers, with original silver mounts with Paris hallmarks for 1756 - 62.
Circa 1760

lid restoration

1150

1010947

Pair of Meissen yellow ground sweetmeats of silver shape, painted with scattered flower sprigs.
Blue crossed swords mark,
Circa 1755

12cm wide, 6cm high

3400

1010948

Derby dish of deep leaf form, the front well moulded with a central stem picked out in puce, with graduating green & yellow rim, populated with various bugs painted with their shadows.
Circa 1765

base crack

30cm wide

2450

1010950

Bow three-shell salt, the deeply moulded scollop shells with cross ridging to the fluting, on a pierced rockwork base applied with shells and seaweed, painted in underglaze blue with borders to the shell rims and flutes.
Circa 1753

ref. Bow Porcelain Freeman Collection p43 for a similar example.

small restoration to rim

24cm wide, 16cm high

5400

1010951

Chinoiserie woolwork fragment with oriental characters and pagoda, within later frame.

17th century

possibly a cover from a large chair

some areas of restoration & replacement

54 x 91 cm

1650

Textiles & Beadwork

1010978

Rare Mennecy figure of Summer , modeled as a boy standing by a rocky outcrop, a large sheaf of wheat resting to his left, with flowers scattered in his hair, in the wheat, and at his feet.

unmarked,
Circa 1760

leaf repaired on head

13cm

2400

1010991

Derby group of Venus, modelled standing on a rocky base scattered with shells and seaweed, wearing a simple dress with scattered blue & purple flowers, her right foot resting on a dolphin, cupid to her left twisting to see an apple she holds before her in her right hand.
Patch marks,
Circa 1765

ref. Derby Porcelain Figures p 116 # E67; the dolphin & shells refer to her birth from the sea, cupid is her messenger, and the apple is the prize awarded to her by Paris, for being the most beautiful goddess.

28cm high

2850

1010995

Pair of European carved wood & gesso bird figures, standing on rocky mounds with applied fern leaves, with gold leaf finish.

18th century

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some slight losses; no restoration

1250

1010996

French mahogany box in the form of a box piano, with ivory keys, ebony legs, and applied neo-classical ormolu mounts.
Circa 1810

29cm wide

1250

Boxes & Deskset

1010998

Ridgway tea service, with crisp moulded lattice panels surrounded by rococo scrolls and flowers, painted with scattered turquoise flower heads and gilt foliage, with gold line borders, the teapot & sucrier with delightful butterfly knops.

Circa 1825

Comprising of: Teapot, Sucrier, Creamer, Dish, 6 cups & saucers

ref. Godden Staffordshire Porcelain p189 for a
similar service

minor faults

1450

1010999

Pair of English Creamware wall pockets, of cornucopia form with acanthus leaf tips, moulded with large scale cherubs, one with a pot of flames, the other drinking from a flask, their quiver of arrows at their sides.
Probably Leeds,
Circa 1790

ref. Lewis, Prattware p113 for an example in the V&A, London

some slight restorations

25cm high

2400

1011046

Worcester cup & saucer, richly decorated in a form of the Queens Pattern , with fenced gardens in the kakiemon palette within deep blue bands reserved with flowerhead panels, the center with a blue & white flower border around a sprig of flowers, all highlighted with gold.
Square fret mark,
Circa 1770

flaw to saucer

saucer 13cm

1250

1011049

Vienna trembleuse cup & saucer, the white ground well decorated with large flower groups and scattered specimens, the saucer with a high pierced cage.
Underglaze blue shield mark,
also 73 and O decorators mark,
impressed modelers mark,
Circa 1765

cup restored

14cm wide

1250

1011061

Yates dessert service, comprising of 12 pieces, richly decorated with gilt large scale scrolls and foliage divided by large sprays of colourful flowers, within a gilt dentil rim.
Circa 1825

5800

1011063

Oil on board of a ship in full sail, with distant land and a skyscape with the sun breaking through a cloud bank.
Signed & dated,
J S Wright 1925

Original frame, label to the rear for a Liverpool art dealer that probably sold these when new.

1850

1011064

Oil on board of a three masted clipper ship in full sail, with distant view of The Lizard , Lands End.
Signed & dated,
J S Wright 1925

Original frame, label to the rear for a Liverpool art dealer that probably sold these when new.

1850

1011081

Rare Bow ecuelle & cover, the base with loop foliate handles with attached branches and flower heads, the lid with scrolled loop handle, painted with a continuous Chinese pagoda scene, with birds flying overhead, within a large cell border, the lid with four large oriental flower sprigs.
Circa 1760

1 handle restored, knop re-stuck

16cm across handles

2350

1011083

George III mahogany wash stand the bowl supported by elegant tripod base containing two small triangular draws.
Circa 1780

2950

1011084

Mahogany bedside cabinet with square tapered legs, with a door to the front and a drawer to either side, decorated with stringing, on brass castors.
Circa 1795

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Victorian alterations

1850

1011086

Superb Louis XV walnut salon chair, the crest rail carved with a wheel motif, the arms with elegant scrolls, covered in period Aubusson tapestries, the oval back with children, the seat
with a fox & chicken.

Circa 1770

back with repaired breaks

4400

1011087

Pair of George III mahogany Chippendale chairs, the intricate pierced splat back with fine carved deails, the legs with a Chinese fret carving.

Circa 1780

legs later carved

3800

1011091

Set of 8 English Elm ladderback rush seated chairs, 20th Century
comprising of: armchair, 7 chairs

3800

1011093

Set of 5 Charles II oak chairs, of solid construction with carved crest rail and back panel, with turned stretchers and solid seats.

Circa 1670

rails later carved, additions

4400

1011100

English walnut and beech chair, the spirally turned back flanking foliate carving around a caned panel, the seat also caned, on spiral turned legs with carved H stretcher and paw feet, the crest rail carved with two cherubs flanking a crown.

Circa 1695

restorations & later carving to legs

115cm high; 53cm wide

2800

1011101

Louis XVI beech fauteuil, with green and gilt finish, the crest with a medallion and garrya, with a padded back, arm rests and seat, the scrolling arms and support on turned and fluted tapering legs.
Circa 1780

3450

1011103

Italian 18th century walnut open arm chair, with pierced splat, shaped rail, and scrolling arms, the upholstered seat supported by cabriole legs with a flat H stretcher.

Circa 1760

old iron repair to back

2950

1011104

Continental walnut chair with spoon shaped back and solid vase shaped splat, the serpentine fronted woolwork seat on cabriole legs with pad feet.

Circa 1740

100cm high

1850

1011105

French mahogany sofa with shell carved crest rail, the upholstered sides and back with scrolling arm supports above a reeded frieze and on paw feet.
Circa 1830

200cm wide; 106cm high; 61cm deep

6600

1011106

George III mahogany bureau, the interior fitted with pigeonholes, drawers, and secret compartments, above four graduated drawers with brass handles and escutcheons, on bracket feet.
Circa 1780

6400

1011107

Oak gateleg table on baluster legs with plain stretchers, a drawer to one end.
Early 18th century

excellent, cleaned & crisp

top 112x90 cm
70cm high

1950

1011109

Set of six ash and beech spindle back dining chairs, with rush seats and turned stretcher, on a pad foot.
Consisting of: armchair, five chairs.

North-West England,
Circa 1800

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4400

1011122

French fruitwood table of large proportions, one end with a single drawer, the other with a pull-out extension.

Circa 1850

legs with restored bases

6800

1011123

Set of three Regency mahogany chairs & a carver, the unusual form with fully curved & rounded profile, the seats very deep and on sabre legs, upholstered in a seashell velvet.
Circa 1820

83cm high

3950

1011125

Dutch walnut display cabinet with shaped glass front door and bonnet shaped top, the shaped pediment with central carved element, standing on lions paw carved feet allowing to to be used on a base, or with mounts
to hang it on a wall.

Circa 1760

4800

1011129

Pair of Italian ironwork finials on stands, the elaborate shapes formed by scrolling ironwork, with traces of original paint and gilding.

17th century

Possibly inverted in order to mount them on the later tripod stands.

4800

Ormolu, Brass Copper

1011135

George III mahogany ladderback open armchair, with nicely pierced rails and dished seat.

Circa 1770

3800

1011137

Hepplewhite style mahogany side table, with two reeded front drawers and central classical swag, on block feet.
Inscribed makers mark to drawers
Howard & Sons Ltd, Berners St.
and model number.
Circa 1890

Howard & Son were a London cabinet makers established in 1820, and existed at Berners Street from 1873-1935. They won numerous awards at exhibitions, and achieved Royal patronage in 1901.

56cm deep x 122cm wide x 76cm high

2800

1011140

Dutch oil on panel of horsemen passing by a herdsman, his cows contently grazing by a lake, a city in the distance, in a period gilt frame.
17th century

81 x 61 cm

4800

1011157

Large oak gateleg table, the base with heavy turning to legs and rails, the top with a wide ring motif frieze and gadrooned rim.
Circa 1650

the carving Victorian

top 150 x 118 cm

4800

1011158

Bow tea cup & saucer moulded with a pinecone pattern, painted with a wide sea green border, within a gold line rim, the center of each with a green flower sprig with gold leaves.
Anchor & dagger mark,
Circa 1765

ref A Treasury of Bow #115 for the type.

