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ALBERT AMOR LTD.
ALBERT AMOR LTD. AUTUMN 2013 37 Bury Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6AU Telephone: 0207 930 2444 Fax: 0207 930 9067 ALBERT AMOR LTD. AUTUMN 2013 Detail: No.69 A Spectacular Derby a campana shaped vase. FOREWORD Our Autumn Catalogue 2013 is designed to give a flavour of the acquisitions we have made in recent months. During this period we have, as in past years, been fortunate to acquire both privately and at auction a varied and I hope interesting group of pieces, many having passed through our hands in the past. This catalogue is particularly rich in fine teapots, many from the collection of the late Sidney M Arenburg, and acquired from Albert Amor in the 1970s and 1980s. Of particular note are the very fine early Worcester blue and white ‘Indian Fisherman’ pattern teapot, no 1 in this catalogue, and formerly exhibited here in the Paul B Zeisler Jr Collection in 1986, a good Lowestoft blue and white teapot and a rare Vauxhall example. Polychrome decorated teapots from the collection include a particularly brightly enamelled Bow example, no 27, and a number of good Worcester teapots, including number 50, beautifully decorated with a dragonfly amongst the flowers. Chelsea in this catalogue includes both a cauliflower and an asparagus tureen – both classic examples of the factory output in the mid 1750’s, a large sunflower dish particularly brightly decorated, and a fine vase and chocolate cup and saucer, with Meissen inspired decoration. Figures from Bow, Chelsea and Derby are also well represented, with a number of variants of Bow figures of Harlequin and Columbine, a fine Bow figure of Neptune, especially well modelled and coloured, and a pair of Chelsea Gold Anchor period candlestick groups representing the Seasons. Worcester with polychrome decoration includes a rare flower tub and cover, formerly in the Zorensky Collection, a good Giles decorated pink scale bordered plate, and two fine large cylindrical mugs painted with exotic birds on a blue scale ground. We also show a pair of Worcester fruit coolers, covers and liners decorated in the Hop Trellis pattern, which we last exhibited at the much lamented Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair in 2009. To date no comparable pair has been recorded, and the quality of the decoration is superb. Later porcelains feature a good Flight and Barr Worcester mug, very finely painted with a named view of Blenheim Palace, a fine Chamberlain’s Worcester dish and two plates from the Goold Service, and an interesting figure of a young man, in the white, as yet by an unidentified factory. We also show a spectacular Derby large campana shaped vase, with the very best factory flower and landscape painting from this period. Continental pieces include a fine and rare Mennecy teapot, in the white, with very detailed applied decoration, and contemporary French silver mounts, and a large early 19th century Sevres ormolu mounted group of Venus bathing. Many collectors will remember the Albert Amor Exhibition in 1977 of a spectacular Derby botanical dessert service, painted by William Quaker Pegg. I am delighted that in this catalogue we again show a very fine, but slightly earlier Derby botanical dessert service, also very well painted, but in a more restrained late eighteenth century style. It is so rare now for these services to appear on the market complete with sauce tureens and dishes, and in such fantastic condition. To complement the Derby service we also show some individual Derby botanical pieces, and an exceptional Derby dessert service and set of plates with very detailed painting of hunting scenes, and also two fine dessert services by Spode. Services of this size are quite a logistical challenge to show in Bury Street (as many who have visited us will understand…), but I think this is a great opportunity to remind collectors how spectacular these services can be. I do hope that you will enjoy this catalogue. Please do contact me if I can tell you more about any of these pieces. All exhibits are for sale from the publication of this catalogue. Mark Law London, September 2013 mark@albertamor.co.uk 1. A very fine Worcester