Sale Catalogue (Ceramics and Glass)

SECOND DAY’S SALE
THURSDAY 1st NOVEMBER 2012
ORIENTAL and
EUROPEAN CERAMICS and GLASS
Commencing not before 10.30pm
Oriental and European Ceramics and Glass will be on view on:
Saturday 27th October 9.00am to 1.00pm
Sunday 28th October 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Monday 29th October 9.00am to 5.15pm
Tuesday 30th October 9.00am to 5.15pm
Wednesday 31st October 9.00am to 5.15pm
Limited viewing on sale day
Enquiries: Andrew Thomas
Tel: 01392 413100
Email: thomasa@bhandl.co.uk
Enquiries: Nic Saintey
Tel: 01392 413100
Email: sainteyn@bhandl.co.uk
351
A sealed wine bottle of squat
cylinder form with ‘kick up’
and applied string rim the dark
olive body with circular seal
embossed R. Seldon, 25 cm
high, mid 18th century.
£200 - 300
352
A French overlay glass
vase cut with panels of blue
over clear enamelled with
rose centred sprays and an
encircling foliate band with
some gold embellishment, 15
cm high.
£80 - 100
353
A mid 18th century
Bohemian enamelled wine
glass painted with floral
sprays, a cockerel and an
inscription dated 1743,
12cm high (foot a pewter
replacement)
£200 - 300
353
354
354
A Bohemian green and
white overlay table lustre of
traditional coronet form on
bulbous stem and spreading
foot the top with alternating
portrait and foliate decorated
medallions, and the stem and
foot with gilt foliate decoration
on a profuse ground of gilt
fern-like vegetation, hung with
pendant drops and prisms, 31
cm high, mid 19th century,
flake chip.
£300 - 500
355
355
A Bohemian green overlay pedestal vase decorated with
an oval white panel profusely enamelled with blooms above a
similar panel enamelled with a half length portrait of a young
beauty with a garland of ivy in her hair and verso with two
further floral panels, both flanked by fretted white panels
reserved on a gilt foliate ground, 37.5 cm high, mid 19th
century.
£400 - 600
90
356
A pair Bohemian glass
goblets of trumpet shaped
form with flanged base on
a hexagonal knopped stem
and petal base, each with a
raised lemon flashed intaglio
decorated panel each with the
near naked Stephan Ivanovich
Mazzepa lashed to the back of
a horse, 23 cm high, late 19th
century.
£300 - 400
357
A Lalique dessert service
‘Hortense’ with single large
circular plate ten smaller
each intaglio decorated on
the underside with radiating
ears of oats, 32 and 19.5 cm
diameter, diamond point
etched Lalique France, circa.
1942. (11)
£1000 - 1200
356
358
A Lalique tray ‘Ermitage’ of
rectangular form with mildly
arcing sides moulded with
graduating cabuchons on a
ground of feathery foliage,
26 cm wide, acid etched R.
Lalique, France, circa. 1938.
£100 - 150
359
A Baccarat glass ice bucket
of heavy vertically ribbed form
with e.p. mounts and handles,
25 cm high, base with acid
etched mark and impressed
marks to mount.
£150 – 200
360. No Lot.
357
91
361
A Chinese porcelain yen-yen vase the body painted in
blue with a pair of deer and two cranes in a rocky landscape
containing pine trees, the neck with a pair of recumbent deer
and cranes in a similar landscape between narrow cloud scroll
and fretted borders, 44.5 cm, blue concentric rings to base,
Kangxi.
£2000 - 4000
92
362
verso
362
A Chinese porcelain yen yen vase the body painted in blue
with a stag, a pair of does and three cranes in a landscape and
the neck with a stag, doe and two cranes in a similar landscape,
bisected by narrow cloud scroll borders, 45.5 cm high,
concentric rings to base, Kangxi, rim repaired.
£1800 - 2200
93
363
verso
363
A Chinese porcelain yen yen vase the body painted in blue
with a stag and doe and two cranes in a landscape and the
neck with a stag, doe and two cranes in a similar landscape,
bisected by narrow cloud scroll and fretted borders, 46 cm high,
concentric rings to base, Kangxi, rim repaired.
£1500 - 1800
94
364
364
A Chinese porcelain coral
ground yen yen the body
incised with a pair of dragons,
between continuous landscape
bands, 41 cm high, apocryphal
Kangxi mark in concentric
rings, restoration to rim.
£300 - 400
365
365
A Chinese sancai-glazed pottery ridge tile in the Ming style,
covered in green and ocre glazes, the Immortal wearing a tall
cap and seated on a horse on arched base, 38 cm high, minor
damage (with wood stand)
£2000 - 3000
95
370
366
366
A Chinese porcelain vase of
reticulated square shaped form
with raised flaring neck, each
pierced facet enamelled in the
famille verte palette with a
pair of Lohan within a thunder
key band, the shoulders with
peony scroll the neck with a
raised band of bats below stiff
leaves, 36 cm high, embossed
Qianlong seal mark, significant
losses to rim.
£300 - 400
367
A Chinese celadon glazed
plate of circular form incised
with a band of flowers and
foliage around a central flower
head motif, 36 cm diameter,
diamond point etched
character marks to underside.
£120 - 180
96
371
368
A pair of Chinese porcelain
plaques of rectangular form
both with poetic text, one
enamelled with a songbird
above chrysanthemum, the
companion with a kingfisher
above lotus, 23 x 10.5 cm, in
hardwood frames, late 19th or
early 20th century. (2)
£150 - 200
369
A Chinese porcelain Celadon
ground bowl of quadrilobed
form the exterior enamelled
with figures in a garden
pavilion, the foot with a
continuous wave band, the
interior with scattered sprays,
20 cm wide, Xianfeng seal
mark to base.
£180 - 220
370
A pair of Chinese porcelain
jars of shouldered oviform
enamelled in the Wucai
manner each with a seated
kylin looking towards a
thundery sky within a
landscape, flanked by
jardiniere’s of blooms between
scrolling peony bands, 29
cm high, late 19th or 20th
century..
£500 - 700
371
An Canton porcelain
punchbowl of generous
proportions the interior and
exterior enamelled with
alternating panels of figures
within garden pavilions and
exotic birds and butterflies
amongst peony, reserved on
a profuse ground of flowers,
foliage and butterflies, 41 cm
diameter, mid 19th century.
£600 - 800
372
A Chinese Canton famille rose punch bowl richly painted with
panels of figures in interiors and on verandahs, on a ground of
flowers, foliage and butterflies, 19th Century, 41cm. diameter,
minor rubbing.