2450

1011161

Worcester plate with lobed rim, the scale ground with shaped panels painted with groups of flowers.
Circa 1765

This plate falls into the Red Line Group ,so called because of the uncharacteristic use of a red dividing line. This group was apparently decorated outside the factory, often on pieces with firing faults. Sometimes associated with the James Giles workshop.
ref. Sandon Worcester Porcelain
p.275 for discussion.

1250

1011195

Westerwald (German) stoneware tankard, incised with stylized foliage integrating a network of moulded friezes of two running horses, the ground a deep cobalt blue, the period pewter lid with large round thumpiece & enscribed 18 / G L J / 1789
Circa 1770

1950

1011199

German Faience tankard of rare small size, painted in manganese, blue, green & yellow with a striding traveler, a staff in one hand and a bag over the shoulder, making his way through a landscape with fences and trees, with period pewter lid.
Bayreuth,
Circa 1750

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good, slight losses, short hairline from lip - no restoration.

13cm high

1780

1011213

Italian porcelain scent bottle, modeled as Pulcinella from the Commedia dell Arte, the masked hunchback crouching with bare buttocks, his tall conical hat surmounted by an artichoke finial, on a moulded plinth base.
Probably Capodimonte, mid 18th century

7600

1011214

Meissen scent bottle, modeled as a lady with a fan, dressed in
period costume with a yellow cloak, her head acting as the stopper.
Blue crossed swords mark,
Original Kaendler model Circa 1760,
this example mid 19th century

7.5cm high

2450

1011215

German porcelain scent, modeled after a Meissen original with a boy seizing a goat by the horns around a tree trunk, with gilt metal screw top.
19th century

losses

8cm high

1250

1011232

Chelsea seal, modeled as a hen with three chicks beneath her wings, naturalistically painted, the mound base titled in red AIMONS NOS PETITS
(love our little ones)
Circa 1755

less than 2.5cm

2580

1011270

Glazed pottery figure of a horse & rider, the ochre coloured horse with green saddle and harness fittings, the rider with movable head.
Ming Dynasty,
16th century

degraded glaze, small damages

2400

1011279

Large Ming porcelain bowl, recovered from the Bihn Thuan shipwreck, Vietnam, painted with reserves of flowers & buddhist symbols, the rim with flowers & foliage.
Ship wrecked Circa 1608

Around 1608, this ill-fated vessel with its valuable cargo of mostly blue and white Swatow ware from Zhangzhou was probably headed for markets in Malaysia or Indonesia, which were well-established consumers of Chinese ceramics.
An Archaeological examination and commercial recovery in 2002 brought the pieces to the surface. The pieces that were released by the government were sold at Christies Melbourne in 2004. While this example was purchased in Malaysia before the Melbourne auction, it is undoubtedly from the wreck, and was recovered & sold by the initial discoverers, the fishermen of Bihn Thuan, Vietnam.

very small restoration to chip on one side

31cm wide

4900

Shipwreck

1011282

Pair of Berlin figural sweetmeats, modelled as a lady and gent harvesting, each with a wicker basket painted inside with a river scene, she with a straw hat behind her head, he with a black hat, standing on tripod rococo bases.

Blue sceptre mark,
between 1820 - 30

some restoration

23cm high

2850

1011294

Caughley basket with twin twisted handles, printed to the center with a version of the Pinecone pattern, the rim with a hand painted cell & scroll pattern, the outside with applied flowerheads in blue, with leaves, fruit & flowers at handle terminals similarly decorated.

Circa 1780

ref. Godden Caughley & Worcester Porcelains p 215 for photo of a similar example & the wasters from the factory site that match this piece.

flaw to 3 segments at base, slight loss to leaves.

27.5cm across handles, 9cm high

2650

1011299

Set of four birch and ash Biedermeier chairs with shapely backs and cane seats.
Circa 1835

1280 set

1011305

Black Victorian glass fronted display cabinet with inlay and ormolu mounts.
Circa 1870

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1870

1011308

Worcester plate of silver shape, well painted to the center with two colourful dishevelled birds sharing a branch, the rim with swags of fruit and flowers pendant from the gold line rim.
Circa 1770

ref. Zorensky Collection No. 414a for an identical example.

slight wear from use

22cm wide

1770

1011309

Champion s , Bristol, hard paste porcelain jug of elegant baluster form with fluted body and elegant moulded handle, painted with swags of green flowers pendant from a gold line, with gilt dentil border,a gilt flourish inside the lip, and bell flower moulding to the handle picked out in gold.
Mark; a blue cross and stroke
Circa 1775

ref. Godden s British Porcelain p81 for a service in this pattern including a jug.

rim chip & associated crack

12cm high

1250

1011313

Longton Hall sauceboat, of cos lettuce form, with curled stalk handle and fruit & flower applied to the handle base, the interior painted with a Chinese pavilion on a hill, surrounded by trees and flowering plants picked out in iron red, with a yellow wash to the ground, the outside with blurry underglaze blue to the leaf edges and yellow enamel to the centres, with iron red details added to leaf veins, flowers, and fruits.
Circa 1752-54

An identical sauceboat was part of the Watney collection sold 1999 pt 1 lot 88.
Several other examples with the unusual iron red details were in the collection, lot 83 & 89.

rim glaze worn

20cm wide

3950

1011318

Chinese export coffee pot of elegant straight sided lighthouse form, the white ground with a central oval panel of gold flowers on a thick blue enamel ground, surrounded by a series of swags and tassles, the rim and foot with a blue band surrounded by gold line borders, the lid with similar decoration and a large gilt fruit knop.

Late 18th century, probably for the American market,
Circa 1790

short hairline to one side

1450

1011338

Coalport desk set, the elaborate lozenge shaped tray with pierced edges and rococo scroll edges, fitted with a central taper stick flaked by a sander pot and an ink pot, each piece painted with flower sprigs within blue ground and gilt borders.
Circa 1830

42cm wide

1450

1011355

English enamel snuff box, the unusual top moulded in high relief and painted with trophies of the hunt, including a horn, a powder flask, and a hare, with scattered flowers and a ribbed base, a ribbon entwined through the objects reading A LA CHASSE AMOUREUSE (on the hunt for love!).
Probably Battersea, London,
Circa 1770

excellent condition, very minor flaws

6.5cm x 5cm, 4.5cm high

1850

1011367

Khmer red sandstone fragment from a shrine, carved with a depiction of Indra, the sky god, surrounded by the winds and supported on three elephants (since damaged).
10th - 12th century AD

ref. Han Suyin Monuments of Ancient Cambodia p 83 for an example in situ at Banteay Srei (10th century AD)

25cm wide, 27cm high

3400

1011368

Khmer red sandstone fragment from a shrine, carved with a depiction of a Naga, the mythical serpents who inhabit and symbolise water.
10th - 12th century AD

ref. Han Suyin Monuments of Ancient Cambodia p 82 for an example in situ at Banteay Srei (10th century AD)

Provenance: Sotheby s Melbourne 2005

33 x 30 cm

3950

1011371

George III mahogany ladderback open armchair, with pierced rails and hide seat, the grooved legs with claw & ball feet.

Circa 1770

3800

1011375

Derby plate from a desert service, well painted to the center with a mountainous view and ruins, the border gilt with bands of stylized foliage on a deep blue ground, within a feathered and gilt rim.
Titled to the back in red Near Como, Italy ,
Red Crown & Batons mark, Circa 1815

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23.5 cm wide

1250

1011388

Bow figure of Venus, modeled semi-clad in a flowing robe and boots, with a pair of kissing doves at her feet, a short bocage to the rear, and standing on a low scroll base.
Circa 1760

good restoration to neck & hands, doves & flowers.

25cm high

2250

1011393

Bow octagonal plate, painted in the Kakiemon palette with a version of the Quail pattern, within an iron red foliage border with gilt flower heads.
Circa 1760

slight restorations, overpainted crack, a very good old restoration

23cm wide

1580

1011394

Unusual Chelsea octagonal plate, the borders moulded with a lattice and flowerhead pattern, well painted with scattered flower sprigs within a brown line rim.
Small red anchor mark,
Circa 1755

excellent condition, very minor bruising to fine moulding beneath brown line rim

22cm across

2650

1011397

Derby plate with large central scene of a country house by a river, within an ornate gilt scrolling foliage border and gilt rim.
Attributed to Robert Brewer, titled to the back In Dorsetshire
Red Crown & Baton mark, Circa 1815

slight crazing & stain

22cm wide

1350

1011402

Handsome pair of Samson bocage figures, modeled after a Chelsea original with a lady gathering flowers and a gent playing a clarinet, before a flowery bocage and on a rococo scroll base, she with a lamb and he with a dog.
Gold anchor mark,
also incised T
Samson of Paris, Circa 1880

losses & repairs

27cm high

1950

1011412

Longton Hall sauceboat, of cos lettuce form, with curled stalk handle and fruit & flower applied to the handle base, the interior painted with a Chinese pavilion on a hill, surrounded by trees and flowering plants picked out in iron red, with a yellow wash to the ground, the outside with blurry underglaze blue to the leaf edges and yellow enamel to the centers, with iron red details added to leaf veins, flowers, and fruits.

Circa 1752-54

An identical sauceboat was part of the Watney collection, sold 1999 part 1 lot 88.
Several other examples with the unusual iron red details were in the collection, lot 83 & 89.