lobed round teapot and cover, with loop handle and turned knop, well painted in underglaze blue with the Indian Fisherman pattern, within crisply scroll and flower moulded cartouches, and painted with trailing flowers and leaves, 5″ high, circa 1753-54, workman’s mark. Provenance : Dr Knowles Boney Collection. Paul B Zeisler Jr Collection. American Private Collection, acquired from Albert Amor Ltd. in 1986. Exhibited : Albert Amor Ltd., Blue and White 18th Century English Soft Paste Porcelain, 1979, no 16. Albert Amor Ltd., The Paul B Zeisler Jr Collection, 1986, no 5. See Branyan, French and Sandon, I.B.22 for a teapot in this pattern of a later date. 2. A Worcester small cylindrical mug, with notched loop handle, finely painted in underglaze blue with the Walk in the Garden pattern, 3 1/4″ high, circa 1755-56, workman’s mark. 3. A Worcester oval potted meat tub, the exterior painted in underglaze blue with the Leaning Rock Fisherman pattern, within scroll moulded cartouches, the interior painted with a flower spray, 5 1/4″ long, circa 1758, workman’s mark. Provenance : Dr John Catlin Collection. See Branyan, French and Sandon, I.B.17, for a similar butter tub in this rare pattern. 4. A rare Worcester round teapot stand, painted in underglaze blue with the Arcade pattern, 5 3/8″ diameter, circa 1762-65, pseudo Chinese character mark. Provenance : Paul B Zeisler Jr Collection. Exhibited : Albert Amor Ltd., The Paul B Zeisler Jr Collection, 1986, no 51. 5. A rare Worcester spoon, after a silver original, the rounded bowl painted in underglaze blue with a flower head, within a cell diaper band, the scroll moulded handle picked out in blue, 4″ long, circa 1770, no mark. 6. A Worcester teabowl and saucer, finely painted in underglaze blue with the Dragon pattern, in Chinese style, circa 1756, workman’s marks. Provenance : English Private Collection. 7. A very rare Worcester globular teapot and cover, with loop handle and flower knop, painted in underglaze blue with the Arabesque Reserve pattern, 5″ high, circa 1770, blue crescent mark. Provenance : The Paul B Zeisler Jr Collection. Exhibited : Albert Amor Ltd., The Paul B Zeisler Jr Collection, 1986, no 63. See Branyan, French and Sandon, I.A.16, for another teapot and cover in this very rare pattern in the Castle Museum, Norwich. 8. A rare Worcester round bowl, finely painted in underglaze blue with the High Island pattern, 5 7/8″ diameter, circa 1754, workman’s mark. Provenance : English Private Collection. See Branyan, French and Sandon, I.B.2, for a saucer in this rare pattern. 9. A good Lowestoft globular teapot and cover, with loop handle and ball knop, painted in underglaze blue with buildings and fenced gardens, in Chinese river landscapes, within flower panelled diaper bands, 5 3/4″ high, circa 1775-80, workman’s numeral 5 in blue beneath. Provenance : American Private Collection. 10. A Lowestoft small baluster shaped sparrow beak cream jug, with loop handle, painted in underglaze blue with a fence, a tree, flowering branches and rockwork, in Chinese style, the interior with a diaper band, 3 1/4″ high, circa 1760-65, no mark. 11 and 12. Two good Derby round chestnut baskets and pierced domed covers, each with ribbon entwined loop knop, the basket moulded ground applied with trailing flowers and leaves, picked out in underglaze blue, the interior of the base painted with a Chinese river landscape, one 7 1/4″ high the other 6 1/4″ high, circa 1762-65, no marks. Provenance : American Private Collection. 13. A rare Vauxhall globular teapot and cover, with loop handle and ball knop, painted in underglaze blue with figures in a Chinese river landscape, within cell diaper bands, the handle and spout painted with leaves, 5 1/4″ high, circa 1758, no mark. Provenance : American Private Collection, acquired from Albert Amor Ltd. in 1993. 14. A rare Mennecy ovoid teapot and domed cover, with flower knop, the scroll handle with leaf moulded thumbpiece, finely applied with swags of flowers and leaves to the upper body and the cover, and with contemporary French engraved silver mounts with the charge mark for Antoine Leschaudel 1744-1750, 5 1/4″ high, circa 1740, no mark. Provenance : American Private Collection. 