A MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEAPOT AND A COVER, the porcelain circa 1715-20, the decoration circa 1725-30, the bulbous body with a loop handle and curved spout with a gilt mask terminal, decorated in gilding in Augsburg in the Seuter workshop, each side with tooled chinoiserie landscape scenes incorporating figures, one a street vendor selling various wares, the associated domed cover in solid burnished gold, 13.3cm high, ‘3.2’ in lustre script to the base (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £500-£800
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER SAUCER, the porcelain circa 1715, the decoration circa 1725-30, decorated in gilding in Augsburg in the Seuter workshop with a chinoiserie scene of figures flanked by trees on a scrollwork bracket, reserved within a lobed solid gilt border, the underside moulded with fluted bands embellished with alternating decoration of a solid ground, scrollwork and dots, 13.4cm diameter, letters ‘Mc’ in lustre script to the base, incised / inside footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£400
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1725-30, the saucer decorated in gilding over underglaze-blue with the ‘Fels- und Vogel’ pattern of flowering plants and a bird in flight, the teabowl additionally with a chinoiserie figure riding a bird through the sky, the rims with gilt borders, both with concentric blue banding to the underside, the saucer 12cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, the teabowl with painter’s mark in blue inside the footrim (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a similar teabowl and saucer in the Britzke Collection, see ‘La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke / Das Meissner Porzellan der Britzke-Sammlung’, exhibition catalogue (2009), p.163.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A RARE MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEAPOT AND COVER, circa 1725, decorated in Augsburg, the bulbous body with a curved spout with a gilt mask terminal and loop handle, both sides decorated with chinoiserie vignettes depicting figures around tables, beneath large swags, the rims with gilt borders, the domed cover similarly decorated with figures and trees, 13.5cm high (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: The scene on one side of this teapot is based upon an engraving by Martin Engelbrecht, Nobilissimus Dominus Kiakouli in Villa sua, from the series Habitus et mores Sinsnsium, published in Augsburg in 1719; see M. Cassidy-Geiger, ‘Graphic Sources for Meissen Porcelain: Origins of the Print Collection in the Meissen Archives’, Metropolitan Museum Journal 31 (1996), fig.10. A sketch of this scene can be found on plate 28 of the Schulz Codex. A teapot and cover of similar form was sold by Bonhams, 2 December 2015, lot 26.
Estimate: £500-£800
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TWO MEISSEN HAUSMALER TWO-HANDLED BEAKERS, circa 1725, decorated in Augsburg with gilding, probably in the Seuter workshop, with tooled chinoiserie scenes to both sides, on scrollwork brackets, with gilt borders to the rims and footrims, the scroll handles gilt, 7.5cm high, one inscribed with letters ‘S’ and ‘n’ in faint lustre script (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: A very similar beaker was sold by Bonhams, 14 June 2017, lot 42.
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1725, probably decorated in Augsburg, the rims decorated in gilt with diaper panels and strapwork, the saucer 12.3cm diameter, indistinct lustre marks to the underside of both, incised / inside footrim of both (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1725, decorated in Dresden or Augsburg, both moulded with acanthus leaves, the teabowl decorated with a gilt wide Laub- und Bandelwerk border, the top of the saucer and interior of the teabowl gilt, the saucer 12cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, the teabowl with impressed Dreher’s mark of three circles for Gottfried Seydel and ** to saucer for Christian Meynert (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: It is likely that the gilt decoration on this piece was by the goldsmith George Funcke (master in 1692), who painted in gold for the Meissen factory until 1726. The acanthus moulding may have been designed by the court silversmith Johann Jacob Irminger. For a very similar teabowl and saucer in the Rijksmuseum see A.L. den Blaauwen, ‘Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum’ (2000), pp.34-5, cat.14.