20cm

3950

1011419

Rare Derby teapot, the globular form with moulded ear shaped handle and pointed knop, the spout with acanthus moulding, well painted with flower groups and scattered leaves.
Unmarked, Circa 1760

body cracks restored

1540

1011425

Meissen Kakiemon plate, with moulded Sulkowsky ozier border, painted with the Koreanische Löwe (Korean Lion) pattern, the rim with scattered Indianische Blumen flowers and insects.
Crossed swords mark,
Circa 1735

restored rim chips

23.5cm wide

2950

1011426

restored rim chips

23.5cm wide

2950

1011427

Meissen figure of a peasant, modeled by Kaendler in 1750 as a representation of the court jester Christophe Kirshe, and usually painted in Harlequin costume, this example with yellow breeches and a flowery purple waist coat, his hands clasped behind his back, a tree stump to one side.

Small crossed swords mark,
Circa 1750

ref. Adams Meissen Portrait Figures p203 & colour plate XVI for the Harlequin version; Bonhams New Bond Street 15 Nov 06 lot 17 for a Rare Meissen peasant
the same as this example

later painted, very good restoration to hat

13cm high

2900

1011428

Chelsea plate of lobed shape, superbly painted with scattered flowers and a plump bug with blue head and green wings, with a brown line rim.
Red anchor mark,
Circa 1755

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slight wear, restored rim chip

24cm wide

1950

1011429

Derby figure of Water , from a set of the elements, modeled as a semi-clad classical lady in flowery robes, a fish in one hand, a basket of fish at her feet, and an overturned water pot to one side, standing on a rococo scroll base.
Circa 1770

ref. Bradshaw F17 for the complete set, where he says the model is taken form the Bow Venus with doves group.

restorations across feet, neck and arm

22cm high

1950

1011433

A rare & large Bow leaf shaped dish, the deep form moulded with veins and a serrated edge, well painted with large flower sprays.
Unmarked, Circa 1765

small chip & associated hairline, the leaf stalk missing but glazed over.

26 x 30 cm

3200

1011435

Rare Bow candlestick group, modeled as a lady & gent in brightly enameled clothes and holding flower baskets, either side of a grotto, containing a cherub s face spouting water into an overflowing basin, the bocage behind supporting a candle sconce, the whole standing on a rococo footed base.

Circa 1765

some minor losses & restorations to bocage, sconce perhaps associated due to gilding, but Bow and of the period.

3950

1011441

Rare Derby figure of Saint Thomas, represented as a barefoot man in Roman dress, a yellow lined turquoise cloak and a flower decorated purple robe, a broken orb and sword at his feet representing the lack of Roman law in his manner of death, on a circular base decorated with rococo scrolls.
Circa 1756

Originally a dry-edge period figure from 1755, this example is from a few years later, from the pale family period C. 1756-9. The finger has a firing flaw, and there is a section of the cloak rim damaged in the firing; perhaps because of this, the figure was sold to an outside decorator, who decorated it in luxury colours, rather than the saintly tones expected for such a religious figure. Bradshaw explains the situation in Derby Porcelain Figures p63; apparently such colourful figures were once identified as King Lear, but a set of pottery versions with original labels show their intended identity. The bright colours therefore show the painters unfamiliarity with the intended subject, hence the conclusion of an outside decorator at work. Religious figures in any early English factory are unusual, and cannot have been popular sellers; perhaps the un-sainting of a figure such as this was intentional, in order to sell an otherwise slow mover .
ref. Bradshaw Derby Porcelain Figures D31 & D32 (also B28 & 29) for illustrations & p29 for a write-up on these interesting figure types.

good condition, some minor faults

26cm high

3900

1011442

Derby figure of The Italian Farmer , shown dressed in splendid floral trousers and a purple coat, a chicken struggling to escape is right arm, his left gripping a cudgel, wearing a turquoise hat with feathers and standing on a rococo scroll base with a tree trunk back.
Circa 1760

head restuck, slight losses

23cm high

1950

1011443

Derby figure of Minerva, modeled standing dressed in Roman attire, a shield with a face to one side above an owl perched on a pile of books, a small bocage to the rear, set on a rococo scroll base, the whole with rich gilt details and bright enamel colours.
Incised No. 258 and an eye shaped repairer s mark, Circa 1790

damages to fingers & bocage

26cm high

2900

1011447

Meissen cup & saucer of unusual petite proportions, each painted with scenes of peasants drinking in rural landscapes, the basket weave border with well painted flower specimens, the inside of the cup with a large flower spray and a wishbone handle.
Circa 1750

saucer chip restored, handle with hairline

saucer 11.5 cm wide

1150

1011450

La Courtille (Locré & Russinger) Paris hardpaste porcelain tureen on integral stand, the cover with a gilt twig & leaf handle, well painted with flower bunches within a gilt dentil rim.
Crossed firebrand mark,
Circa 1780

La Courtille was a factory set up by Locré in 1771, and later included the partner Russinger, hence sometimes called Locré & Russinger. It was set up to make porcelain in the German manner , and was one of the 9 factories allowed to use colour in a special decree of 1784.
ref. Dawson French Porcelain in the British Museum no.250 for a covered bowl with the same handle & gilding, dated to 1775.

26cm wide

1580

1011452

Mennecy Bonbonniére modeled as two pug dogs curled head to toe, wearing a blue and a yellow collar with bells, on a grassy mound, the lid and interior moulded & painted with large flower sprays in bright enamels, the contemporary Paris silver mounts hallmarked for 1750-56.
Circa 1750

ref. Rockerfeller collection, Sothebys, NY, 1980 lot 215 for a similar example

Silver with small areas of wear, very slight wear to enamels on ears.

6cm wide

3450

1011468

Superb Paris Porcelain plate with a central large armorial of a French Duke of the Châlons-en-Champaigne region supported by flanking unicorns, a banner beneath reading AD SIDERA TENTAT (~grasp at the stars), the rim with a turquoise ground well painted with panels of flowers, birds, and a deer, within lavish raised gold flourishes and gold line borders.
Marked in red DEMONT / R.Tarane 3 / PARIS
dating to 1835-42

Provenance: from the estate of the late Prince Hermann of Saxe Wiemar & Eisenach, known as Count Von Ostheim, (1886-1964), descendant of Grand Duke Charles Augustus of Wiemar, and was directly related to Queen Adelaide (1792-1849), wife of William IV

chip repaired to back

23cm wide

1850

1011472

Bow elongated octagonal serving dish, painted in underglaze blue to the center with a Chinese garden containing a peony and a willow tree, the rims with cell pattern reserving panels of stylised foliage on a blue ground, the back with two foliage scrolls.
Circa 1760

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stacking flaws from the kiln, 2 small rim chips

24cm wide

1320

1011492

Documentary Minton charger, painted by J.D. Rochfort with a mother and children in a garden, two swans to one side and a bullfinch in a tree.
Signed & dated Janurary 23rd, 1872.

An inscription to the reverse quotes a verse from the Unpublished + unfinished poems by Hugh Mc Minton . The artist Rochfort is listed as an amateur, and was associated with the Minton Art Pottery Studio, set up for amateurs such as himself to learn and paint high class pottery . The studio began in 1871 in a specially built studio next to the Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London. This was an ideal location, being close to the new South Kensington Museum, later to be called the Victoria & Albert, and regarded as being the world s finest collection of decorative arts, thus providing endless sources of inspiration to the amateur artists.
The manager of the Minton Art Pottery Studio was a member of the Minton family, Hugh McNeile Minton, who was also, according to this charger, an an amateur poet. Rochfort must have been impressed by his manager s poetry - and hopefully Hugh Minton was as impressed by Rochfort s painting!
Provenance: Zetlin collection, US

35cm wide

3450

1011500

London Lambeth delft polychrome plate, painted with a stylised garden scene, after an oriental original, the border with three large flower & rock groups.
Lambeth High Street, William Griffith,
Circa 1755

Provenance: Zetlin collection
ref. V&A delftware B135 for an identical plate

24cm wide

1250

1011505

Wedgwood bust of Robert Stephenson, the famous engineer, shown draped as a classical style bust, mounted on a sockle base.
Impressed JOSIAH WEDGWOOD & SONS/ MARCH 12 1838/ E W. WYON

Edward Wyon was a student at the Royal Academy Schools, and exhibited at the Royal Academy 1831-76, listing busts & medallions. At the Great Exhibition of 1851 he exhibited a Tazza, after the Greek, for the Art Union of London. In the following year he modled a bust of the Duke of Wellington for Wedgwood, the beginning of a relationship that produced over a dozen busts and several Carrara groups.
ref.Reilly Dictionary of Wedgwood p496, illustrated p96
Robert Stephenson (October 16, 1803 October 12, 1859) was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed railway and locomotive engineer; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually joint efforts of father and son.
Provenance: Zetlin collection, US

37cm high

2950

1011520

Bow shaped oval dish, moulded & painted in underglaze blue with fruiting vine branches and scattered insects, with a feathered rim, the back with three sprigs of seaweed , and central imitation four character Chinese marks.
Circa 1765

ref Bow Porcelain - Freeman Collection p78 for a dish with vine moulding and similar insects

wear to raised work, foot hairline, some light staining and minor chips. No restoration.