15. A Chelsea tureen and cover, in the form of a bunch of asparagus, tied with two brown bands, and with one stem forming a loop handle, naturalistically painted in purple and green, 7 1/2″ long, circa 1755, red anchor mark. 16. A rare Chelsea tureen and cover, in the form of a cauliflower, naturalistically picked out in yellow and pale green, 4 3/4″ wide, circa 1755, red anchor marks. 17. A Chelsea oval dish, with two ‘twig’ handles with bold leaf moulded terminals, naturalistically picked out in coloured enamels, and painted with a butterfly, insects and scattered flower sprigs, the lobed and basket moulded border with brown line rim, 10 3/4″ wide, circa 1755-58, no mark. 18. A Chelsea dish, in the form of a sunflower, the stalk loop handle with bold leaf terminals painted in green and with manganese veining, 8 3/4″ wide, circa 1755, red anchor mark and numeral 2. 19. A rare Derby small sunflower shaped dish, the bold stalk loop handle with an entwined ribbon; one side of the dish moulded with flowers and leaves, and decorated in coloured enamels, 4 1/4″ wide, circa 1758, no mark. A similar small dish was exhibited Albert Amor Ltd., Summer Exhibition 2004, no 65. 20. A rare Chelsea inverted baluster shaped vase, very finely painted in coloured enamels with a long-tailed bird in a fruiting tree, the reverse painted with butterflies, a ladybird, a caterpillar and a snail, within gilt line borders, 8 1/4″ high, circa 1755, no mark. Provenance : With D M and P Manheim Private Collection 21. A good Chelsea two handled chocolate cup and saucer, finely painted in coloured enamels with shaded butterflies and insects; the cup also painted with a naturalistic bird, within brown line borders, circa 1755, red anchor marks. The form and decoration of this cup follow Meissen from the 1740s. 22. A good pair of Chelsea lobed oval dishes, each finely painted in coloured enamels with an exotic bird perched on rockwork, and two birds in berried branches, the scroll and ribbon moulded border picked out in turquoise, pale blue and gilt, 10″ wide, circa 1760, brown anchor marks. 23. A Chelsea plate, boldly painted in coloured enamels with a cluster of fruits and leaves, and scattered fruits, the lobed and leaf moulded border picked out in gilt, 9″ diameter, circa 1760-62, gold anchor mark. Although from the Gold Anchor period at Chelsea, this plate uses a form more associated with the 1752-55 Red Anchor period. 24. A Chelsea plate, boldly painted in coloured enamels with a cluster of fruits and leaves, scattered fruits, including a cut pear, butterflies and a ladybird, the scroll moulded border picked out in turquoise and gilt, 8 3/4″ diameter, circa 1760-62, gold anchor mark. 25. A pair of Chelsea plates, each boldly painted in coloured enamels with an exotic bird perched on rockwork, flanked by birds in branches, the shaped border with brown line rim, 8 1/2″ diameter, circa 1760, brown anchor marks. 26. A pair of Chelsea candlestick groups, emblematic of the Seasons, each with two figures, standing before floral bocage, and richly decorated in coloured enamels and gilt, flanked by two pierced candle sconces, on flower applied mound base with three scroll feet, picked out in gilt, 10 3/4″ high, circa 1765, gold anchor mark. 27. A very fine Bow globular teapot and cover, with loop handle and ball knop, brilliantly painted in Chinese famille rose style with peonies, leaves and rockwork, within narrow green and black diaper bands, panelled with flower heads, 4 1/2″ high, circa 1753-1755, incised large X mark to base. Provenance : Rev. C J Sharp Collection American Private Collection, acquired from Albert Amor Ltd. in 1978. 28. A pair of Bow figures of putti, emblematic of Summer and Autumn, each standing with a basket; one with grapes and the other with flowers, flanked by floral bocage, and decorated in coloured enamels, on flower applied and scroll moulded base, with three feet, picked out in puce, blue and gilt, 6″ high, circa 1758-60, no marks. 