£1200 - 1800
97
373
374
373
A pair of Chinese famille rose ginger jars each painted with
a large spray of flowers and foliage, one with a yellow butterfly,
late Qianlong, 18cm. high, one with interior star crack, with
carved hardwood covers and inset jade plaques, odd hardwood
stands
£600 - 800
374
A Chinese porcelain oviform
jar and cover enamelled in
the famille rose palette with a
seated teacher with a juvenile
scholar at his feet with two
companions in the distance
trying to attract his attention,
the reverse with six lines of
script, 26 cm high, seal mark
to base, Republican period.
£150 - 250
375
A Chinese Canton hexagonal
garden seat painted with
numerous shaped panels
of figures in interiors, birds,
insects and flowers on a
predominantly green and gilt
foliate ground, 19th century,
47cm. high, minor rubbing.
£1200 - 1500
98
375
377
377
A Chinese porcelain shallow bowl of circular
form the centre painted in blue with a phoenix
stood on rock amongst peony, chrysanthemum
and prunus within a border of lotus, peony and
mallow, 44 cm diameter, Qianlong.
£500 - 700
376
376
A Chinese porcelain moon flask of generous
proportions of traditional flattened form with
raised neck and pomegranate handles painted
in blue with a peacock and hen amongst
prunus and peony and verso with a pair of
cranes amongst magnolia and other blooms
reserved on a celadon ground profusely painted
with cranes amongst cloud scrolls, 61 cm high,
incised Hongwu seal mark, but 19th century.
£600 - 700
378
378
A Chinese porcelain vase of shouldered
cylindrical form with grotesque mask handles,
the body enamelled with dragon and cloud
medallions on a scroll ground between multiple
lotus, diaper, stiff leaf, peony and thunder key
bands the neck with pendants, 39 cm high.
£350 - 450
99
380
379
379
An opposing pair of Chinese
porcelain vases of garlic
shaped form enamelled with
a female figure standing upon
a lotus, attended by a maid
beneath a flying crane, a sage
being transported in a ferry
and a figure seated on a three
legged toad, reserved on an
incised lime green ground
between ryui head bands,
35.5 cm high, four character
seal mark to base, probably
Guangxu, drilled.
£500 - 700
381
380
A Chinese porcelain vase of
moulded baluster form the
lime green ground with scroll,
leaf and quadrilobed panels
decorated en grisaille with lake
scenes, buildings and bamboo,
52 cm high, 19th century.
£300 - 500
100
381
A pair of Chinese blue and
white vases of compressed
baluster form, each shoulder
moulded with a band of studs,
painted with dragons, cloud
scrolls and foliate sprays, late
19th Century, 22 cm high.
£400 - 600
382
382
A Chinese porcelain plaque
of circular form enamelled
with a reclining Chang KuoLao observing Li T’ieh-Kuai
and another figure seated on a
raffia blanket beneath a fir tree,
with poetic texts to one side,
38 cm diameter, 19th century,
framed.
£150 - 250
383
A pair of Cantonese
porcelain vases of shouldered
square form with mask handles
enamelled front and verso with
figures in a garden pavilion
and the flanks with birds and
butterflies amongst flowers
and foliage, 32 cm high, late
19th century, repairs to one.
£200 - 300
384
384
A Chinese porcelain vase of oviform with garlic shaped neck
enamelled in the Wucai palette and underglaze blue with two
five clawed dragons chasing a pearl amongst cloud and lightning
between stiff leaves and thunder key band the neck with a
broad peony scroll and lappet band, the rim with apocryphal six
character mark for Jaijing, early 20th century.
£400 - 600
101
385
387
385
A Chinese porcelain baluster jar and domed
cover enamelled in the famille rose palette
front and verso with panels containing
multiple figures and children at leisure in a
garden, reserved on a ground of raised foliate
decoration enamelled with scattered blooms
between blue double line and simple cell
borders, 33 cm high, Qianlong.
£300 - 400
386
A Chinese porcelain vase of bottle form with
raised neck decorated with tea dust glazes,
impressed six character mark for Guangxu and
of the period. 33cm high
£400 - 600
386
102
387
A Japanese porcelain vase of oviform with
flaring neck enamelled in the Kutani palette
with a group of courtly figures seated by a
coastal fir and witnessing the release of a
crane and verso with an extensive waterside
landscape, reserved on an aubergine scroll
ground between lappet bands, 45 cm high,
seal mark to base, converted as a lamp but not
drilled.
£200 - 300
391
388
Two graduating Arita
porcelain flower troughs
each in the form of a rowing
boat the interior painted in
under glaze blue with some
polychrome embellishment
with a dragon amongst cloud
scrolls, the exterior with waves
below a floral, foliate and
butterfly border, largest 30.5
cm long, six character mark to
base of each Dai Ming Manreki
Nen Sei.
£100 – 200
389-90.
No Lots.
391
A Castelli maiolica
square plaque painted in
traditional colours with ‘The
Annunciation’ within an ocre
border, 18th century, 21.5cm,
some chipping.
£500 - 700
392
393
392
A French faience puzzle jug
painted in ocre and underglaze
blue with a floral spray,
probably La Croisic, late 18th/
early 19th century, 19cm high.
£200 - 250
393
A large Cantagalli maiolica
charger in the 16th century
Deruta style, decorated in blue
and gold lustre with stylised
foliage and geometric designs
central raised armorial roundel,
the rim with spirally moulded
fluting, the underside with
concentric bands of foliage,
blue cockerel mark, late 19th
century, 52 cm. diameter, chip
restoration to rim.
£280 - 320
103
394
A dated English delftware plate
finely painted in blue with a pair
of birds amongst exotic blooms,
foliage and rocks, inscribed I.R.
1753, 22 cm diameter.
£500 - 600
*An example from this set of
plates is illustrated in Dated
English Delftware, Lipski &
Archer, plate 561, page 127
394
395
A large Dutch delft vase of
octagonal baluster form painted
in blue in the Chinese Transitional
style with figures in a continuous
landscape between lappet and
foliate bands, 52 cm high, cross
mark to base, late 17th century,
52 cm high, minor faults and
glaze loss.
£800 - 1200
396
A small Italian maiolica dish
possibly Viterbo, painted with
a cherub in flight above a
landscape with buildings beyond,
the reverse with plain cream slip,
21 cm diameter, 17th century,
some rim chips and glaze loss.
£200 - 300
397
An Italian maiolica istoriato
crespina painted in the late 16th/
early 17th century manner with
figures engaged in hunting and
trapping birds and fish, 26.5
cm diameter, rim reduced and
devoid foot.