Estimate: £500-£800
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A MEISSEN TEAPOT AND A COVER, circa 1730-35, of bullet form with an animal spout and scroll-moulded tau handle, the body moulded with scattered sprigs and sprays of flowers, with a gilt foliate scroll border, the cover associated, 11cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, inscribed ‘B.v.F.’ in puce script, incised Dreher’s mark of Z inside the footrim for Johann Christian Dietrich (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£400
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1720-30, with Bayreuth decoration possibly by Christian Daniel Busch, the saucer with a chinoiserie vignette depicting an oriental figure with a crane flanked by flowering plants, the teabowl with a similar continuous scene, the rims with borders of gilt scrolls and stylised flowers, the saucer 13.2cm diameter, incised / inside the footrim of the teabowl (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: A very similar teabowl and saucer was in the Marouf Collection; see Ulrich Pietsch, ‘Passion for Meissen’ (2010), no. 62.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN TEABOWLS, circa 1730, with slightly everted rims, both painted with chinoiserie scenes of figures engaged in various pursuits, including drinking tea, within gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and edged with purple and iron-red scrollwork, the interiors decorated with flowering plants issuing from stylised rockwork, the rims with gilt scroll and strapwork borders, 5cm high, gilt letter K. and impressed .. inside the footrim of both for Johann Martin Kittel (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: Sketches of similar figures to those depicted on these teabowls can be found on plates 21 and 23 of the Schulz Codex.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A MEISSEN TWIN-HANDLED BEAKER, circa 1725-30, both sides finely painted with a chinoiserie landscape depicting oriental figures at various pursuits, within a gilt scrollwork quatrelobe cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and edged with purple, iron-red and green scrollwork, with a gilt scroll- and strapwork border to the rim, 8.2cm high, gold numeral 1., impressed Dreher’s mark .. inside the footrim for Johann Martin Kittel
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a twin-handled beaker with similar chinoiserie decoration see Ulrich Pietsch, ‘Johann Gregorius Horoldt 1696-1775’ (1996), pp.104-5, cat.82. Sketches of a similar figure to that on one side of the beaker can be found on plates 11, 12 and 15 of the Schulz Codex.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN BEAKER, circa 1725-30, painted with two chinoiserie scenes depicting figures at various pursuits, within quatrelobe gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and embellished with iron-red and brown scrollwork, the rim with a gilt scroll- and strapwork border, 7.5cm high, crossed swords mark in blue enamel, gold numeral 1., impressed Dreher’s mark .. for Johann Martin Kittel
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £500-£800
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A MEISSEN TEA CANISTER AND A COVER, circa 1728, of rectangular form, all four sides painted with Kauffahrtei scenes depicting merchants at work in a harbour, with ships in the distance, in the style of Christian Friedrich Herold, the two larger panels within gilt scrollwork cartouches embellished with Böttger lustre and purple and iron-red scrollwork, the later cover similarly decorated with chinoiserie figures by a harbour, 10cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, gold numeral 74., impressed Dreher’s cross and four dots for Andreas Schiefer (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For two very similarly decorated rectangular tea canisters in the Wark Collection, see Ulrich Pietsch, ‘Early Meissen Porcelain’ (2011), p.342., cats.378-9.
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A MEISSEN TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1740, painted with chinoiserie landscape scenes within elaborate brown-edged gilt foliate scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre, gilt scrollwork borders to the rims, the centre of the cup with a further chinoiserie scene, the reverse of each with sprays of indianische Blumen, the saucer 13.5cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and gold letter H. to the footrim of both, impressed numerals (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A MEISSEN SAUCER, circa 1735-40, decorated with a chinoiserie scene of figures in a garden setting, including squirrels jumping over a cloak above the head of an oriental gentleman, the gilt-line rim and underside with scattered indianische Blumen, 12cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and gold number 52., unidentified impressed Dreher’s mark of * inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: Sketches of a very similar figure can be found on plates 13 and 59 of the Schulz Codex.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN COVER, circa 1740, painted with three chinoiserie landscape vignettes depicting oriental figures at various pursuits, within gilt concentric red bands and a gold border, with a globular gilt finial, 8.2cm diameter, gold numeral 37.
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL, circa 1735, painted in colours with a continuous chinoiserie landscape scene of merchants beside a river with ships and buildings in the distance, a quayside scene within the interior, within concentric iron-red bands, the rim edged in brown, 7.4cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed Dreher’s mark of three circles inside the footrim for Gottfried Seydel
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL, circa 1735, finely painted with detailed chinoiserie harbour scenes depicting figures and sailing ships, within gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and edged with iron-red and puce scrollwork, the interior with a bird perched on stylised rockwork, with a gilt scrollwork rim, 4.5cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, gold numeral 15., incised / inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL, circa 1730, painted with a Kauffahrtei scene depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside to one side, and figures with a donkey within a landscape to the other, within elaborate gilt cartouches embellished with purple and iron-red scrollwork, a spray of indianische Blumen within the interior, with a deep gilt scroll rim, 8cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gold letter P. and impressed .. to footrim for Johann Martin Kittel
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1735, painted with Kauffahrtei scenes depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside, within elaborate gilt cartouches embellished with purple scrollwork, with gilt diaper and scrollwork rims, the saucer 13.4cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and gold number 55. to both, impressed Dreher’s mark of a cross within a circle inside the footrims for Johann Christoph Schumann, the teabowl also with incised / inside footrim, the saucer with impressed number 2 (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN SAUCER, circa 1740, painted with a Kauffahrtei scene depicting merchants with their wares by a quayside, ships in the background, within an elaborate gilt foliate cartouche edged in brown and embellished with purple scrollwork, the rim with a gilt diaper and scrollwork border, 13.5cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and gold number 15.