22cm wide

1680

1011533

Chantilly plate with lobed basket-weave moulded rim, well painted to the center with a flower group and scattered blooms, a life size fly to one side.
Blue hunting horn mark and L ,
also incised hunting horn
Circa 1765

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Chantilly p 276 for a similar plate

30cm

1650

1011534

Chantilly plate, decorated in underglaze blue with a bird perched on a rococo c-scroll, a palm tree above, the rim with a pendant foliage pattern.
Blue horn mark, Circa 1775

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Chantilly p 286 for an identical plate

24cm wide

1950

1011535

Large Chantilly dish of lobed silver shape, painted to the center with a large group of flowers, two further specimens on the rim, and two butterflies and a moth hovering nearby.
Blue hunting horn mark,
Circa 1770

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Chantilly p 276 for a dinner plate with the same decoration

30cm wide

1850

1011536

Chantilly plate with shallow lobed rim moulded with basket weave, painted in underglaze blue with scattered flowers and insects including a tulip.
Blue hunting horn mark and s ,
Circa 1765

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Chantilly p278 for the same decoration; the border on this plate is unusual as it has no breaks in the basket weave near the lobes.

rim chips restored

24cm wide

1250

1011540

Unusual English hexagonal plate, decorated in the Chinese Export manner with a central armorial device consisting of a field of three stars on a blue ground, supported by two lions, a mermaid above the knights helmet at the top, holding a mirror in one hand, a comb in the other, a banner below reading TOUT PREST .
Circa 1820

Once thought to be bow, these interesting plates were English made replacements for a large Chinese export service of the 1750 s.
ref. A Treasury of Bow #110
Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

22cm wide

2450

1011544

Chinese qingbai porcelain bowl of elegant conical form, the thin translucent walls incised with a flower head motif, on a small ring base.
Jingdezhen kilns,
Northern Song dynasty
11th century AD

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
The fineness of the potting and decoration suggest Northern Song as an origin.
Ref. Bright as silver, soft as snow pl 40 for a comparable example, 11th century

small hairlines

17cm wide

1250

1011547

Chinese Tianqiu porcelain vase, of elegant globular form with tall thin neck, glazed in a deep blue/black.
Kanxi,
early 18th century

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. He Li, #553 for a similar example.
This shape symbolizes the unity of the universe - a shape of heaven vase.

small surface scratches

20cm high

3600

1011548

Italian mirror, engraved with a well dressed lady on the reverse, with original mercury silvering and gesso frame with gold leaf.
Early 18th century

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

2850

1011549

Rare German enamel snuff box, decorated on all sides in a trompe l'oeil manner with manuscripts and an almanac dated 1757, including subjects relating to politics and events of the time, naming Frederick II, King of Prussia; The Russian Czar, Peter I; the new European State Secretary; and various histories, the interior lid painted with a sheet of music titled Mennuet .
Circa 1757

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slight cracking & corner bruised

5500

1011554

Chantilly lobed rim plate with basket weave moulded rim, well painted to the center with flower sprays in the Sèvres style, within a brown line rim.
Unusual Green hunting horn mark and monogram CB , also an incised hunting horn.
Circa 1760

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Chantilly p 226 for a similar example

24cm wide

2500

1011555

Chantilly lobed rim plate with basket weave moulded rim, well painted to the center with flower sprays in the Sèvres style, two small winged insects to one side hiding firing flaws, within a brown line rim.
Blue hunting horn mark and G , also an incised hunting horn.
Circa 1760

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Chantilly p 226 for a similar example

small chip under rim

24cm wide

2200

1011556

Chantilly custard cup, well painted with three flower sprays, with an elegant double C handle.
Red hunting horn mark,
also painters mark mB
Circa 1760

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

8.5 cm wide

1250

1011557

Chantilly plate of spiral fluted form with basketweave rim, Painted in enamels with a flower group the the center, four flower specimens to the rim, within a brown line rim.
Red hunting horn mark & the letter C
Circa 1755

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Chantilly p143 for an identical plate, also by the same hand, an artist who used C , also p 135 for a pair of vases. The solid looking rose in particular is peculiar to this artist.

small rim chip, slight wear

23.5cm wide

2450

1011559

Chantilly spiral fluted plate in the kakiemon manner, painted in bright enamels with a banded hedge pattern, a phoenix flying overhead, with various stylised flower heads and bugs on the rim and a brown line edge.
Circa 1745

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

small repaired rim chips

24cm wide

5400

1011561

Unusual English hexagonal plate, decorated in the Chinese Export manner with a central armorial device consisting of a large heart in a rococo cartouche, titled SPERO beneath, a knight s helmet above, a peacock to either side, within a gilt chain border, the rim with scattered flower sprigs.
Circa 1820

A replacement piece for a Chinese Export service of the 1750 s, possibly made at Masons in the 1820 s.
Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

Excellent condition

22cm wide

2850

1011564

Chantilly deep dish with spiral fluted moulding, painted in underglaze blue with an oriental garden scene, later overdecorated with tooled gold, the rim with elaborate wreaths and swags of flowers pendant from large pink bows, well painted in enamel, the rim given a blue and gold dash border and gilt rim.
Gold decorators mark,
Porcelain C. 1760,
decoration later 18th/ early 19th century

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

27cm wide

1250

1011575

Handsome Worcester cup & saucer of ribbed form, painted to the center with an exotic bird within a landscape, the wide blue enamel border with pendant gilt swags of flowers, the scalloped rim with gold line rim.
Circa 1780

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

saucer 13.5cm

1450

1011580

Chinese Yixing red stoneware teapot of globular form, decorated with sprigged prunus blossom, buddhist symbols, and a curious bird, the spout and handle with a silver collar linked to a silver swan knop on the lid.

Circa 1690

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Delft Ceramics at Philadelphia p44 for a similar Dutch example, C. 1700, also John & David Elers

handle restored

14cm wide

1950

1011625

English enamel candle stick & sconce, the silver form with shaped base and baluster stem, with ormalou joints to the stem and a rim to the base, well painted with flower sprigs, the original sconce of scolloped form with further flower sprigs.
Probably Battersea, London,
Circa 1770

small areas of restoration to foot and top of stem only, sconce a possible replacement.

28cm high

1980

1011631

Bow sauceboat with moulded panels, painted with panels of flowers and several plump bugs, the interior with a cell border and flower spray.
Circa 1765

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good condition

20cm wide

1450

1011639

Peking glass vase of baluster form , banded in tones of red and ochre to simulate serpentine stone.
Circa 1900

21cm high

1250

1011659

Meissen plate decorated in rich Imari colours after a Japanese original, the center painted in underglaze blue, iron red and gold with a vase of flowers standing on a low table, the border with four panels of a moth and peony within a shaped reserve on an underglaze blue ground, spaced by a chrysanthemum on a thick gilt ground, the reverse with chrysanthemum branches and a triple blue line to the footrim.
Ornate underglaze blue crossed swords mark,
also K for the decorator Kretschmar

Circa 1740

ref. Hans Syz p193-4 for similar Imari pieces with the K mark

24cm wide

4800

1011660

Sevres plate from the Earl of Leinster service, of gently lobed form, painted by Joseph Chappius to the center with a fishing trophy, comprising of an eel trap, a gaff, seaweed, floats, and a net of pink fish, the rim with a border of flower garlands by Nicolas Bulidon, the edge with moulded feathering picked out in a double border of feathered blue and gold.

Crossed L s mark enclosing V for 1774, also:
cp - Joseph Chappius, painter of birds & flowers (the center)
B.n. - Nicolas Bulidon, painter of garlands
pyramid of dots - uncertain, gilder?
vo - unknown, possible blue feather painter

The family was originally based in a large castle in Maynooth in County Kildare. In later centuries the family owned estates in Waterford with country residence being a Georgian house called Carton House which had replaced the castle in County Kildare. In Dublin, the Earl built a large townhouse residence on the south side of Dublin called Kildare House. When the Earl was awarded a dukedom and became Duke of Leinster, the house was renamed Leinster House. One of its occupants was Lord Edward FitzGerald, who became an icon for Irish nationalism through his involvement with the Irish Rebellion of 1798, which ultimately cost him his life. Leinster House was sold by the Leinsters in the early nineteenth century. After nearly a century as the headquarters of the Royal Dublin Society, which held its famed Spring Show and Horse Show in its grounds, Oireachtas Éireann, the two chamber parliament of the new Irish Free State, rented Leinster House in 1922 to be its temporary parliament house. In 1924 it bought the building for parliamentary use. It has remained the parliament house of the Irish Free State (now called the Republic of Ireland).

The Dukes of Leinster had by the early 20th century lost all their property and wealth. Their Carton House seat was sold (though one of Ireland's most historic buildings with perfectly preserved 18th century grounds, it was controversially turned into a hotel and golf course in the late 1990s by the current owner in an act condemned by environmentalists), as later on was their other residence in Waterford. The family now live in a smaller property in Ramsden, Oxfordshire.

slight wear to trophy and garlands

24cm wide

3400

1011661

Sevres plate from the Earl of Leinster service, of gently lobed form, painted by
Jean-Louis Marin (I) with a gardening trophy, comprised of a knotted red striped scarf containing a group of flowers and a letter sealed with red sealing wax, a straw hat with blue ribbon, a wooden musical wind instrument, and a double bladed scythe, a bird perched on the handle while another flies off with a yellow ribbon attached, the rim with a border of flower garlands by Barré and Jean-Baptiste Tandart l aîné (I), the edge with moulded feathering picked out in a double border of feathered blue and gold.