£100 - 200
395
104
398
A Castelli maiolica rectangular plaque painted by Liborio Grue with St Francis standing in a water
landscape with mountains beyond surrounded by numerous animals, birds and sea creatures, the
reverse inscribed in black ‘Nove, lot animals/Liborius Grue’, mid 18th century, 26 x 19cm. in oak
frame.
£1000 - 1500
105
A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF NORTH DEVON POTTERY
399
A documentary North Devon harvest jug of typical bellied form with raised ribbed neck and
applied strap handle with scroll terminal, sgraffito and remove slip decorated with a lion rampant
holding a union flag aloft and flanked by songbirds amongst blooms and foliage beneath a triangle
and scroll band, below the handle a panel ‘When I was in my Native place I was a Lump of Clay
and Digged I was out of the Earth and Bought from Thence away, But now I am Become a Jug by
Potters Arte and Skill and for to Be your Servant to Carry All I Will .....Mr Wm. Bale 1815’, 31 cm
high, minor chips to foot rim and slight glaze loss.
£5000 - 7000
106
404
402
401
400
A North Devon, probably
Fremington pottery jug of
oviform with raised neck and
applied ribbed strap handle,
the shoulders under cream slip
inscribed in calligraphic script
‘Clovelly’, 36 cm high, some
glaze loss.
£250 - 350
401
A North Devon, probably
Fremington, bread crock
of swelling cylindrical form
with lug handles, the exterior
partially decorated in white
slip and inscised ‘He that tilleth
his land shall be satisfied with
bread, Pro.12th ch. 11th ver’
and verso ‘I am the bread of
life, Jhn the 6th ch, 35th ver’,
31 cm high, with a wooden
cover.
£250 - 300
402
A Ewenny pottery jardiniere
of generous proportions, the
exterior sgrafitto decorated
with naive blooms and husks
above a band of ribbon swags
on a mustard ground, signed
E.Wilson, 36 cm high, the base
incised Ewenny Pottery, 1907,
E. (Edwin) Jenkins, two rim
chips
£300 - 500
403
403
A West Country, probably
Cornish, pottery jug of squat
oviform with raised neck and
applied strap handle, the neck
incised ‘Farmers Arms 1729’,
the body incised with playing
card suits around a central
motif flanked by stooks of
corn, the pale slip decorated
neck beneath a mottled green
and mustard glaze, 23 cm
high, rim chips.
£500 - 800
*The jug is a similar size,
shape and decoration to a
jug inscribed ‘William Crapp,
Port Govern, 1929’ sold as lot
19, Bearne’s Salerooms, 6th
July, 2004. Identical playing
card and comet decoration
also appears on a similar jug
inscribed Capt Strout, Port
Isaac, 1843, lot 9, Christies,
3rd July, 2002. Both examples
suggest that this jug is a
commemorative piece.
404
A close pair of North Devon
pottery jugs each of oviform
with raised ribbed neck and
applied ribbed strap handle,
sgraffito decorated with
stylised blooms and foliage
beneath a chevron border,
each dated 1879 beneath the
handle, 15 cm high, glaze
losses. (2)
£200 - 300
405
A North Devon pottery
jardiniere of globular form
with everted notched rim,
sgraffito and slip remove
decorated with blooms, foliage
and song birds, 20 cm high,
19th century
£250 - 350
406
A North Devon pottery
jardiniere of globular form
with mildly everted rim,
sgraffito and slip remove
decorated with blooms and
butterflies, 21 cm high, 19th
century, glaze flaw near base.
£250 - 300
107
406, 405, 412
407
A Bideford, probably Eastthe-Water, pottery jug of
baluster form with applied
strap handle, sgraffto and
slip remove decorated with
butterflies, foliage and a pair
of birds supporting a banner
‘Whenever you are thirsty, As
oftentimes you are, Just fill me
and remember, The Baptist
Church Bazaar, 1910’, beneath
a scalloped and wavy band,
20 cm high.
£220 - 280
408
A small North Devon pottery
jug of typical bellied form with
raised ribbed neck and applied
ribbed strap handle with scroll,
terminal, profusely sgraffito
and slip remove decorated
with a sunburst motif, a
jardiniere of flowers amongst
further blooms and a song bird
beneath a triangle and leafy
foliate bands, 14 cm high,
early 19th century, glaze loss.
£300 - 500
108
tobacco jar, incised ‘Have pipe
of bacca’, devoid cover. (2)
£100 - 150
408
411
A North Devon pottery vase
of baluster form, the handles
with scroll terminals, the slip
decorated body with leaf resist
decoration with some sgraffito
embellishment, incised ‘Dora
Louise Morris, December 4th,
1880’, 18 cm high, chip to
foot, minor flakes.
£220 - 280
409
A North Devon pottery
money box of squat globular
form with mushroom knop,
sgraffito decorated with
naive blooms and foliage
on a mustard ground, 10
cm diameter, 19th century,
cracked with some glaze loss.
£150 - 200
412
A North Devon pottery
jardiniere of globular form
with everted rim with sgraffito
and slip removed decoration
of blooms, foliage, birds and
butterflies, 24 cm high, 19th
century, stress crack near base.
£280 - 320
410
A North Devon pottery jug
of baluster form with applied
strap handle, sgraffito and
slip remove decorated with a
panel ‘Dispise me not, Tho I
am small, Fill me up and, I’ll
please you all, 1912’ flanked
by blooms beneath a loop
and spiral border, 13 cm high,
restored handle and rim,
together with a slip decorated
413
A North Devon, probably
Fremington, pottery jug of
baluster form with applied
strap handle naively sgraffito
decorated with flowers and
foliage and inscribed ‘For the
Bazaar’, 18 cm high, late 19th
century, rim chip and glaze
loss together with a similar
plain slip decorated jug and a
vase, chipped. (3)
£100 - 150
414
A pottery money box
of domed two tier form
surmounted by a pair of
naively modelled birds above
two rows of applied scales, the
chocolate body applied with
arbitrary blobs of white slip, 25
cm high, some losses.
£150 - 180
415
A Bideford, probably Eastthe-Water, pottery jug of
baluster form with applied
strap handle, sgraffito and
slip remove decorated with
irises and a butterfly beneath a
wavy and loop incised border,
inscribed ‘Bethel Church’, 14
cm high, late 19th century, rim
chip and some glaze flakes..