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£400
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL, circa 1740, painted with harbour scenes to each side, one with an officer on horseback, the other with gentlemen engaged in conversation, within gilt quatrelobe cartouches embellished with iron-red and purple scrollwork and indianische Blumen, gilt-line rim, the centre with a spray of flowers, 7.2cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue, gold letter N., unidentified Dreher’s mark of * and / inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £250-£350
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A MEISSEN SAUCER, circa 1745, painted with figures in a fortified harbour scene, within an elaborate gilt cartouche edged in brown, the rim with a formal gilt scroll border, 12.3cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gold number 4. within a shaped triangle
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £250-£350
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL, circa 1740, painted to both sides with fortified harbour scenes depicting small figures and buildings by the water’s edge, within unusual diaper, gilt scale and scrollwork cartouches shaped like chinoiserie pavilions and edged in black, flanked by small puce figures of tradesmen including one lifting a plank and one a barrel, sprays of indianische Blumen to either side, the inner rim with a gilt scrollwork border reserved with four puce landscape vignettes, 8cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gold letter Z., impressed Dreher’s mark for Johann Chistoph Schumann and / inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: A bowl with similar cartouches edged with figures is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, ‘Meissener Porzellan’, p.150, no.646.
Estimate: £250-£350
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1735, the saucer painted with figures in a European landscape, the teabowl with Kauffahrtei scenes incorporating sailing ships and merchants at work by a quayside, all within elaborate quatrelobe gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and embellished with purple scrollwork, with elaborate gilt scrollwork rims, the centre of the teabowl with a further harbour scene within concentric red bands, the saucer 11.9cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and gold numeral 53. to both, Dreher’s mark of three circles inside the footrim of the teabowl for Gottfried Seydel, and impressed ** inside the footrim of the saucer for Christain Meynert (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL, circa 1735, painted with a continuous European landscape scene depicting merchants by a riverside with a thatched barn to the reverse, a spray of indianische Blumen within the interior, gilt-line rim, 7.7cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gold letter D., impressed Dreher’s mark of three circles for Gottfried Seydel
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£400
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A MEISSEN SAUCER, circa 1735, painted with a European landscape scene of figures and hounds walking through parkland, reserved within a gilt quatrelobe cartouche embellished with purple and iron-red scrollwork, the rim with a formal gilt diaper and foliate border, three sprays of indianische Blumen to the underside, 14.4cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and gold letter M., impressed Dreher’s mark of o inside the footrim for Johann Casper Haase
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£400
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1735, the saucer with a European landscape scene depicting a figure on horseback beneath a tree with buildings in the distance, the teabowl with a very similar scene to one side and a Kauffahrtei scene to the other depicting merchants going about their business, all within gilt-edged quatrelobe cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and embellished with purple and iron-red scrollwork, gilt foliate scrollwork borders to the rims, the teabowl with a spray of indianische Blumen to the interior, the saucer with concentric red banding to the underside, the saucer 12.5cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised / inside the footrim of the teabowl (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL, circa 1745, painted with battle scenes after Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder (1666-1742), one depicting soldiers on horseback duelling, the other soldiers firing a cannon towards a town, within elaborate gilt scrollwork cartouches edged in brown, the interior with a spray of Deutsche Blumen, gilt-line rim, 7.5cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gold number 24., impressed numeral 89
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £250-£350
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A MEISSEN TEACUP, circa 1745, painted in puce with a military scene depicting officers and their horses at rest after Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder (1666-1742), within an elaborate gilt rocaille scroll cartouche edged in puce, scattered blooms in puce to the reverse and interior, the inner rim with a gilt scrollwork border, 4.4cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gold number 14.