29. A rare Bow figure of a putto, standing, blowing a shell horn, and with flowers in his right hand, on boldly coloured shell applied mound and waisted base with four scroll feet, picked out in puce and blue, 6 1/4″ high, circa 1760, no mark. 30. A fine Bow figure of Neptune, astride a dolphin, decorated in coloured enamels, the pierced mound base modelled with seashells, seaweed and coral, picked out in colours, 7 3/4″ high, circa 1756-58, no mark. 31. A pair of Bow figures of Harlequin and Columbine, each standing, he wearing a chequered suit, and she a chequered bodice and a skirt painted with playing cards, and each carrying a slapstick, flanked by floral bocage, on flower applied square base with four scroll feet picked out in turquoise and puce, 7 1/2″ high, circa 1765, no marks. 32. A rare Bow figure of Harlequin, standing in a dancing pose in front of a tree stump, his costume finely decorated in coloured enamels, the flower applied and scroll moulded base picked out in turquoise and puce, 8 1/2″ high, circa 1760-62, no mark. Provenance : American Private Collection. For another version of this rare figure see Albert Amor Ltd., The Gelston Collection, 2009. 33. A rare Bow group of Harlequin and Columbine, standing, he with chequered suit and carrying a slapstick, and she in purple bodice and pink skirt, before floral bocage, the flower applied base with four scroll feet picked out in puce and gilt, 8″ high, circa 1765, no mark. 34. A pair of Bow models of a ewe and a ram, each standing, before floral bocage, and naturalistically decorated in coloured enamels, on scroll moulded base picked out in turquoise, green and gilt, 5 1/4″ high, circa 1760-65, no marks. 35. A pair of Bow New Dancer candlestick figures, each figure finely decorated in coloured enamels and gilt, before floral bocage, and with a tole peint branch supporting a candle sconce, on flower applied scroll moulded base with four feet, picked out in gilt, 10″ high, circa 1765, red painted anchor and dagger marks. 36. A Bow model of a Bunting, the plumage finely detailed in yellow and manganese, and perched on a flower and leaf applied tree stump, on mound base, 3 1/4″ high, circa 1760, no mark. See Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures, figure 177 for a similar model. 37. An unusual pair of Bow pierced round two handled baskets, each containing an arrangement of coloured flowers and leaves, 3 3/4″ high, circa 1760, no mark. 38. A pair of Derby leaf shaped dishes, each painted in coloured enamels with sprays of flowers and leaves, and with puce veins, within a green border, the blue glazed basket moulded ground picked out in gilt, 10″ wide, circa 1765, no marks. 39. A pair of Derby small figures of a seated boy and girl, each with a garland of flowers in their hair; he holding a sheaf of corn, and she with flowers, and decorated in coloured enamels, on flower applied elongated scroll moulded base, 4 1/4″ high, circa 1758, no marks. 40. A Derby pierced oval basket, the two turquoise glazed rope twist handles with applied flower and leaf terminals, painted in coloured enamels in ‘Moth Painter’ style with an apple, a moth and insects, the exterior applied with flower heads picked out in turquoise and yellow, 8 1/4″ wide, circa 1760, no mark. 41. A Derby small scroll moulded vase, with flared rim, painted in coloured enamels with a church in a wooded landscape, the reverse with a snail and two insects, within scroll moulded cartouches, picked out in turquoise, and brown line rims, 4 1/8″ high, circa 1760, patch marks. 42. A Derby small plate, finely painted in ‘Cotton Stem Painter’ style with a spray of flowers and leaves, and scattered flowers, the pierced basketwork border applied with flower heads, picked out in yellow and puce, within a brown line rim, 7″ diameter, circa 1758, no mark. Provenance : English Private Collection. 43. A pair of Derby figures of a gentleman and companion, he with a basket of fruits, a hound at his feet, and she with flowers in her apron, a recumbent hound at her side, each finely painted in famille rose palette with flowers and leaves, the scroll moulded bases picked out in green and puce, 9 1/2″ high, circa 1758-60, no marks. 44. A Derby chamber candlestick, in the form of two chaffinches tending to birds in a nest, within the heavily fruited branches of a tree, beneath a leaf moulded sconce, and decorated in coloured enamels, the scroll moulded base picked out in turquoise and gilt, 8 3/4″ high, circa 1770, patch marks. 