£120 - 180
409, 418, 414
416
A Fremington pottery
pedestal bowl probably
George Fishley, the ribbed
circular bowl with lug handles
surmounted by masks on a
stepped foot applied in high
relief with apples, pears,
grapes and foliage between
bands of flowering thistles
picked out with white and pale
brown slips, 21 cm high, large
chip under foot, stem cracked,
devoid cover.
£500 - 700
417
A pottery cup of squat form
with applied strap handle
with galena glazed interior
and slip decorated rim, 13
cm diameter, glued rim chip,
a pottery chamber stick with
splashed slip decoration and
an agate glazed pottery puzzle
jug of globular form with
raised pierced neck and three
spouts, the hollow handle
broken in three but present, 15
cm high. (3)
£150 - 200
416
418
A pottery money box of
footed oviform applied with
seven small naively modelled
cockerels, applied with a broad
band of white slip, 16 cm
high, some loss to cockerels.
£100 - 150
419
A Bideford, probably East-theWater, pottery jug of baluster
form with applied strap handle,
sgraffito and slip remove
decorated with songbirds and
butterflies beneath a wavy loop
and double line border, 19 cm
high, late 19th century, rim
chips and glaze loss.
£200 - 300
109
420
A Bideford, probably Eastthe-Water, pottery jardiniere
of globular form with everted
wavy rim, sgraffito and slip
remove decorated front and
verso with irises bordered by
pairs of butterflies, 23 cm high,
19th century, minor chips.
£250 - 300
421
A Bideford, possibly Eastthe-Water, pottery jug of
baluster form with applied
strap handle, sgraffito and
slip remove decorated with a
panel ‘Dispise me not, Tho I
am small, Fill me up and, I’ll
please you all’ flanked by irises
and a single bloom beneath a
triangle border, 15.5 cm high,
late 19th century, rim chips.
£150 - 200
422
A Bideford, probably Eastthe-Water, pottery jug of
baluster form with applied
strap handle, sgraffito and
slip remove decorated with
irises and a pair of butterflies
beneath an opposing loop
border, 18 cm high, late 19th
century.
£180 - 220
423
A Bideford or Fremington
pottery jug of squat baluster
form with applied strap handle
sgraffito decorated with a
pair of butterflies flanking
‘A Present from Bideford,
1912’, 11 cm high, rim chips,
together with a mustard
glazed plate with pierced rim.
(2)
£150 - 180
110
427
424
A North Devon, probably
East-the-Water, pottery
jardiniere of squat form with
wavy rim, sgraffito and slip
remove decorated with iris,
other blooms and song birds
above a simple border, 20
cm high, late 19th century,
together with a similar darker
example decorated with irises
and butterflies, 23 cm high,
significant loss to rim. (2)
£250 - 300
425
A slip decorated pottery
washbowl of circular pan-like
form, the interior with pierced
‘lug’ soap dish and decorated
in cream with a single trail
and splashes, 31 cm diameter,
glaze wear to rim.
£100 - 150
426
A pair of slip decorated
pottery baking dishes of
oval form, the cream interior
with bands of combed wavy
decoration, 32 cm long, one
cracked.
£200 – 250
********************************
427
A Pearlware equestrian
figure of a cavalry officer in
plumed tricorn hat, puce and
gilt trimmed jacket mounted
on a chestnut caparisoned
steed bearing a sword and
pistol, on a stepped cartouche
shaped based, 25 cm high,
late 18th or early 19th century,
the horse devoid a leg and ear,
the officer one hand.
£200 - 400
428
429
430
431
428
Two creamware models of lions each of press
moulded construction in recumbent pose under
ochre and pale green with yellow and ochre
spots, 9 cm long, circa. 1800-20, minor flakes
to base of one.
£200 - 300
431
Two Staffordshire taper vase groups each
modelled as a giraffe and attendant in blue
tunic and ermine trimmed cloak, on a rustic
oval base, 24 cm high, circa. 1860.
£150 - 200
429
A creamware model of a Medici lion modelled
standing with one paw resting on a marble
sphere on an acanthus moulded rectangular
stand under brown, burgundy and pink
enamels, 31 cm long, circa. 1820, stapled and
small loss.
£120 - 180
430
A matched pair of Staffordshire taper vase
groups each modelled as a stag fording a
stream with a tiger in pursuit, on a rustic gilt
lined base, 19 cm high, mid 19th century.
£180 - 220
432
432
A pair of creamware cow creamers each
modelled standing four square with raised tail
attended by a kneeling milkmaid on a canted
rectangular base decorated with bands of
sponged circles in black, puce and green, 27 cm
long, circa. 1810, tails repaired.
£200 - 300
111
433
433
A Staffordshire (Alpha
Factory) portrait figure of
Benjamin Franklin modelled
standing in blue frock coat
one hand in his waistcoat
pocket and leaning against a
pillar topped with books with
a scroll in his other hand, on
a gilt lined base, 24 cm high,
circa. 1860-70.
£250 - 350
434
A Staffordshire (Alpha
Factory) portrait figure of
Captain James Cook modelled
seated in blue frock coat,
waistcoat and salmon breeches
beside a small table topped
with a manuscript, on a gilt
lined base, 18 cm high, circa.
1845 - 50.
£300 - 400
434
435
A pair of Staffordshire
portrait figures of Moody
and Sankey both standing
in black frock coats, white
waistcoats and leaning upon a
pillar with one hand resting on
a bible, on oval gilt lined base
with raised caption, 35 and
36 cm high, circa. 1875, the
former restored at the neck.
£150 - 200
435
112
438
436
439
437
438
A pair of Staffordshire
pottery spill vases each
modelled with a zebra fleeing
across a bridge with a fox in
pursuit, on an oval gilt lined
base, 20 cm high, mid 19th
century.
£100 - 150
436
A close pair of pearlware
figures of a stag and doe
of hollow construction
in recumbent posture
naturalistically coloured and on
mound bases, 15.5 cm long,
circa. 1820, repairs to ears and
horns.
£180 - 220
439
A closely matched opposing
pair of Staffordshire pottery
rabbits each modelled
crouching and nibbling a
lettuce leaf and decorated with
black patches, 26 cm long,
circa. 1870, one with hair
crack, the companion with
repair to edge of leaf.
£500 - 800
440
441
440
A Staffordshire pottery
rabbit modelled crouching
and nibbling a lettuce leaf and
decorated with black patches,
25 cm long, small restored
chip to one ear.
£200 - 300
441
A Continental pottery tureen
and cover in the form of a
rabbit modelled crouching
nibbling a lettuce leaf and to
one side a further leaf applied
with two snails with sponged
black patches, 24 cm long,
impressed mark to base and
painted ‘8’, tiny loss.