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For two teacups and saucers in the Wark Collection with very similar puce decoration, see Ulricht Pietsch, ‘Early Meissen Porcelain’ (2011), pp.428-9, cats.496-7.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL, circa 1735, painted in puce with a continuous European landscape scene depicting figures and buildings by a riverside, including a man fishing in a boat and a fortified turret, intersected by four gilt flutes, the interior with a similar scene within concentric puce bands, with a gilt rim, 7.8cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed Dreher’s mark of a cross within a circle for Johann Christoph Schumann
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER SAUCER, the porcelain circa 1725, the decoration circa 1740, decorated in the manner of Johann Friedrich Metzsch of Bayreuth, depicting a Bacchic scene in puce, within an oval gilt and foliate cartouche, surmounted by a basket of fruit and flowers with a bird perched on top, a mask pendant below flanked by stylised sprays of fruit and flowers, the rim with a formal border and gilt edge, 12.7cm diameter, incised / to the inside of the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN YELLOW-GROUND MILK JUG, circa 1740, reserved with two quatrelobe panels depicting Kauffahrtei scenes in puce camaieu, the mask spout picked out in enamel colours, the tau handle embellished with puce and gilt detailing, 13cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (cover lacking)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £500-£700
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A MEISSEN PURPLE-GROUND TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1740, the cup reserved with two brown-edged shaped quatrelobe cartouches depicting European landscape scenes of figures in parkland, the interior and the saucer similarly decorated with circular landscape scenes within iron-red lines, the underside of the saucer with scattered insects in puce, with gilt-line rims, the saucer 12.7cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed number 2 to the inside of the footrims of both (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £500-£800
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A MEISSEN PURPLE-GROUND MILK JUG, circa 1735-40, reserved with two quatrelobe panels respectively painted with a Kauffahrtei scene depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside, and a couple walking through a lakeside landscape, within brown-edged borders, with an acanthus scroll spout and scroll handle with a shell thumbrest, heightened in gilding, 9.3cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised x to the inside of the footrim (cover lacking)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER SAUCER, circa 1740, decorated in the workshop of Franz Ferdinand Meyer of Pressnitz with a village scene depicting peasant figures and hounds, buildings in the distance, within an elaborate gilt quatrelobe Laub- und Bandelwerk cartouche, with a gilt-line rim, the underside moulded with three sprigs of prunus branches picked out in enamel colours, 13.3cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £250-£350
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEAPOT, circa 1740, the bulbous body with a scroll handle and a hexagonal spout, decorated in the workshop of Franz Ferdinand Meyer of Pressnitz with European landscape scenes, one depicting a group shooting, the other a courting couple flanked by hunting dogs and two attendants playing horns, within elaborate gilt cartouches edged in brown, the shoulder with a further gilt scrollwork border, 9cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, unidentified impressed Dreher’s mark * inside the footrim (cover lacking)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £500-£800
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A RARE MEISSEN HAUSMALER SAUCER, the porcelain circa 1735, the decoration circa 1750, decorated in the workshop of Franz Ferdinand Meyer of Pressnitz with a classical scene depicting ‘The Rape of Proserpina’, Pluto embracing a struggling Proserpina in a horse-drawn chariot, within a gilt rim, 13.3cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN BEAKER AND A COVER, 19th Century, of squat baluster form with a generous flared neck, painted to both sides with harbour scenes depicting merchants at work with ships in the distance, within elaborate gilt cartouches embellished with iron-red and purple scrollwork, the base with eight alternating puce and iron-red vignettes depicting Kauffahrtei scenes reserved against a burnished gold ground, the rim with a gilt scrollwork border, the octagonal cover similarly decorated, 17.7cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and impressed numerals to the beaker (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For an 18th Century beaker and cover of similar form and similarly decorated with harbour scenes, but on a turquoise ground, and similar alternating monochrome vignettes to the base, see Ulrich Pietsch, ‘Early Meissen Porcelain’ (2011), p.378, cat.434.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A HAUSMALER-DECORATED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN TEABOWL, circa 1740, painted in Meissen style with two very similar chinoiserie scenes depicting a figure kneeling in a garden, within gilt scroll cartouches edged with iron-red and brown scrollwork, the centre with a spray of indianische Blumen, the inner rim with a formal gilt border edged in brown, 3.7cm high
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A HAUSMALER-DECORATED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN SAUCER, mid-18th Century, painted in Meissen style within a chinoiserie scene with a garden setting incorporating an oriental figure teasing a bird with a feather on a stick, within an elaborate gilt, purple and iron-red scrollwork cartouche enriched with yellow, green and blue flowers, the rim with a formal border in underglaze-blue, 11.7cm diameter
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN CUTLERY HANDLE MOUNTED WITH A STERLING SILVER CAKE SLICE, the handle circa 1728, decorated in underglaze-blue and painted with polychrome sprays of flowers in Kakiemon style, the pierced mid-18th Century silver slice hallmarked for Dresden, probably 1745, with unidentified maker’s mark, the handle 10cm long
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: This handle was painted at the Meissen factory in underglaze-blue before being decorated by a Hausmaler with simple polychrome flowers. A set of very similar cutlery handles in the Wark Collection, see Ulrich Pietsch, ‘Early Meissen Porcelain’ (2011), p. 330, cat. 357.