45. A rare Derby round chestnut basket and pierced domed cover, with ribbon entwined loop handle, applied with trailing flowers and leaves, picked out in coloured enamels, within brown line borders, 6 1/2″ high, circa 1762-65, red painted anchor mark. It is rare to find this Derby model in polychrome rather than blue and white. 46. A rare Worcester flower tub, modelled with three ring handles and painted in coloured enamels with flowers, beneath a blue and puce band, the cover finely modelled as an arrangement of coloured flowers and leaves, 5 1/4″ high, circa 1768-70, no mark. Provenance : Zorensky Collection. 47. A Worcester small pierced flared round basket, the interior painted in coloured enamels with a flower spray, a leaf and an insect, the exterior with flower heads picked out in iron red and yellow, beneath a brown line rim, 5 1/8″ diameter, circa 1760, no mark. 48. A pair of Worcester cos lettuce leaf moulded sauceboats, each with stalk loop handle, finely painted in coloured enamels with flowers, butterflies and insects, beneath a brown line rim, 7 1/4″ long, circa 1755-56, black painted workman’s marks. 49. A fine Worcester globular teapot and cover, with loop handle and pointed knop, particularly well painted in coloured enamels with sprays of flowers and leaves, within puce, iron red and green diaper bands, the handle, knop and spout picked out in puce, 5 1/4″ high, circa 1760, no mark. Provenance : American Private Collection 50. An unusual Worcester globular teapot and cover, with loop handle and pointed knop, particularly finely painted in coloured enamels with sprays of flowers and leaves, and with insects including a large Dragonfly, 5 1/4″ high, circa 1765, no mark. Provenance : American Private Collection, acquired from Albert Amor Ltd. in 1977. 51. A Worcester plate, painted in coloured enamels in the London atelier of James Giles with spiralling flowers and leaves, within a pink diaper border, and gilt line rim, 9″ diameter, circa 1770, no mark. Provenance : English Private Collection. 52. A Worcester plate, finely painted in coloured enamels in the London atelier of James Giles with the Sheridan pattern, 9″ diameter, circa 1770, no mark. 53. A rare Worcester small pear shaped teapot and cover, with loop handle, facetted spout and flower knop, outside decorated in coloured enamels with two bold sprays of flowers and leaves, and scattered flowers, the handle and spout picked out in puce, 5 1/8″ high, circa 1765-70, no mark. Provenance : American Private Collection, acquired from Albert Amor Ltd. in 1976. 54. A Worcester globular teapot and cover, with loop handle and pointed knop, finely painted in coloured enamels with sprays of flowers and leaves, and two butterflies, within purple scroll and sunburst borders, 4 3/4″ high, circa 1760, no mark. Provenance : American Private Collection, acquired from Albert Amor Ltd. in 1983. 55. A Worcester globular teapot and cover, with loop handle and flower knop, boldly painted in Imari palette with the Fan pattern, and picked out in gilt, 5 3/4″ high, circa 1768-70, blue painted pseudo Chinese character mark. Provenance : American Private Collection. 56. A Worcester Hop Trellis pattern teacup, coffee cup and saucer, the cups each with ear shaped handle, painted in coloured enamels with trailing hops, within gilt ‘C’ scroll bands, and pink herringbone borders, circa 1775, no marks. 57. A Worcester oval chestnut basket, pierced cover and stand, the twig loop handles with applied flower and leaf terminals; moulded and pierced with flower heads, picked out in puce and yellow, the stand painted in coloured enamels with flowers and leaves, 10″ wide overall, circa 1770, no mark. 58. A Worcester large cylindrical mug, with notched loop handle, finely painted in coloured enamels with exotic birds in wooded landscapes, butterflies and insects, within gilt scroll cartouches, on a blue scale ground, 5 3/4″ high, circa 1768-70, unusual blue painted mark with a fretted square over a crescent. 