£300 - 500
437
A pearlware inkwell or quill
stand modelled with an eagle’s
wings outstretched atop a
terrestrial globe supported by
mythical dolphins alternating
with shells and coral on a
scrolling tripartite base, 15.5
cm high, early 19th century,
restorations to wings.
£150 - 250
113
442
443
444
445
442
A pair of Staffordshire
pottery ‘leopard’ taper vase
groups each modelled with a
startled beast on a rustic scroll
moulded base, 15 cm long,
mid 19th century, small glue
repair and crack.
£200 - 300
443
A matched pair of
Staffordshire ‘elephant’ taper
vase groups each modelled
standing, trunk down and
bearing a bright caparison on
a rustic oval base, 21 cm high,
mid 19th century, glue repair
to one taper.
£200 - 300
444
An opposing pair of
Staffordshire figures of lions
each modelled in alert posture
on an grass encrusted rustic
base, 14.5 cm long, mid 19th
century.
£200 - 300
114
445
An opposing pair of
Staffordshire figures of lions
each modelled in alert posture
on an grass encrusted rustic
base, 14.5 cm long, mid 19th
century.
£200 - 300
446
A pottery figure of John
Liston as Moll Flaggon;
modelled after a Rockingham
original in dancing pose and
lifting ‘her’ skirts, on circular
gilt edged and captioned base,
15 cm high, circa. 1830.
£200 - 300
446
447
A Don Pottery ‘Orange
Jumper’ jug of swollen
cylindrical form with strap
handle printed and enamelled
with a portrait of John Clarkson
and verso with an orange rag
embellished with a poem,
with the initials ‘G.H.’ beneath
the spout, 16 cm high, circa.
1809-12, short hair crack by
spout.
£200 - 400
448
A Bovey Tracey ‘inscribed’
pearlware kettle and cover
with ogee handle, straight
spout and baluster body,
painted in ‘pratt’ colours with
floral and foliate sprays and
inscribed “Sufan Shears”, circa
1800-1820, 27cm. high. (chip
to spout, damage to cover).
£400 - 500
447
See Brian Adams and Anthony
Thomas ‘A Potwork in
Devonshire’ pages 57-59 for
similarly decorated pieces and
shards
449
A pottery cheese coaster
probably Carey & Sons, of
scrolling form on pedestal
foot printed in blue with the
Ancient Rome pattern within
a floral diaper border, 32 cm
wide, scratched cross and
cartouche ‘Ancient Rome’ to
base, circa. 1823-42.
£150 - 250
449
448
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451
452
450
A Baker, Bevan’s & Irwin (Glamorgan)
pottery drainer of typical pieced oval form
printed in blue with the Castle pattern, 33
cm long, printed B.B. & I. Opaque, small chip
verso.
£150 - 180
452
A Zsolnay Pecs pottery vase of tapering
quadrilobed form with four lug handles
and swollen cylindrical neck decorated with
Labrador Eosin glazes, 29.5 cm high, raised
‘button’ mark, impressed 5999, circa. 1900.
£300 - 500
451
A Doulton Lambeth salt glazed stoneware
oil lamp of oviform incised by Mark V.
Marshall with two pairs of shield shaped panels
containing a dragon amongst pine and a
dragon amongst stylised blooms reserved on
a blue ground, the base and reservoir with
impressed rosette, one dated 1885, incised
monograms for Mark. V. Marshall and assistants,
height with brass mounts 43 cm high, together
with clear moulded and acid etched shade and
chimney, minor flakes to edge of reservoir.
£300 - 400
116
453
453A
455
453
A Doulton Lambeth faience
tile panel for the Columbian
Exposition 1893 the six tiles
enamelled by Esther Lewis with
a view of St Paul’s Cathedral
from Queen Street Bridge
(now rebuilt as Southwark
Bridge), 30 x 56 cm not
including frame, printed
circular marks and one tile
signed E. Lewis verso. The lot
is offered with the certificate,
two diplomas awarded by the
Board of Lady Managers of
the Columbian Exposition for
her skill as an Inventor and as
Designer and Artist together
with a bronze medallion and
covering letter.
£500 - 700
*More simply known as
the Chicago World’s Fair it
was intended to celebrate
the 400th anniversary of
Columbus’s arrival in the
US. The panel and related
ephemera are by direct family
decent
453A
A Doulton Lambeth
stoneware jug by Hannah
Barlow of shouldered oviform
with angular strap handle,
sgraffito decorated with three
sleeping cats between bands
of stiff leaves and simple
foliate designs picked out in
blue, 24 cm high, impressed
Doulton Lambeth 1872, with
incised monogram, small chip
restoration to foot.
£200 - 400
454
454
A Minton majolica
‘Chinaman’ teapot and cover
modelled as a seated oriental
his plait forming the handle
grasping a grotesque mask,
under brown, turquoise ,
green and yellow glazes, 13.5
cm high, impressed Minton
1838 with date code for 1877,
slight restoration to knop.
£150 - 200
455
A pair of Watcombe pottery
figures modelled as a reclining
barefoot lad in straw hat, fur
cloak and with a horn beneath
him, his female companion
reclining barefoot in flowing
dress and cap, both on rustic
canted rectangular bases, 44
cm long, one with printed
mark, circa. 1890.
£300 - 400
117
456
A Goldscheider terracotta bust of
a young girl in bodice and pointed
cap applied with faux cabochons and
moonstones under subdued colour and
gilding on waisted square socle, 49 cm
high, the shoulder incised Montenoue
and verso applied rectangular mark and
impressed ‘Reproduction Reserve 2592’.
£400-600
457
A Doulton Lambeth stoneware
‘cricketing’ jug of swelling cylindrical
form with ribbed strap handle sprigged
in white with portraits of Bobby Abel,
Sammy Woods and Gregor Macgregor
divided by stylised foliage and blooms
above a ribbed band, 19.5 cm high,
incised marks for Marion Holbrook
assisted by Imogen Durtnall, late 19th
century.
£300 - 500
456
457
118
458
A Royal Doulton Flambe Sung vase of
globular form with raised flaring neck,
under deep and lighter red, yellow and
ochre glazes, 18 cm high, printed marks,
painted monogram for Harry Nixon,
impressed 12-30.
£200 - 300
458
462
460, 459
459
A Royal Doulton figure, Fairy
HN.1390, small loss to two
petals.
£300 - 500
460
A Royal Doulton figure, Fairy
HN.1390, stress crack and loss
of petals to one bloom.