Estimate: £250-£350
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A RARE MEISSEN CAFÉ-AU-LAIT GROUND TEABOWL, circa 1740, painted with sprays of stylised flowers in puce, 7.7cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed number 4 and Dreher’s mark of three circles for Gottfried Seydel inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN LOBED TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1740, decorated in underglaze-blue with stylised flowers within concentric rings, the rim with a lambrequin and mosaic-ground border, the underside of both reserved with panels of single flowers, 11.2cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and impressed number 52 to both, the saucer with H. in underglaze-blue inside the footrim (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1740, painted in Imari style in underglaze-blue, enamels and gilding, the centre with a spray of indianische Blumen within lambrequin borders, the reverse with underglaze-blue branches embellished with iron-red flowers and gilding, 20.3cm diameter, crossed swords mark and dot in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 56
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a similar plate in the Hoffmeister Collection, see Dieter Hoffmeister, ‘Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Hoffmeister’ (1999), vol.I, cat.177.
Estimate: £500-£800
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A MEISSEN OVAL DISH OR STAND, circa 1740, painted in Imari style in underglaze-blue, enamels and gilding with a bird perched on a rock in a stylised oriental landscape, within a richly decorated floral and foliate rim reserved with two cartouches painted with phoenixes, 22.3cm wide, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 26 inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£500
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A SMALL MEISSEN VASE, circa 1740, the ovoid form reserved with three oval panels painted with wreaths of stylised flowers in underglaze-blue, on a dark brown ground, 6cm high, crossed swords mark in blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: A small vase and cover with very similar decoration was sold by Christie’s in Paris, 29 September 2010, lot 388.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A MEISSEN WHITE TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1745, both moulded with three fruiting vine branches, the saucer 13.7cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN WHITE TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1745, both moulded with three flowering prunus branches, the saucer 13.3cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1750, of fluted form, painted in underglaze-blue and gilding with the ‘Fels- und Vogel’ pattern of four panels of stylised flowers and birds, concentric blue banding to the undersides, the saucer 12cm diameter, crossed swords and dot mark in underglaze-blue to the saucer, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to the teabowl (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1750, decorated in the workshop of F.J. Ferner, the saucer painted in underglaze-blue, enamels and gilding with the ‘Fels- und Vogel’ pattern, with a house in iron-red, the rim with three flowers, the teabowl similarly decorated with a town in iron-red to the interior, gilt borders to the rims and concentric blue banding to the undersides, the saucer 13cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, J. in underglaze-blue to saucer and a cross to inside of the footrim of the teabowl (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a similar teabowl and saucer from the Brigitte Britzke Collection, see that sold at Bonhams, 22 June 2017, lot 75.
Estimate: £400-£700
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A MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEABOWL, circa 1740-50, decorated in the workshop of F.J. Ferner with flowers in underglaze-blue, embellished in gilding and enamels, with a foliate gilt scroll rim, 7cm diameter, crossed swords mark and three dots in underglaze-blue, letter M in underglaze-blue inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A SMALL MEISSEN HAUSMALER TEABOWL, circa 1740, decorated in the workshop of F.J. Ferner with flowers in underglaze-blue, embellished in gilding and enamels, with a foliate gilt scroll rim, 5.6cm diameter, crossed swords mark and script J. in underglaze-blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN PLATE, third quarter 19th Century, decorated in oriental style with a jardinière of flowers in underglaze-blue, the rim with a stylised floral and foliate border, 23.7cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue with double cancellation mark, impressed numeral 21
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £100-£150
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A RARE MEISSEN COFFEE-POT AND COVER, circa 1725-30, of baluster form with an s-scroll handle, painted with vibrant sprays of indianische Blumen and scattered insects, smaller floral sprigs to the spout and handle, the domed cover similarly decorated, with an iron-red border heightened in purple and gold, and a gilt finial, 21cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: A very similar coffee pot and cover was in the Delphinium Collection, sold at Bonhams, 20 March 2013, lot 26. See also the example illustrated by U. Pietsch, ‘Frühes Meissener Porzellan aus einer Privatsammlung’ (1993), cat.58. A similarly decorated teapot and cover is illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch, ‘Johann Gregorius Horoldt 1696-1775’ (1996), pp.106-7, cat.84.