Crossed L s mark enclosing V for 1774, also;
M - Jean-Louis Marin (I), figures & flowers
- Jean-Baptiste Tandart l aîné (I), flower painter
B - Barré, flowers

slight wear to trophy and garlands

24cm wide

3400

1011662

Sevres plate from the Earl of Leinster service, of gently lobed form, painted by
Joseph Chappuis le jeune (II) with a fishing trophy, comprising of a net full of pink fish and coral, a wicker fish trap, a gaff, and seaweed, the rim with a border of flower garlands by Jean-Jacques Siou l aîné (I) and Henri-Marin Prévost (III), the edge with moulded feathering picked out in a double border of feathered blue and gold.

Crossed L s mark enclosing V for 1774, also:
cp - Joseph Chappuis le jeune (II), trophy painter
O - Jean-Jacques Siou l aîné (I), flowers & borders
HP - Henri-Marin Prévost (III), flower painter
^ - unknown artist

slight wear to trophy and garlands

24cm wide

3400

1011675

Rare set of six Mennecy knife handles, painted in iron red, yellow and blue with a kakiemon style pattern of scrolling foliage, with silver collars and later blades stamped BOOG
Circa 1745

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
Professionally boxed.

Slight flaws

handle 9cm, total 24cm

6400

1011681

Superb Vincennes cup and a similar saucer, painted with birds in flight, a
branch in their beaks, the frame elaborately gilt and tooled with scrolls and lowers, with bleu lapis ground and a gold dentil rim, crossed L s mark and an unknown painters symbol, Circa 1752;
the saucer similarly decorated with birds, with crossed L s enclosing the date letter L for 1764, artist mark CP for Chappuis aîné .

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
Although of different dates, these two pieces complement each other well. The saucer is by one of the best bird painters of Sevres; he is represented in the Queens collection on a pair of Jardinieres (see Eriksen pl139)

saucer 14cm

4900

1011686

Rare pair of Brussels faience money boxes, in the form of elegant shoes, decorated with a raised & painted flower to the flat beneath a blue upper, the inserted leg wearing a quilted yellow stocking with double tassel at the front.
Circa 1760

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

12cm

1950

1011687

Meissen chocolate cup & saucer, superbly painted in the manner of Johann Georg Heintze with a continuous landscape, the cup having travelers on horseback making their way past a village and crossroads with sign, a wide river and quay with shipping at one side, the saucer with five figures making their way to a farmhouse, a castle in the background and a pond in the foreground, all within a double iron red line border, the cup with a wishbone handle.
Crossed swords mark,
gold 3..
Circa 1735

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Wark collection #221 for a very similar cup & saucer by Heintze, and #224 for an example with a scene on the river Elbe, with Meissen to one side. This scene is in the same feel, and judging by the river craft may indeed be another location on the Elbe, the Saxon river responsible for the trade & prosperity of the region.

Minor fault to cup handle base

6900

1011689

Vienna group of a gallant and lady, she dressed in a blue & yellow bodice and wide flowery skirt with bright yellow petticoat, blue shoes on her feet, he in a pink jacket and pants, his green hat under his arm, standing on a flower strewn grassy mound with tree trunk supporting the skirt, the white band with a gilt C-scroll border.
Underglaze blue shield mark,
reverse with impressed O
Circa 1765

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

Ref. Christies London Feb 25 2005 for a similar group with the same impressed O

Superb condition, minor original firing flaws visible underneath, with no restorations or losses.

9500

1011690

Sevres cup & saucer, superbly painted with large panels of cherubs, the cup with three cherubs and a goat, the saucer with three and a sheep, within tooled gold borders on a mustard ground, the rim with a wide border of oak leaves and acorns in tooled gold.

Porcelain 18th century,
Crossed L s mark,
also CC for 1780,
but decorated 19th century

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

saucer 15cm wide

4900

1011699

Large English delft charger, well painted in red, blue and green with a large chinoiserie depicting a lady with a fan and flower standing in a fenced garden, the rim with panels of flowers on a cell pattern ground.
Probably Bristol, Circa 1740

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

rim chips restored

33.5cm across

2450

1011702

Worcester fluted coffee cup & saucer, richly decorated in the Queens Pattern with kakiemon palette flower panels between underglaze blue reserves, within a gilt line rim.
Hatched square mark,
Circa 1770

Provenance: The Antique
Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Sandon Worcester Porcelain p273 for a similar example

saucer hairline

1250

1011703

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. Sandon Worcester Porcelain p273 for a similar example

suacer 13.5cm

1780

1011704

Worcester saucer dish of deep form, painted in the kakiemon palette with Japanese gardens, the center with a wicker basket of flowers and an insect, all on a scale blue ground within ornate gilt rococo frames.
Hatched square mark,
Circa 1770

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

19cm wide

1450

1011705

Meissen tea caddy of square form, painted in underglaze blue with the fels und vogel (bird & rock) pattern, with stylised flowers to the sides and top.
Unmarked,
Circa 1725-30

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

ref. Wark collection #82 for an almost identical example, C. 1725-30. The absence of a mark on this piece puts it in the earliest period, with the same pattern being used up to the 1750 s and beyond.

missing lid, otherwise excellent

5 x 9 x 8.5cm , neck .8cm

3400

1011706

Rare small Meissen cup & saucer, the outside moulded with ribs and glazed in a celadon straw glaze, the insides with groups of Chinese style flowers around a single bloom within double ring border, the rims with fret and flowerhead panel patterns.
Crossed swords mark,
also painters mark J

Circa 1735

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

ref. Wark Collection #247 for several examples, although normal sized.
For the letter J , see #77, #92,

excellent condition

saucer 10cm , cup 4cm high

2350

1011710

Sèvres cup & saucer, the 18th century porcelain later decorated in the Sevres factory style with fine flowers and gilt leaf & flower borders, within bleu lapis ground borders and a gilt dentil rim.
Spurious crossed L marks,
The porcelain 18th century,
the decoration earlier 19th century.

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

1350

1011713

Vienna trembleuse beaker & saucer, well painted with large flower groups and scattered specimens, the saucer with a high pierced cage.
Underglaze blue shield mark,
also 40 and P decorators mark,
impressed modelers mark,
Circa 1765

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

saucer 14cm wide

1450

1011714

Unusual Mennecy jug, of elegant baluster form with shaped lip, the handle and three legs moulded as twigs and painted green, the jug with large flower groups within a pink line rim.
Incised D.V.
Circa 1765

An unusual shape probably taken from a Sèvres model
Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

leg re-stuck

10.5cm high

1250

1011716

Sèvres sucrier & cover, superbly painted with laurel swags pendant from a wide border of blue ovals cross-hatched in gold and stylised flower heads, reserved in a gold cross-hatched ground, the lower body with blue ground painted with a pattern of circles of blue dots around a gold dot, known as partridge eye , the rim with a gold dentil border, the lid with similar decoration and a large well modelled chrysanthemum knop in pink, with gold leaves.
Crossed L s mark, triangle painters mark for Antoine Capelle
Circa 1755

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

excellent condition

10cm high

2750

1011725

Mennecy jug of large baluster form, well painted with flower sprays, the lid mounted with a silver hinge and shell shaped thumb piece, the spot and elegant scrolled handle with pink feathering.
Circa 1760

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

lid chip

19cm high

3450

1011728

Orléans porcelain group of two naked children, one with a bottle in one hand, passing a cup to the other, both sitting on a base of octagonal form, extending to a solid octagonal high plinth of baluster profile.
Incised mark to base P
Circa 1760

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

one arm re-stuck

13cm high

2650

1011732

George I oak side table, standing on cabriole legs, the rear legs turned, with single drawer and shaped apron.
Circa 1730 & later

later alterations & additions

63x42 cm
71cm high

1850

1011734

Pair of mahogany Hepplewhite chairs, the elegant shield shaped back with splats and carving.
Circa 1790

2950

1011735

Regency mahogany oval breakfast table, the oval top on turned column base with four reeded feet, with brass toes & castors.
Circa 1820

4500

1011739

Dutch black lacquer hanging corner cupboard, the curved doors decorated in flamboyant Chinoiserie buildings and figures, with a distinct European feel including a church, standing on later feet.
Circa 1740

cleaned & restored

114cm inc. stand

3800

1011743

Handsome oak gateleg table, the oval top on turned column legs, a drawer to one end with original iron handle, good original patina throughout.
Circa 1740

Good patination, many signs of use....... very usable

top 125cm x 172cm, 78cm high

4400

1011746

George III oak tilt-top tea table, on a turned column with tripod feet, with handsome original patination.
Circa 1760

Well patinated, the boards slightly warped and with immense character, the underside with extensive marks from a sewing clamp tool and embedded tack heads.

top 72cm

2450

1011747

George III mahogany tilt-top tea table, on a gunbarrel column with tripod feet.
Circa 1770

top 81cm; 71cm high

3450

1011753

George III mahogany tea table, the tilt top supported on a birdcage, with turned column
and tripod feet.
Circa 1780

slight restorations

top 81cm; 71cm high

3400

1011759

George III mahogany secretaire bookcase, with crossbanding and stringing,the astragal glazed doors above a secretaire drawer fitted with arcaded pigeon holes and drawers, with three further drawers below and standing on elegant French foot.
Circa 1795