£180 - 220
463
461
A Royal Doulton figure,
Scotties HN.1281.
£600 - 800
462
A David Leach stoneware
vase of globular form the
centre with a band of vertically
cut decoration under oatmeal
glazes, 14 cm high, impressed
personal seal under foot.
£200 - 300
463
A pair of Pilkingtons Royal
Lancastrian vases each of
oviform under ruby lustrous
glazes, 24 cm high, impressed
marks and model no. 2947.
£250 - 600
461
119
464
Emile Galle for St Clement
a pair of faience plates of
circular form with pierced and
moulded rims one enamelled
with colourful poisonous fungi
and a dead butterfly beneath
the text ‘Timeo Danaos et
Dona ferentes’ and another
with a school of fish in a pond
amongst a banner ‘Suivez,
suivez toujours le fond de la
riviere’, 23.5 cm diameter,
printed marks and one with
inscription verso, one chipped.
£400 - 600
465
Emile Galle for St Clement
four faience plates of circular
form with pierced and
moulded rims one enamelled
with a butterfly pinned to a
cork with the banner ‘Il en
coute trop pour briller dans
le monde’, another with a
wasp amongst an apple and
red currants and two others
enamelled with flowers
each with a caption, 24 cm
diameter, printed marks and
three inscribed verso, one
chipped.
£800 - 1000
464
466
466
Emile Galle for St Clement two tall and two short faience
comports of circular form with pierced and moulded rims three
enamelled with flowers and insects and one with a butterfly
pinned to a cork with the banner ‘Il en coute trop pour briller
dans le monde’, 24 cm diameter, each with printed marks and
inscribed verso, one with staple repairs, two with a chip to edge
of foot.
£600 - 800
465
120
469
467
A Lowestoft ‘dolphin ewer’
with plain loop handle and
shell moulded body enamelled
in famille rose colours with
simple flowers and foliage
beneath a diaper border, 9
cm long, scratch cross to base,
circa. 1780, hair crack near
handle, together with a similar
coffee cup enamelled with
sprays, the interior with a loop
and line border, 6.5 cm high,
slight hair crack to rim. (2)
£100 - 150
468
A First Period Worcester
porcelain ‘dolphin ewer’
cream boat with lamprey
handle, the shell and foliate
moulded body enamelled with
a Japan pattern with peony
and ribbon tied star motifs,
8 cm long, circa. 1770, glaze
filled firing crack to handle.
£100 - 150
469
A pair of First Period
Worcester porcelain shell
shaped dishes painted in blue
in the Bird in a Floral Branch’
pattern with a perching bird
and flying companion amongst
peony and insects, matching
workman’s marks in the form
of a crossed circle inside foot
rim, 13 cm long, circa. 1758,
one with filled corner.
£300 - 500
470
471
470
A First Period Worcester porcelain miniature
cup and saucer painted in the Prunus Root
pattern, saucer 8.5 cm diameter, workman’s
marks inside foot rims, circa. 1760, two tiny rim
chips to saucer.
£100 - 200
471
A Caughley porcelain miniature teapot and
cover printed in the Pleasure Boat pattern, 7.5
cm high, together with a matching miniature
sparrow beak jug and bowl, the latter two with
blue ‘XS’ marks, circa. 1780, crack to handle of
teapot. (3)
£250 - 350
121
474
A First Period Worcester
porcelain sauceboat of fluted
form with strap handle and
thumbrest, the interior painted
in blue in the Doughnut Tree
pattern the exterior with a
broad diaper border, 19.5 cm
long, 1775-80.
£60 - 90
473
472
Two Caughley porcelain egg
drainers printed in blue in the
Fisherman and Cormorant
pattern within cell border one
with foliate handle the other
with a simple twig handle, 10
and 9 cm long together with
a similar hexagonal spoon
tray, 17 cm long, impressed
Salopian and blue ‘S’ marks,
circa. 1785-90.(3)
£100 - 200
473
A Lowestoft porcelain small
basket of circular form the
pierced sides formed by
overlapping circles applied
with florets picked out in
blue, the interior printed and
painted in blue with a rose,
chrysanthemum and other
blooms within foliate borders,
12.5 cm diameter, circa. 177580.
£150 - 200
verso
122
475
An early Worcester porcelain
mug of baluster form with ‘S’
shaped handle and thumb
rest enamelled in famille verte
enamels with two gnarled
flowering trees amongst
scattered flowers, foliage and
butterflies with some gold
embellishment, 12.5 cm high,
circa. 1753-55.
£800 - 1200
475
478
476
A Caughley porcelain cabbage leaf mask jug
with ‘C’ scroll handle printed in blue in the
Fisherman and Cormorant pattern, the interior
of the neck with a cell border, 19 cm high,
circa. 1780.
£100 - 150
477
A First Period Worcester porcelain cress
dish of circular form printed in blue in the
Pine Cone pattern, 19.5 cm diameter, hatched
crescent mark, circa. 1775.
£100 - 150
481
478
A set of six Bow porcelain plates of octagonal
form each painted in blue with circular and fan
shaped panels depicting Chinese lakeside scenes
and simple foliage reserved on a powder blue
ground, 18 cm wide, pseudo Chinese character
marks, circa. 1760-75, one stapled.
£150 - 250
479
A First Period Worcester porcelain tea bowl
and saucer the floral and foliate moulded body
painted in blue with a central chrysanthemum
within a lambrequin border, saucer 13.5 cm
diameter, open crescent marks, circa. 1770.
£80 - 120
480
A pair of Derby porcelain figures of a stag
and doe each modelled reclining beneath
a flowering bocage on mound bases, patch
marks, late 18th century, 11 cm high,
restoration to ear tips and horns, loss of foliage.
£100 - 150
481
A large Bow white porcelain three-tier shell
centrepiece each tier with three scallop shells
on coral, seaweed and shell encrusted supports
482
and similar base, circa 1760, 35 cm high, some
damage, one shell and support a replacement.
£200 - 300
482
A pair of large Derby porcelain figures of
the Welch Taylor and Wife of traditional form,
brightly coloured and gilded, on rococo green
mound bases, iron red crowned Derby script
marks, incised ‘no 62’ and ‘1 size’, circa 1820,
24 and 25 cm high, some damage. (2)
£200 - 300
123
483
484
485
A Bow figure of a putto and
lion the putto seated on the
beast and garlanding his head,
with floral bocage and on
raised gilt scrolled openwork
base, impressed T mark to one
foot of base, circa 1765, 20
cm, damaged.