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500
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A MEISSEN RECTANGULAR TEA CANISTER, circa 1730, painted with the ‘Bienenmuster’ pattern of insects around sprays of flowers tied with a yellow ribbon, the cover later, 11.3cm high, crossed swords mark in blue (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: A similarly decorated tea canister was sold at Bonhams, 7 December 2017, lot 191.
Estimate: £700-£900
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A RARE MEISSEN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-GROUND CREAM POT AND A COVER, circa 1730, on three paw feet picked out in puce, the sides reserved with three quatrelobe panels painted in Kakiemon style with indianische Blumen, the scroll handle with further flowers, with a gilt-line rim, the associated cover painted with birds and flowering branches within a brown-edged rim, 11.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a very similar cream pot, see that sold at Bonhams, 23 May 2012, lot 95.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1735, painted in Kakiemon style with the ‘Schmetterling’ pattern of a butterfly on flowering branches, further scattered flower sprays to the brown-edged rim, 23.7cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed E inside footrim for Johann Gottfried Eckoldt
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a discussion of the Schmetterling pattern See Julia Weber, ‘Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern‘ (2013), vol.II, p.344. For a similarly decorated plate in the Hoffmeister Collection, see Dieter Hoffmeister, ‘Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Hoffmeister’ (1999), vol.I, cat.143. For another in the Wark Collection, seeUlrich Pietsch, ‘Early Meissen Porcelain’ (2011), p.253, cat.246.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A RARE MEISSEN GREEN-GROUND TEAPOT AND COVER, circa 1730-35, with two shaped quatrelobe reserves painted in Kakiemon style with indianische Blumen issuing from stylised rockwork to one side and a pagoda and fences to the other, the cover similarly decorated, with a wishbone handle and animal spout picked out in red, yellow and purple, with gilt-line rims, 11cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue (restuck) (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Formerly in the Max von Grunelius Collection, Frankfurt (paper label with inventory no. V291), sold by Sotheby’s, 13 June 1995, lot 275 (part).
FOOTNOTES: This piece is unusual both in terms of the brilliancy of the colour and the subject matter. The unframed reserves are uncommon, and such reserves are usually surrounded by a line or gilt cartouche. For a teabowl and saucer from the same service in the Hoffmeister Collection, also from the Max von Grunelius Collection sold by Sotheby’s, 13 June 1995, lot 275 (part), see Dieter Hoffmeister, ‘Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Hoffmeister’ (1999), vol.I, cat.266a.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A RARE MEISSEN GREEN-GROUND SUGAR BOWL AND COVER, circa 1730-35, en-suite to the previous lot, with two shaped quatrelobe reserves painted in Kakiemon style with indianische Blumen issuing from stylised rockwork to one side and a pagoda and fences to the other, the covers similarly decorated, with gilt-line rims, 11.7cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue (restuck) (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Formerly in the Max von Grunelius Collection, Frankfurt (paper label with inventory no. V291), sold by Sotheby’s, 13 June 1995, lot 275 (part).
FOOTNOTES: See previous lot.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1735, painted in Kakiemon style with flowering branches of prunus, chrysanthemums and pomegranate, the brown-line rim moulded with a border of scrolling peonies, 22.3cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, unidentified impressed Dreher’s mark of ++ inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a plate with a very similar moulded border in the Hoffmeister Collection, see Dieter Hoffmeister, ‘Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Hoffmeister’ (1999), vol.I, cat.154.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1735, painted in Kakiemon style with the ‘Flying Fox’ pattern of a squirrel perched on one of two banded hedges and another flying overhead, the scalloped rim edged in brown, 22.4cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed Dreher’s mark of + for Johann Christoph Pietzsch inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A MEISSEN DISH, circa 1740, painted in Kakiemon style with a spray of flowers surrounded by scattered blooms and insects, within a scalloped ozier-moulded basketwork border with gilt detailing to the rim, 24.7cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 21 and incised | inside footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN DISH, circa 1740, painted in Kakiemon style with wheat sheaves and scattered sprigs of flowers, within an ozier-moulded ‘Sulkowsky’ pattern basketwork border and brown-edged rim, 22cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed number 16
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a very similar dish in the Brigitte Britzke Collection, see ‘La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke / Das Meissner Porzellan der Britzke-Sammlung’, exhibition catalogue (2009), p.119.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN TOBACCO JAR AND COVER, circa 1735, of cylindrical form, painted in Kakiemon style with insects and flowers, the shallow domed cover with a brown-line rim, 14cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £600-£800
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1740, both painted in Kakiemon style with three sprigs of flowering oriental branches, both with a butterfly to the centre, with brown-edged rims, the saucer 12cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed number 2 inside the footrim of the teabowl (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a very similar teabowl and saucer from the same service in the Brigitte Britzke Collection, see ‘La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke / Das Meissner Porzellan der Britzke-Sammlung’, exhibition catalogue (2009), p.122.