99cm wide, 53cm deep, 201cm high

6900

1011762

Late Georgian mahogany gaming table, the fold over top with circular felt surface and four guinea wells, the top revolving to reveal storage, on turned legs and castors.
Circa 1830

felt worn

1850

1011774

Pair of Spanish elm chairs, with shaped stretcher and upholstered and with early tooled
leather seats.
Mid 17th century

4650

1011776

George III mahogany secretaire bookcase, the astragal glazed doors below a broken pediment, the fall front fitted with pigeon holes and drawers, above five drawers, standing on bracket feet.
Circa 1780

re-polished, handles replaced in the style

9600

1011777

George III mahogany fall front bureau, the interior fitted with drawers & pigeon holes, four drawers down the front, on bracket feet.
Circa 1780

90cm wide, 54cm deep, 107cm high

2800

1011785

Elegant pair of George III Hepplewhite chairs, the shield shaped back with pierced splat with central carved classical floral motif, the seat with a bow front.
Circa 1785

1950

1011788

English oak coffer, the front well carved with three panels of tulip flowers below a scrolling tulip frieze, the lock plate with the initials E F , with panelled
sides and top.
Circa 1680

68cm high, 128cm wide, 55cm

4800

1011790

Fine quality Louis XV style Vitrine table, the top with beveled glass framed with ormolu edge and kingwood frame with marquetry flowers, the cabriole legs with ormalou mounts.
Circa 1880

80 x 50 cm, 75cm high

4650

1011791

Regency style mahogany twin pedestal dining table, the top with one large leaf, on turned columns and reeded tripod legs and brass lions-paw castors.
Early 20th century

2750

1011792

George II oak drop leaf table, the oval top on cabriole legs
with pad feet.
Circa 1740

repairs around hnges; nice patination

117 x 113 cm, 70cm high

1850

1011793

Oak mule chest, of paneled construction with plain top, the front with six chamfered panels, the lower two as drawers, with 18th century hardware.
Circa 1700

4800

1011794

George II faded mahogany gateleg table, the unusual round top on cabriole legs with pad foot.
Circa 1740

top 96 x 98cm, 70cm high

2950

1011795

Pair of mahogany hanging shelves, in the Georgian manner.
Circa 1900

1450

1011800

George III mahogany bow front chest, with five cock beaded drawers above a shaped apron, on a French foot, the
brasses old replacements.
Circa 1790

Good, some small restorations to the veneer

top 106x53 cm
105cm high

3400

1011801

Pair of Windsor elm scroll backarm chairs, the solid seat with shaped rail and turned legs.
Impressed makers mark JM
Oxfordshire,
Circa 1850

ref. The English Regional Chair p 81 for the 1849 catalogue of William Skull of High Wycombe, which illustrates this exact design.

1850

1011806

Sèvres plateau quarré (square tray), the rectangular form with angled sides and small square feet, well painted in crimson monotone with two artistic putti, one with a painting and paintbrush representing Painting , the other with a small figure representing Sculpture , the rim with a simple gold line and dentil border.
Marks - crossed L s
date letter F for 1758,
XX - painters mark for Alexandre Rocher

While pieces with white ground like this were probably popular, it is rare to find them today as they were perfect for later enhancers to add a ground colour, such as bleu celeste, and lots of gilding & flowers, and therefore increase the desirability and price dramatically. This piece probably escaped such a fate due to the broken foot.
ref. Eriksen p.305 #116 for an identical form, originating in 1753 and often sold with a cup & a saucer as a déjeuners quarrés (square breakfast sets)

foot restored

24cm wide

2450

1011807

Rare Worcester fluted cream jug, of Red Line Group type, painted in Queens Pattern with panels of kakiemon style flowers between reserves of underglaze blue with reserved flowerhead motif.
Hatched square mark,
the porcelain circa 1765,
the decoration slightly later

ref. Marshal Coloured Worcester Porcelain pl 22 #421 for the scarce form; neither the Zorensky or Sandon s Dictionary of Worcester show an example of this elegant form, making it rare indeed. See Sandon p 275 for Red Line Group discussion; Zorensky p.358 & #461 for very similar decoration, also The Bowles Collection #145 for an identical example.

small chip restored to lip

9cm high

2850

1011812

Girl-in-a-swing (St James s) scent bottle modelled as a seated Columbine being approached by Harlequin from around a leafy tree, he in a mask and with an open melon, she holding a bottle & raising a glass to him, a swimming swan as the stopper in the silver gilt mounts, on a grassy mound base, with flowers within a gild dentil border to the underside.
Circa 1755

Ref. Chelsea Toys pl 25 no. 4

11500

1011814

Chinese blanc-de-chine figure of Budai, the Laughing Buddha , shown seated facing right with disheveled robes and leaning on his cloth bag, a content grin to his face.
18th century

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17cm wide, 15cm high

1480

1011819

Sèvres barrel shaped mug of small size, painted by Theodore Buteuz with three large sprigs of flowers, the double ridge at foot and rim picked out in blue with gold slashes, the rim with a gold dentil border.
Mark: crossed L s in black,
date letter V for 1774,
.... - for Theodore Buteux

good condition

7cm high

1950

1011820

Ancient Egyptian carved wood model of a foot, complete with a sandal with strap between the two largest toes, the flesh picked out in skin toned ochre, the toenails in white with a black surrounding line.
Late period, 700 - 300 BC

Purchased Bonhams, London, 2001, from an Old English collection. Probably from an almost lifesize wood statue.

damage to central part of foot, some losses

23 x 10 cm

1450

1011825

Bow figure of Ceres, representing Earth, modeled as a maiden with an overflowing cornucopia and an inquisitive Lion at her feet, her cloak in purple with a yellow lining, her dress well painted with puce flowers, an enamel flower at her feet.
Circa 1758

firing flaw to hair, arm re-stuck, no other restoration

20cm high

2450

1011827

Pair of Niderviller biscuit figures of children, he modeled standing with one foot resting on a box, she leaning on a large trunk, on circular plinth bases.
Impressed Niderviller and crossed C s under a crown (for Count Philibert de Custine, General of the Royal Army, used 1774-1789)
Circa 1785

1950

1011830

Stunning English enamel box of large proportions, well painted with fanciful pastrol scenes of shepherds and fishermen in fantastical ruinous landscapes, with various goats, sheep and cows scattered about, swans on the water, and ruined temples including pyramids in the background, with gilt metal frames and catch.
Battersea, London
Circa 1760

slight bruise to front corner, otherwise excellent condition

8900

1011832

Sèvres plate, superbly painted by /////// with a large group of flowers to the center, the green ground border with three further flower groups within rococo palm leaf borders and a continuous flower garland.

This plate is apparently from an important Royal service, made for the Royal family of Rome. The service can be seen in the Quirinal Palace, Rome, three cheese dishes are in the Pitti palace,
and a plate is in the
British Museum, London.

ref. Dawson, French Porcelain in the British Museum #111

25cm wide

3800

1011835

George III Chippendale mahogany chair with elaborate pierced splat and shaped rail, with drop-in leather seat.
Circa 1780

1450

1011838

Vienna coffee cup & saucer, well painted en grasaille with figures in an Italian style country scene, a puce dentil border to the rim.
Blue shield mark, also impressed 84
Circa 1785

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

14cm wide

1650

1011839

Frankenthal tea cup & saucer, painted en grasaille with a panel of figures in a landscape, the saucer with a large Italian style manor house, within a wide gold line and linked chain border, the rim with flower sprigs and a double gold line border.
Mark - CJ monogram beneath a crown,
for the elector Carl Theodore, 1762-70
Circa 1765

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY

saucer 14cm

1450

1011841

Chelsea seal, modeled as a gent in a red coat and yellow trousers, a tricorn hat on his head, standing on a grassy mound, the base set with a cut red stone with the profile head of Shakespeare.
Circa 1755

enamels worn

less than 2.5cm

1580

1011846

Girl-in-a-Swing (St James s) seal, modeled as a fable group of a goat eating grapes, a sprig of flowers to the domed base, mounted in gold with a bloodstone seal of a classical head in profile.
Circa 1750 - 55

less than 2.5cm

2200

1011848

Girl-in-a-Swing (St James s) seal, modeled as a pug dog with a yellow bow around its neck, an inscription in red to the base reading JE SUIS FIDELLE
(I am faithful), with original gold mounts and shaped suspension loop, inset to the base with a red stone cut with a double headed flower, inscriped
FLEVR D AMOUR (flower of love).
Circa 1750 - 55

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less than 2.5cm

2200

1011866

Rare pair of Derby gold finches, modeled seated on tree trunks
encrusted with colourful flowers & leaves.
Unmarked,
Circa 1765

losses & extensive restorations.