59. A Worcester large cylindrical mug, with notched loop handle, finely painted in coloured enamels with exotic birds in wooded landscapes, butterflies and insects, within gilt scroll cartouches, on a blue scale ground, 5 3/4″ high, circa 1768-70, blue fret mark. 60. A rare pair of Worcester cylindrical two handled fruit coolers, covers and liners, each with loop knop, painted in green and iron red with hops, alternating with iron red and gilt trellis, within turquoise ‘shagreen’ and blue and gilt scroll and dentil bands, on three compressed bun feet, 9″ high, circa 1770-72, no marks. Provenance : English Private Collection. No comparable pair of fruit coolers with this decoration appears to be recorded. 61. A very rare English porcelain figure of a young man, in the white, standing, holding a stick in his left hand, and two birds in his right, and flanked by floral bocage, on scroll moulded mound base, 5″ high, circa 1810, no mark. This extraordinary figure, with elements inspired by mid eighteenth century English examples and also Staffordshire pearlware figures of the early nineteenth century is likely to have been a product of a factory such as New Hall where to date we have not identified their figure output. 62. A pair of Longton Hall flared oval bowls, each moulded with overlapping lettuce leaves, picked out in green and yellow, the interior painted in coloured enamels with flowers and leaves, and one painted to the exterior with an insect, 5 3/8″ wide, circa 1755, no marks. 63. A good Flight and Barr Worcester cylindrical small mug, finely painted en grisaille by Rogers with a named view of ‘Blenheim in Oxfordshire, the seat of the Duke of Marlborough’, within a gilt roundel,and gilt line borders, 3 1/4″ high, circa 1800, script mark in brown. 64. A Chamberlain’s Worcester armorial oval dish, centrally painted with the arms of Goold, within a Dragon in Compartments pattern border, 13 3/4″ wide, circa 1801, script mark in red and pattern no 95. From a service supplied to Francis Goold of Cork shortly after he was created 1st Baronet in August 1801. 65. A pair of Chamberlain’s Worcester armorial plates, each centrally painted with the arms of Goold, within a Dragon in Compartments pattern border, 8 3/4″ diameter, circa 1801, script marks in red. From a service supplied to Francis Goold of Cork shortly after he was created 1st Baronet in August 1801. 66. A fine and rare Derby botanical dessert service, each piece well painted in coloured enamels with a botanical specimen, within gilt flower head and berry borders, comprising; a pair of oval two handled sauce tureens, covers and stands three lobed oval dishes a pair of square dishes a heart shaped dish and an oval fluted dish an oval fluted centre dish sixteen plates, crowned crossed batons marks in blue, pattern no 141 and each piece titled in blue verso, circa 1796 Many of the botanical specimens featured on this service are taken from Curtis Botanical Magazine Vol. I,II,III, V, VI,VII & IX, published 1787-1795, and also James Sowerby’s English Botany Vol I, published 1791. See Andew Ledger `Derby Botanical Dessert Services’, DPIS Journal, II. 67. A pair of Derby oval sauce tureens, covers and stands, each piece finely painted in coloured enamels with botanical specimens, within gilt harebell and leaf scroll borders, 9 3/4″ wide overall, circa 1795, crowned crossed batons marks in blue, pattern no 115 and each piece titled in blue. 68 a and b Two pairs of Derby plates, each finely painted in coloured enamels with a botanical specimen, within a gilt harebell and leaf scroll fluted border, 9 1/4″ diameter, circa 1795, crowned crossed batons marks in blue, pattern no 115 and each piece titled in blue verso. 69. A spectacular Derby large campana shaped vase, with two gilt loop handles with satyr mask terminals, brilliantly painted in coloured enamels with mounted figures and cattle in a wooded landscape, the reverse with a still life, within gilt rectangular panels, on a bright green ground and square base, 17 1/2″ high, circa 1820-30. Illustrated; Twitchett (John) Derby Porcelain, colour plate 253. 