Estimate: £500-£800
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A MEISSEN COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER, circa 1740, painted in Kakiemon style with bamboo and flowering branches, the rims with a formal trellis border in iron-red and gold reserved with four demi-flowers, the underside of the saucer with three scattered blooms in iron-red, the cup with an ear-shaped handle, the saucer 13.5cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed number 63 to the saucer (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£400
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1740, of fluted form, painted in Kakiemon style with stylised flowering branches, with a brown-edged rim, the saucer 14.3cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed number 24 to the teabowl (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1745, with moulded Altbrandenstein basketwork borders, painted with the ‘gelber Löwe’ pattern of a tiger curling around bamboo, scattered indianische Blumen, birds perched on flowers, and insects to the rim, with gilt-edged rims and handle, the saucer 13.2cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and impressed numeral 24 to both (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: The Altbrandenstein pattern was designed in 1741 by J.F. Eberlein for a service ordered by the Oberkuchenmeister of the Saxon court, Friedrich August von Brandenstein. Pieces from a service in this pattern are illustrated by A.L. den Blaauwen, ‘Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum’ (2000), pp.230-2, cat.148. A similar cup and saucer was sold at Bonhams, 3 December 2008, lot 127.
Estimate: £500-£800
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1740, finely painted with scattered flowers or Holzschnittblumen, including a lily and a cornflower, amongst scattered insects, within a shaped gilt-edged rim, 23.7cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 20, incised / inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN SOUP PLATE, circa 1770, painted with a spray of flowers, the rim moulded with three floral scrollwork cartouches enclosing scattered blooms, 23.2cm diameter, crossed swords and dot mark in underglaze-blue, impressed number 17, I in underglaze-blue inside footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £100-£150
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A MEISSEN PLATE, third quarter 19th Century, outside-decorated in Kakiemon style with two birds perched on flowering branches issuing from stylised rockwork, surrounded by insects, the gilt-line rim with scattered sprigs and sprays of indianische Blumen, 25.4cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue with quadruple cancellation mark, impressed numerals
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A MEISSEN TEA CANISTER AND COVER, 19th Century, of tapered cylindrical form, painted in Kakiemon style with a crane surrounded by flowering branches, a spray of flowers to the reverse, floral sprigs to the shoulder and cover, 12.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MARCOLINI MEISSEN SOUP PLATE, circa 1775, painted in Kakiemon style with a bird in flight over oriental flowers issuing from stylised rockwork, the rim with scattered blooms, 23.2cm diameter, crossed swords and star mark in underglaze-blue, various impressed marks
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £150-£200
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A MARCOLINI MEISSEN SAUCER, circa 1800, painted in Kakiemon style with a bird in flight above flowering branches issuing from stylised rockwork, the rim with a formal iron-red border, 13.3cm diameter, crossed swords and star mark in underglaze-blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £100-£150
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A MEISSEN CIRCULAR ECUELLE STAND, circa 1740, the rim painted with three European landscape scenes depicting figures walking in parkland, within elaborate gilt diaper and foliate cartouches edged in brown, flanked by scattered blooms and insects, the centre painted in puce with a couple in a landscape setting, the rim with a gilt border, 17.8cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £500-£700
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A MEISSEN MILK JUG, circa 1745, both sides painted in with landscape vignettes depicting Watteauesque figures, the rim with a gilt Laub- und Bandelwerk border, the scroll handle and spout with gilt scroll detailing edged in puce, 13.3cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 24, gold letter E. inside the footrim (cover lacking)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1745, decorated with landscape vignettes depicting Watteauesque figures in grisaille landscapes, gilt foliate scrollwork borders to the rims, a spray of flowers to the inside of the teabowl, the saucer 12cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and gold number 62. to both (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£400
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A MEISSEN COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER, circa 1745-50, both painted with a landscape vignette depicting Watteauesque figures in parkland, within elaborate gilt foliate cartouches edged in brown, scattered flowers to the reverse, with gilt-line rims and a scroll handle heightened in gold, the saucer 13.2cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and gold number 45. to both, impressed numeral 52 to saucer (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1745, decorated with landscape vignettes depicting Watteauesque figures in grisaille landscapes, gilt diaper and scrollwork borders to the rims, a spray of flowers to the inside of the teabowl, the saucer 12.2cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and gold letter E. inside the footrim of both (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN SAUCER, circa 1745, finely painted with a landscape scene depicting a couple walking through parkland, within a within a quatrelobe cartouche reserved against a burnished gold ground, 13.2cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 2 inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN YELLOW-GROUND EWER, circa 1745-50, the fluted, pear-shaped body on a flared foot, reserved with two panels painted with Watteauesque couples in parkland, within elaborate gilt cartouches, the scroll handle edged in gold, 19.7cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (cover lacking)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £500-£700