7cm high

1950

1011870

Mennecy biscuit figure group, with a lady placing flowers on the head of a gent, who sits on a rock playing a flute, a tree to the rear, the oval mound they sit on with applied flowers and grass, set on a high plinth base with applied laurel swags pendant from ribbons and studs.
Unmarked,
Circa 1770

Provenance: The Antique Porcelain Company, NY
ref. French Porcelain Society Journal Vol. 1 p 68 for a discussion on these pieces, where Aileen Dawson attributes the work to Jean-Baptiste Mo.

slight losses & restorations

24cm high

3450

1011874

Spanish elm chair with shaped stretcher and upholstered and with early tooled leather seats.
Mid 17th century

1850

1011875

George III mahogany armchair, the wheatsheaf back with pierced splat, on reeded legs.
Circa 1785

1450

1011876

George III mahogany armchair, the wheatsheaf back with pierced splat, on reeded legs.
Circa 1785

1250

1011877

George III mahogany Hepplewhite armchair, the shield shaped back with pierced vase shaped splat, on reeded legs.
Circa 1790

1450

1011878

Set of 6 George III mahogany Hepplewhite chairs, the slatted back carved with Neoclassical motifs including palmettes and bellflowers, on reeded legs.
Consisting of: Armchair & 5 chairs
Circa 1790

90cm high

4650

1011891

Rare large stirrup cup in the from of a horses head, with details in enamels such as flowing black mane and red mouth.
Circa 1820

A stirrup cup was used to drink a hunting toast from horseback, before the hunt began. Most are either fox, or hound-head shaped, the horse being a rarity.

minor hairline beneath the mane

14cm high

1680

1011894

Chantilly serving dish, the high walled oval body with elaborate scrolling foliage piercing, the outside edges outlined in blue, the reserve and inside painted with stylized flower sprigs.
Blue hunting horn mark, also L
Circa 1770

slight restorations

28cm wide; 8cm high

1980

1011895

Chantilly serving dish, the high walled circular body with elaborate scrolling foliage piercing, the outside edges outlined in blue, the reserve and inside painted with stylized flower sprigs.
Blue hunting horn mark (smudged)
Circa 1770

slight restorations

25cm wide, 7.5 cm high

1980

1011899

Derby sauceboat, the deep body moulded with overlapping leaves and with arched twig handle, applied with flowers and leaves, a large bud to one side, well painted with scattered flowers by the Cotton Stem Painter , the rim and handle picked out in green and puce.
Circa 1760

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handle restored, minor lip wear.

18cm wide

2650

1011900

Rare Georgian glass tankard, the baluster shaped body on slightly domed spreading foot, a ribbed section above, with elegant strap handle.
Circa 1780

excellent condition

1450

English Georgian Glass

1011903

Meissen double scent bottle modeled by Kaendler as a monk in brown robes, a basket of eggs in one hand, a goose in the other, a sheaf of wheat across his back with a hidden woman, with scrolling flowers painted to the underside.
Circa 1765

wheat stopper restored, other minor restoration

8.5cm high

4800

1011907

Chinese pottery Hill Censor, modeled after a bronze form with the lid as a mountain with various wild beasts roaming its peaks, the sides moulded in relief with lions head and ring handles, wave patterns, and several striding felines, standing on three zoomorphic feet modeled as bears .
Eastern Han dynasty, 25-220 AD

refer Spirit of Han p 126 for similar example

The feet on thi s vessel are sometimes called bear feet, but the animal is much more rodent-like - perhaps intended as a pun, as the granary was raised on feet in order
to keep rodents out....

28cm high, 21cm wide

5400

1011909

Dutch Delft Orangist portrait plate, painted with a profile of Prince Willem V of Orange (1748-1806), within a rococo scroll and flanked by branches bearing oranges, the rim with a patriotic orange/yellow/blue border.
Inscribed PW/D5 (Prince William the fifth), also a lengthy inscription to the upper front and the back.
Circa 1780

23cm wide

1450

1011910

Early Meissen Böttger porcelain teabowl, painted in the workshop of the Hausmaler Dannhofer, Bayreuth, with an oriental gentleman conversing with a crane, within fanciful stylised gardens with feathery trees and protruding rocks, the inside with a gold scroll & flower border distinctive to Bayreuth.
Porcelain C.1715-20, decoration C. 1720

small chip restored

4800

1011917

Meissen blanc-de-chine cup & saucer, moulded with sprigs of prunus blossom, the cup with an elaborate double-wishbone handle.
Crossed swords mark,
cup impressed 8 ,
saucer impressed 2

Circa 1740

excellent condition

2250

1011922

Frankfurt fayence charger, decorated in the Kraak style after Ming porcelain of the Wanli / transitional period, the center with a large landscape and figures carrying banners, the borders with four panels of figures in landscapes between panels of stylised flowers.

Circa 1690

ref. Frankfurter Fayencen aus der Zeit des Barock , p 130 for a similar example.

Good condition, minor glaze loss to rim only

33cm

2450

1011923

French enamel box with silver mounts, superbly painted with panels of figures in landscapes in the Meissen manner, the interior with a sailing ship and landscape in purple, the ground with alternating blue and purple trellis pattern enclosing purple dots, within raised gold-work foliate borders.
Silver mounts hallmarked for Paris, 1750-56
Circa 1755

slight flaws

9 x 5 cm, 4cm high

2450

1011924

Rare English enamel box in the form of a walnut, the realistically moulded shell painted with veining, a circular print to the top showing a sailboat and inscribed A Ramsgate Gift
Circa 1800

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small flaws

1450

1011929

Meissen cup & saucer, decorated in underglaze blue with the fels und vogel (bird & rock) pattern, within a double line frame and egg & dart border, the cup with an elaborate double-wishbone handle.
Crossed swords mark,
cup with a dot and 4 ,
saucer with an * painters marks

Circa 1740

excellent condition

saucer 13cm wide

2250

1011932

Bow octagonal plate, painted in the Kakiemon palette with a version of the Quail pattern, within an iron red foliage border with gilt flower heads.
Circa 1755

slight wear

22.5cm

2750

1011935

Unusual Derby vase of flared conical form, with two acanthus scroll handles to either side, well painted in the manner of William Billingsley with a band of rose heads within gilt line borders, a gilt band of berry and leaf to the rim, a meandering flowering vine to the body, standing on a spreading foot.
Puce mark,
also * inscribed for repairer Isaac Farnsworth,
and N77 inscribed
Circa 1795

ref. Twitchet p252 for a similar pair

restored chips to base and rim

12cm high

1250

1011936

Original Grand Tour oil-on-board capriccio of figures examining the Roman Forum, the Colosseum visible in the background, in an ebonised gilt frame.
20th century

frame 54 x 64 cm

1450

1011959

Rare Meissen spice box, the oval body and lid ribbed, painted in underglaze blue with a Japanese style flower pattern, including several lively insects, within a lotus petal border containing alternating scrolls and flowerheads, the knop moulded as an artichoke, the twin handles with scrolled terminals, and standing on six lions paw feet.
Underglaze blue crossed swords mark,
also B in underglaze blue
Circa 1735

ref. Syze collection #151 Circa 1730-35, also Jedding Meissener Porzeellan #63 same date, both with plain bodies. An almost identical example of shape and decoration can be seen in the Dresden Collection, Inv. no. P.E. 2265 a/b, also Circa 1730-35.

chip & hairline from rim

16cm wide

5900

1011964

Important Sèvres dinner plate, from a service commissioned by Prince Napoleon, 1856, the center with a dionysiac scene in the Pompeian manner, with a leaping leopard above a marble slab, on which stands various ancient drinking vessels, including a horn, a gold kylix, and a silver kantharos, alongside a branch of fruiting vine, a thyrsus with two blue ribbons further emphasising the dianysiac theme; all set on a Pompeian Red ground, within elaborate borders including a honeysuckle motif in gold with four white flower motifs.
Date code for 1854,
crowned N in red for Napoleon

ref. Dawson French Porcelain #189 for another example of this exact scene, in the British Museum, also 1854 production.

restored rim section

6450

1011973

Derby bell shaped mug, well painted with flower sprays and sprigs in the manner of Edward Withers, the rim picked out in brownish red, with several flowering flaws disguised beneath leaves.
Unmarked,
Circa 1770

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15cm high

2350

1011974

Rare pair of Derby religious figures, of a Nun and a Friar, each seated on a studded turquoise stool, dressed in brown habit and reading from a large red covered book.
Circa 1760

slight flaws

14cm high

2750

1011982

Large early 19th century Staffordshire group titled Shepherd , he playing an instrument while she covers her ear, shown seated on a grassy mound with a dog, a goat and a sheep, set on a square plinth base.

Circa 1800

30cm high

1450

1011988

Pair of Samson of Paris candlestick figures in the Chelsea style, with a lady and gent by a flower encrusted trunk, supporting a candle sconce, on rococo
scroll bases.
Marked with crossed
S s in gold,
for Samson
late 19th century

good condition

26cm high

1450

1011997

Biedermeier mahogany cabinet, the serpentine front with single drawer above double doors, standing on tall cabriole legs,
with a marble top.
Circa 1820

74cm x 52cm, 78cm high

1650

1012020

Rare painted wood female shabti figure, with painted red face and and arms, holding a pair of hoes, a seed bag to the rear, their white painted bodies with a central vertical panel of hieroglyphic text on a yellow ground.
Ramesside period, 19th - 20th Dynasties
Circa 1295-1070 BC

The inscription includes Recitation of the Osirid , and includes the name of this important female,
probably a priestess.