70. An exceptional Derby dessert service, each piece brilliantly painted in coloured enamels with a hunting scene, with figures, horses and hounds in wooded landscapes, within a gilt roundel, the border painted in purple and gilt with a continuous band of grapes and leaves, comprising; a pair of oval two handled sauce tureens, covers and stands eighteen plates, 9 3/8″ diameter circa 1805, crowned crossed batons marks in red. 71. A Meissen ornithological dessert service, each piece finely painted in coloured enamels with English birds on branches, the pierced basket moulded borders picked out in gilt, comprising; a pair of large round dishes four smaller round dishes ten plates, painted marks in blue and impressed numerals, circa 1900 72. A good Spode topographical dessert service, each piece finely painted in coloured enamels with a named landscape, within a gilt panel, the blue ground with a gilt interlinked and flower head band and gadrooned rim, comprising; a pair of shell shaped dishes two pairs of rectangular two handled dishes a pair of oval two handled dishes a rectangular centre dish twelve plates, circa 1820, painted marks in black and each piece titled in black verso. 73. A fine Spode ‘Felspar Porcelain’ dessert service, each piece painted in coloured enamels with sprays of flowers and leaves, on a gilt scroll and diaper ground, comprising; a pair of pierced round two handled baskets and stands a pair of shell shaped dishes a rectangular two handled dish twenty square canted plates Circa 1820, printed marks in puce and pattern no 3704. 74. A rare pair of English porcelain large campana shaped combined ice pails/pot pourri vases, each with two gilt rams head and shell handles, pierced domed cover and tulip finial, inner cover and liner, and finely painted in coloured enamels with botanical specimens, within grey and gilt borders, on square base, 14 3/4″ high, circa 1800-10, no marks. 75. An unusual Mosanic pottery model of a seated cat, with glass eyes, and with one front paw bandaged, and a plaster to his head, the green ground picked out in manganese, 9 1/2″ high, circa 1900-10, painted mark in blue. 76. A large Sevres blue tinted biscuit porcelain group of Venus bathing, probably modelled by Louis-Simon Boizot, (17431809), the goddess with numerous attendants, on round mound base, and with leaf cast ormolu mount, 16 3/4″ high, circa 1801-20 77. A rare Royal Worcester vase, in the form of an elephant, supporting a baluster shaped vase, picked out in gilt and brown, on an ivory ground, on concave bordered rectangular base, 8 1/4″ high, circa 1880, printed mark in green, impressed mark and incised shape no 626. 78. An unusual Royal Worcester square tapering vase, boldly modelled with a gilt frog climbing out of the vase, and another climbing up outside, the blue ground decorated in raised paste gilding with leaves, 3 3/4″ high, printed marks in puce for 1878. 79. A Russian porcelain soup plate, centrally decorated with a crowned cypher, the bright blue ground border moulded in relief with ribbon tied flowers and leaf scrolls, picked out in gilt, 9 1/2″ diameter, mark in blue. Provenance : American Private Collection. 80. A Russian Imperial Factory porcelain plate, from the ‘Farm’ Palace Banquet Service, with crowned cypher ‘A’, within a pale blue and gilt border, 9 3/4″ diameter, circa 1840-55, stencilled mark in green. Provenance : American Private Collection. From a service made for Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich (Alexander II) during the reign of his father Nicholas I. 81. A fine Minton’ Double Dahlia’ inkstand, with central loop handle, very finely applied with coloured flowers and leaves, the two dahlia shaped inkwells with detachable covers, 10 1/4″ wide, circa 1830-40, no mark. See G. A. Godden, Minton Pottery and Porcelain of the First Period, figure 88, for an extract from the Minton design book showing this model. 82. A pair of Paris porcelain (Rue Thiroux) large flared round jardinières and stands, each with two ring handles, boldly painted with pink roses, buds and leaves, within gilt horizontal bands, 8″ high, circa 1810, red stencilled marks. 83. An exceptional set of twelve Derby plates, each brilliantly painted in coloured enamels with a hunting scene, with figures, horses and hounds in wooded landscapes, within a gilt roundel, the border painted in purple and gilt with a continuous band of grapes and leaves, 9 3/8″ diameter, circa 1805, crowned crossed batons marks in red. Back cover detail: No.66 www.albertamor.co.uk