£200-300
485
483
A pair of Derby candlestick
figures of a gardener and
companion he holding flowers
in his left hand a basket of
flowers to one side, she with
flowers in the fold of her skirt,
on gilt scrolled mound bases,
circa 1765-70, 24 cm high,
nozzles possibly replacements,
firing damage and restoration.
(2)
£250 - 350
124
486
484
A Chelsea figural posy vase
modelled as a seated Chinese
man supporting a pierced
baluster vase with one hand
and holding a fruit in the
other, wearing a puce robe
with floral apron, on scroll
base applied with flowers, gilt
‘G.S.T.’ mark, circa 1765, 18
cm high, damage to head,
right hand and flowers, minor
rubbing to gilt.
£300 - 500
* See Anton Gabszewicz ‘Made
at New Canton - Bow Porcelain
from the Collection of the
London Borough of Newham’
page 102 for a figure with a
similar but earlier base with
impressed ‘T’ mark.
486
A Bow figure of Venus with
Doves wearing yellow and
floral decorated robe, two
doves at the base of the tree
stump support, on puce and
blue heightened scroll base,
circa 1765, 24 cm, some
damage and repairs; and a
similar candlestick figure of
Ceres seated on a rococo
pedestal and holding a cherub
aloft, 28 cm high, nozzle
missing, some damage and
repair. (2)
£200 - 300
487
A pair of First Period
Worcester sauceboats of
ovoid fluted form with angular
handle and thumb rest,
painted in blue in ‘The Fringed
Tree’ pattern, circa 1755-60,
22 cm long, one cracked.
£500 - 700
487
488
A La Courtille porcelain
coffee can painted by William
Billingsley of cylindrical form
with scroll handle, painted
in brown monochrome with
a circular panel ‘A view near
Breadsall, Derby’ within gilt
foliate border, 6 cm high, blue
crossed swords mark, circa.
1808, hair crack.
£400 - 600
*Bears paper label ‘Whiteley
Tolson Collection no. 595’. The
pattern on this can is similar
to that found on the Dr Boot
service painted by Billingsley at
Brampton
488
489
A Derby porcelain figure of
a red squirrel seated eating a
nut on a green mound base,
8.5 cm high, incised ‘2’, early
19th century, wear and loss of
ear tips, together with a pug
dog with gilt collar seated on a
green mound base, 8 cm high,
restoration to tip of tail. (2)
£100 - 200
490
A small Derby porcelain
figure of a leopard modelled
in aggressive pose with one
fore paw raised, on green and
gilt scroll base, 7 cm long,
early 19th century, together
with a similar example, 6 cm
long, both with restored tails.
(2)
£80 - 120
detail
492
491
491
A Derby porcelain sauce
boat in the form of a duck
naturalistically modelled, the
head and neck forming the
handle, the legs, beak and eyes
picked out in colours and with
gold dentil rim, 14 cm long,
script ‘N’ in iron red, circa.
1780.
£200 - 300
492
Eight Coalport dessert
plates of silver shape with
raised foliate borders picked
out in gold and reserved
on a pale blue ground, the
centres enamelled with
botanical specimens including
convolvulus, auricula, rose,
hydrangea, narcissus, tulip,
chrysanthemum and crocus,
23 cm diameter, impressed
anchor mark and some with
‘2’, circa. 1820, one crazed,
two rubbed, together with
a matched Royal Worcester
example. (9)
£250 - 350
125
494
495
493
JOHN, W.D. Swansea Porcelain,
Illustrated, cloth, 1958 The
Nantgarw Porcelain Album,
Illustrated, cloth, 1975 (2)
£50 - 70
494
A Grainger (Worcester) porcelain
basket of pierced rectangular form
with rustic twig handle the centre
enamelled with a view of Witley
Court and Great Witley Church
within a gilt foliate and panelled
border, 28 cm long, puce marks and
captioned to the underside ‘Witley’,
circa. 1840-60.
£250 - 350
*Witley Court, Worcestershire,
originally the seat of the Earl
of Dudley, was a vast mansion
surrounded by formal gardens
and spectacular fountains. Since a
disastrous fire in 1937 the remains
have been maintained by English
Heritage.
495
A pair of Sèvres (Third Republic)
porcelain plates outside decorated
with a lakeside landscape and the
border with four subsidiary panels of
blooms within gold borders reserved
on a turquoise ground, 24 cm
diameter, cancelled marks for 1872
and 1873, and blue interlaced ‘L’s
within brass mounts.
£400 - 450
126
496
496
A pair of large Continental porcelain figures, possibly
Rudolstadt Volkstedt modelled as an elaborately dressed
lutenist and a female dancing companion each on circular
bases, 63 cm high each, printed green anchor marks, late
19th century.
£700 - 900
497
499
497
A set of twelve German
porcelain pistol-grip knife
and fork handles painted with
floral bouquets and scattered
flowers, late 19th/early 20th
century the gilt-brass blades
and tines cast with foliage, in
fitted case.
£300 - 500
* Provenance Probably acquired
from Hugo Helbing (1863-1938)
of Munich, a prominentart
dealer in the early 20th Century.
Helbing was arrested in the
Kristallnacht and beaten and
died of his injuries on the 30th
November 1938.
498
A Bernardaud & Cie
(Limoges) porcelain dinner
service printed with birds
amongst foliage the rim with
scattered fruit, comprising
five graduating serving plates,
vegetable dish and cover, a
pair of sauce tureens, covers
and stands, ten dinner plates,
twelve side plates, nine soup
bowls and nine stands, and
eight dessert plates, some
slight damage
£300 - 500
499
A Giraud (Limoges) porcelain
plaque of rectangular form
enamelled by Leighton
Maybery after Bruegel with
a Winter Landscape with
500
skaters and a bird trap in
the foreground, 25 x 33 cm,
printed marks and inscribed
verso and dated 1979.
£380 - 420
500
Jacob Petit porcelain jar and
cover moulded in high relief
with naturalistically modelled
fruit flanked by floral swags
beneath a foliate pierced brass
mount, the domed cover
similarly modelled in high relief
and surmounted by a large
pineapple knop, 68 cm high,
‘J.P.’ monogram to base, some
loss and damage, together
with a pair of cut down vases,
from the same workshops,
now converted as lamps. (3)
£300 - 500
127
501
A Limoges Art China Co. plate of
circular form with gilt scroll moulded rim
decorated with pink and white poppies,
indistinctly signed, 40 cm diameter,
printed marks.