Provenance: old English collection, purchased London, 1997

2950

1012021

Splendid cutlery setting for eight, the Meissen porcelain handles painted in purple with an Indian pattern with gilt highlights, with German silver ferrel and shapely original steel blades, inscribed LEHMANN / MEISSEN.
Circa 1780

excellent usable condition

knife 20.5 cm

4900

1012025

Rare Chelsea Kakiemon dish, the decagonal shape with an upturned lip, well painted with two spiky-tailed birds and a tree behind a banded hedge, within an iron red border of scrolling flowers with gold highlights.
Unmarked, Circa 1752-54

ref. Porcelain for Palaces no. 329 for the same dish, C. 1752-54

slight wear to enamels, rim chip restored

21cm wide

3650

1012026

Rare Chinese export plate with pierced rim and unusual overlapping leaf edge, painted in Europe to the center with a series of plants in iron red reserves, on an iron red ground of unusual receding square cells with subtle Chinese figures in gold, the rim with the frets outlined, with three large flowerheads in reserve, one covering a ground-out armorial device.
Circa 1750

This interesting piece has been an order from China for a European family, but has either been rejected or not claimed; a European decorator has then ground off the armorials and re-decorated the entire piece, circa 1750.

excellent condition

22cm wide

1450

1012027

Chinese export armorial plate, well painted to the center with the arms of Newton, with crossed bones supporting a shield, reserved on a shaped black ground, a crowned Negro presenting a sword above and a finely painted wreath of fruit, flowers and birds, the rim with three well detailed specimens in gilt, including an orchid, bamboo, and a hand-of-Buddha tree branch.
Circa 1750

Provenance: ex - Helena Woolworth McCann collection (now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan, New York)

wear to gilding, star to base

23cm wide

1450

1012115

Early Pratt-type candlestick group, the classical column support on a square plinth base with a brightly enameled panel depicting Plenty , flanked to either side by female figures depicting Flora and a muse with a lyre, on a square stepped plinth base outlined in blue.
Impressed 18 to base
Circa 1800

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good condition; hole near muse

27.5cm high

1950

1012119

Rare pair of Bow figures depicting Harlequin and Columbine, modelled as two children in green hats striking dramatic poses with slapsticks, he with a colourful chequered jacket and trousers, she with a single sleeve chequered and a flowery skirt, both on tall mounds with rococo scroll base.
Circa 1764

ref. Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures pl.196 (C5), Children in masquerade as Arlecchino and Columbina, C. 1765, with bocage, also (B6) not illustrated, for the slightly earlier version; pl.72 shows a similar high base form.

restorations to both figures

3950

1012174

Rare Longton Hall leaf shaped dish with stalk handle, painted by the Trembly Rose painter with a central bunch of flowers and scattered specimens, the underside moulded with ribbing, the handle enameled in green, and the rim with a brown line.
Circa 1760

handle repaired

13.5cm wide

1950

1012175

Chelsea red anchor double handled cup, superbly painted with two exotic birds in a leafy setting, the rear with a scattering of lively bugs.
Red anchor mark,
Circa 1755

Several small hairlines, 3 to the rim, one to the foot. No restoration.

10cm

1850

1012176

Derby figure of a Ranelagh Dancer , standing with his right hand on his hip, his left extended, in a tricorn hat, a flowery waistcoat probably painted by the Cotton Stem painter, his yellow shoes with large pink bows, standing on a rococo scroll base with tree trunk and flowers.
Circa 1765

ref. Bradshaw Derby Porcelain Figures p97-98 for the figure & p86 for its history; the model was taken from prints showing the festivals in the Ranelagh Gardens, Vauxhall, to commemorate the birthday of the Prince of Wales, 24 May 1759.

head restored

28cm high

2250

Australiana all categories

1012193

Rare Victorian painted silhouette of a three-masted bark, very accurately depicted and complete with figures of sailors, in a black period frame.
19th century

28 x 23.5 cm frame

1250

Silhouettes & Portraits

1012200

Rare early Australian Cedar terrarium, with octagonal arcaded glass sides and low plinth base on short feet.
Circa 1865

A terrarium was a Victorian invention, and sits alongside an aquarium (water) and avarium (air/birds), coming from the word terra (earth) and intended to hold special plants.

1650

1012201

Francis Cotes, R.A.
Portrait of Alice Blair Gaft Johnston, shown in quarter length with a blue silk dress and golden shawl, a gold silk bow with pendant string of pearls trailing around her waist, a further golden bow on her sleeve.
Pastel on canvas,
Signed & dated mid left
FC / 1751

in a period 18th century carved foliate frame (probably original)

Provenance: estate of Foy Casper (1939-2003, chief art conservator Chrysler Museum USA)

Francis Cotes (1726-1770) began as a miniature painter, and soon came to be a prominent portrait painter amongst the aristocracy of England. He vied with the likes of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) and Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) to become the most sought-after professional portrait painter of his generation. He tragically died in 1770 after drinking a toxic concoction intended to dissolve his troublesome gall stones.
He is represented in major collections around the world, such as the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Tate, London. The Tate s Portrait of a Lady (1768) has the same signature FC monogram as this work, and the 1768 date coincides with his part in the founding of the Royal Academy in that year.

15500

1012202

Chinese reverse-glass painting, well painted with a court scene, showing court ladies with a young male prince, who has Guan Yu (God of Warfare and Literature) standing at his side, instructing him as he lines up an arrow with a bird on a silk screen, in its original frame.
19th century

This is possibly a representation of the young emperor Tongzhi (1856- 75), who came to the throne in 1861 at the age of five, and died in 1875.

Excellent condition

5900

1012210

Original Japanese woodblock print, by Kunichika (1835 - 1900),
of a scene with actors on a red ground.
Late 19th century

1150

Artwork prints

1012211

Original Japanese woodblock print, by Kunichika (1835 - 1900),
of a scene with actors on a blue ground.
Late 19th century

1150

Artwork prints

1012239

Rare Liverpool teapot, by Philip Christian & Co., the fluted body boldly painted with flower sprays beneath a broad collar of underglaze blue with gold highlights forming a Cracked Ice pattern, the lid with similar decoration around a moulded rose flower knop, with an iron red starburst detail to the spout and ribbed handle.
Unmarked,
Circa 1770

chips to spout, losses to flower knop

20cm wide, spout-to-handle

2650

1012238

Bow figure of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, shown semi-clad standing in a rocky landscape clasping a flaming urn, a burst of flame to one side containing a phoenix head emerging from the flames, on an elaborate rococo scroll base.
Marked to the back with an anchor & dagger,
Circa 1765

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This rather feminine looking figure is sometimes refered to as Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth; but as this figure is grouped with Neptune (water), Ceres (earth) and Juno (air), he is undoubtedly Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, and often associated with the phoenix bird which re-generated in the fire.
ref. Bradshaw Bow Porcelain Figures pl 204 for an illustration of this figure.

24cm high

2580

1012250

Rare Derby religious figure of the Apostle Saint Philip, represented as a barefoot man in long flowing cloak, an ermine- lined purple cloak and a flower decorated undershirt, a basket of purple bread spilling out to one side, on a circular base decorated with rococo scrolls.
Circa 1756

Saint Thomas was one of the twelve apostles, and the basket at his feet represents the miracle of the loaves & fishes.
Originally a dry-edge period figure from 1755, this example is from a few years later, from the pale family period C. 1756-9. The fingers probably had a firing flaw, and there is a section of the cloak rim damaged in the firing; perhaps because of this, the figure was sold to an outside decorator, who decorated it in luxury colours, rather than the saintly tones expected for such a religious figure. Bradshaw explains the situation in Derby Porcelain Figures p63; apparently such colourful figures were once identified as King Lear, but a set of pottery versions with original labels show their intended identity. The bright colours therefore show the painters unfamiliarity with the intended subject, hence the conclusion of an outside decorator at work. Religious figures in any early English factory are unusual, and cannot have been popular sellers; perhaps the un-sainting of a figure such as this was intentional, in order to sell an otherwise slow mover .
ref. Bradshaw Derby Porcelain Figures D31 & D32 (also B28 & 29) for illustrations & p29 for a write-up on these interesting figure types.

both hands with fingers restored; right arm re-stuck at elbow; otherwise good.

23cm high

3900

1012254

Rare English pearlware Nightwatchman character jug, modeled as an elderly gent in a long coat, seated on an ornate Georgian chair, his wide brim hat on his lap, a lantern resting on the ground before him, set on a low plinth base.
Circa 1800

old restoration to base

23.5cm high

1450

1012271

Interesting set of four carved oak panels, each of a lady representing a virtue, Faith with a broken pillar, Hope with an anchor and falcon, and Charity with children.
Continental, 17th century

Originally part of a piece of furniture, or a panelled room.

each ~ 16x14cm

1250

1012304

Swansea pearlware centerpiece, well painted by Thomas Pardoe after a botanical illustration by Curtis, with three life size specimen flowers, titled to the back in red script Ladies Slipper , Great Flowerd Bell Flower , and Perennial Sun Flower , the rim with a
simple brown line.
Unmarked, Haynes, Dillwyn & Co period,
1802-10

ref. Nance, The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw 1942 pl XL for similar wares by Pardoe, and pl XLI C for some identical examples.

minor retouching to leaves

28.5cm wide

1650

1012308

Pair of Derby figures, from the French Seasons set, with Spring modeled as a boy in a cap with a pouch and flask at his side, Autumn as a girl with a basket of grapes, both on scrolling
pierced plinths.
Unmarked, with patch marks to the base,
Circa 1780

ref. Bradshaw Derby Porcelain Figures No. 123 for the set, factory record 123, made in four sizes of which these are the smallest. They were taken from a series of 8 made at the Tournai factory in France, in the 1760 s, modelled by N.J.F. Gauron, who based his designs on Boucher prints.

both restored, he with his hat and bocage, she with her neck and basket handle, also a chip to the back base scrolls restored.

18cm high

1950