£100 - 150
502
A German porcelain plaque decorated
by Franz Till of rectangular form
enamelled with a head and shoulders
portrait of a pensive beauty in purple
dress and wearing a red ribbon in her
hair 25 x 17.5 cm, oval backstamp for
Franz Till Dresden, impressed 303, circa.
1900, together with carved giltwood
frame.
£400 - 600
502
503
A Meissen group of the
Chinese family modelled
after the original by P
Reinicke with a child
seated on a table, the
parents either side, the
father wearing a conical
hat, the mother holding
a small parasol, another
child and a monkey below,
the mound base applied
with flowers, circa 1750,
16.5 cm. high, damage
and restoration.
£2000 - 3000
* Provenance Probably
acquired from Hugo Helbing
(1863-1938) of Munich,
a prominent art dealer in
the early 20th Century.
Helbing was arrested in the
Kristallnacht and beaten
and died of his injuries on
the 30th November 1938.
128
503
504
A pair of Meissen porcelain
tea bowls and saucers with
gadroon moulding, gilded
at Augsburg probably in
the Seuter workshop with
chinoiserie figures amongst
trees and shrubs, each tea
bowl interior with a bird
perched on a branch, circa
1720-25, diameter of saucers
12 cm, one saucer with filled
chip, gilding rubbed.
£500 - 700
* Provenance Probably acquired
from Hugo Helbing (18631938) of Munich, a prominent
art dealer in the early 20th
Century. Helbing was arrested
in the Kristallnacht and beaten
and died of his injuries on the
30th November 1938.
505
A Meissen porcelain tea
caddy of arched rectangular
form, reserved on each side
with gilt bordered panels
of figures and merchants,
harbour and landscape scenes,
reserved on a purple ground,
504
505
indistinct blue crossed swords
and painted Z4 mark, circa
1740-45 10 cm. high some
wear to the ground, minor
wear to gilding, devoid cover.
£400 - 600
506
A Meissen porcelain teapot
and cover of quadrilobed
form with wishbone handle,
the body reserved with two
landscape panels, one with
figures seated by a stream
with a monument beyond, the
other with a man pushing a
lady on a chair/sledge across
a frozen lake, the turquoise
ground painted with floral
sprays all within gilt scale and
foliate borders, purple 44 mark,
12.5 cm. high, later metal
spout and chain attachments,
damage to finial.
£1000 - 1500
* Provenance Probably acquired
from Hugo Helbing (18631938) of Munich, a prominent
art dealer in the early 20th
Century. Helbing was arrested
in the Kristallnacht and beaten
and died of his injuries on the
30th November 1938.
* Provenance Probably acquired
from Hugo Helbing (1863-1938)
of Munich, a prominent art
dealer in the early 20th Century.
Helbing was arrested in the
Kristallnacht and beaten and
died of his injuries on the 30th
November 1938.
506
129
507
507
A Meissen porcelain teapot
and cover of bullet shape,
the gilt spout moulded with
a bird’s head, the wishbone
handle with shell thumb
piece, reserved with elongated
gilt cartouches with figures
overlooking extensive
landscapes with buildings on a
turquoise ground, blue crossed
swords and gilt 20 mark, circa
1740-45, 7.5 cm. high, minor
wear to gilding.
£1000 - 1500
* Provenance Probably acquired
from Hugo Helbing (18631938) of Munich, a prominent
art dealer in the early 20th
Century. Helbing was arrested
in the Kristallnacht and beaten
and died of his injuries on the
30th November 1938.
508
508
A Meissen bullet-shaped teapot and matched cover with
wishbone handle and octagonal spout, enamelled on one side
with figures overlooking an estuary, the other with a group of
merchants and a negro slave, both panels bordered with gilt, red
and Bottger-lustre foliate decoration, gilt R marks, circa 1725, 9
cm. high, minor chips to spout, handle repaired.
£600 - 800
* Provenance Probably acquired from Hugo Helbing (1863-1938) of
Munich, a prominent art dealer in the early 20th Century. Helbing
was arrested in the Kristallnacht and beaten and died of his injuries
on the 30th November 1938.
130
509
509
A small Meissen porcelain
teapot of bullet-shape with
octagonal spout and later giltmetal handle, enamelled on
each side with a harbour scene
with merchants and shipping
reserved on a yellow ground,
blue crossed swords and ‘G’
gilder’s mark circa 1740-45,
7.5 cm. high to top of handle,
chip to spout, devoid cover.
£100 - 200
* Provenance Probably acquired
from Hugo Helbing (18631938) of Munich, a prominent
art dealer in the early 20th
Century. Helbing was arrested
in the Kristallnacht and beaten
and died of his injuries on the
30th November 1938.
510
510
A Meissen porcelain figure allegorical of Africa modelled by J.J. Kaendler as a female blackamoor
seated on a lion and holding a sceptre in her right hand, wearing an elephant head dress, green
cloak, jewelled belt hung with feathers, puce skirt gilded with foliage, on a rectangular base
applied with flowers and foliage, indistinct blue crossed swords mark, circa 1745-50, 28 cm. high,
firing and other faults, some loss.
£3000 - 5000
* Provenance Probably acquired from Hugo Helbing (1863-1938) of Munich, a prominent art dealer in
the early 20th Century. Helbing was arrested in the Kristallnacht and beaten and died of his injuries on
the 30th November 1938.
131
511
511
A set of six German porcelain
knife and fork handles
painted with floral sprays
within moulded basketwork,
late 18th/early 19th century,
the steel blades stamped’
‘Tscheuke, Gussstaht’; a set
of four Meissen porcelain
handles of ogee form painted
with birds and floral bouquets
within moulded foliate
decoration, late 18th century;
and a set of four German
porcelain knife handles
painted with birds and floral
sprays within gilt reserves,
19th century, the steel blades
stamped ‘S Tresch, Munchen’.
£300 - 500
* Provenance Probably acquired
from Hugo Helbing (18631938) of Munich, a prominent
art dealer in the early 20th
Century. Helbing was arrested
in the Kristallnacht and beaten
and died of his injuries on the
30th November 1938.
132
512
A Meissen porcelain figure
of a gardener modelled
after the original by Michael
Victor Acier standing before a
stump raising a bloom in one
hand with a hat full of blooms
resting on his hip, on circular
base, 15 cm high, blue crossed
swords, incised C.73 with press
number 36.
£150 – 250
513
A Meissen porcelain figure
of Maestoso the head of the
racehorse modelled after the
original by Erich Oehme, in the
white on a hardwood stand,
22 cm high, incised signature
and dated 1949, incised and
painted blue crossed swords
the latter cancelled.
£100 – 200
Lots 514 – 520. No Lots.
512