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A MEISSEN TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1750, painted with landscape vignettes depicting Watteauesque couples in parkland, gilt foliate scrollwork borders to the rims, scattered flowers to the cup and underside of saucer, the saucer 12cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and gilt number 1. to both, impressed numerals (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£500
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A MEISSEN TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1750, both painted with landscape vignettes, the saucer with a shepherd and his companion amongst a flock of sheep, the cup with figures in parkland, flowers to the reverse and inside of the cup, within gilt line rims, the saucer 13.4cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, the saucer with impressed numeral 64, the cup with impressed letter P (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A RARE MEISSEN TRENCHER SALT FROM THE ‘GREEN WATTEAU’ SERVICE, circa 1750, modelled by J.F. Eberlein, of shaped oval form, moulded with the ‘Gotzkowsky-Relief’ pattern of flowers, with alternating landscape vignettes depicting elegant couples in copper-green, black and flesh tones, within gilt-line borders, the well painted with scattered sprigs and sprays of Deutsche Blumen, 10.8cm wide, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1745, painted with a floral spray and scattered blooms, within an ozier-moulded border and gilt-line rim, the underside with scattered leaves, 24.2cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 21
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1735-40, painted with scattered sprigs and sprays of flowers, the brown-edged rim moulded with a border of scrolling peonies, 22.6cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed Dreher’s mark of + for Johann Christoph Pietzsch inside the footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a plate with a very similar moulded border in the Hoffmeister Collection, see Dieter Hoffmeister, ‘Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Hoffmeister’ (1999), vol.I, cat.154.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1745, painted with a central spray of Deutsche Blumen, the gilt-edged rim moulded with an ‘Alt-Brandenstein’ basketwork border reserved with four panels painted with floral sprigs, 23.2cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 22
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1750, modelled by J.F. Eberlein with the ‘Gotzkowsky-Relief’ pattern of flowers, painted with a large central spray of flowers, the brown-edged rim reserved with four smaller blooms, 24.2cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 20
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A MEISSEN OCTAGONAL SPOON TRAY, circa 1750, painted with Deutsche Blumen within a gilt line rim, 11.2cm wide, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 29 and puce S. inside footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A MEISSEN DISH, circa 1750, of barbed quatrelobe form, painted with a spray of flowers surrounded by scattered insects, with a brown-edged rim, 17.3cm wide, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: Dishes such as this are often catalogued as spoon trays or teapot stands, but it has been argued that they were more likely to have been used as confectionery dishes (see Dieter Hoffmeister, ‘Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Hoffmeister’ (1999), vol.I, cat.259a). For a very similar dish see A.L. den Blaauwen, ‘Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum’ (2000), p.363, cat.254.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN PLATE, circa 1750-60, painted in green with a central spray of flowers, the gilt-line rim with scattered blooms, 25.2cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 23
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER, circa 1760, both painted with sprays of flowers and scattered blooms, with blue scale-ground borders edged with gilt scrollwork to the gilt dentil rims, the saucer 13.5cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, the saucer with impressed number 64 inside footrim (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£400
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A MEISSEN COFFEE CAN AND SAUCER, circa 1760, finely painted with sprays of flowers, with garlands of flowers to the gilt-line rims, the saucer 13.6cm diameter, crossed swords marks in blue (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1760, both painted with sprays of flowers and scattered blooms, with puce scale-ground borders edged with gilt scrollwork to the gilt dentil rims, the saucer 13.7cm diameter, crossed swords and dot marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 52 inside the footrims of both (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£400
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A MEISSEN TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1770, both painted with sprays of flowers and scattered blooms, with a green and gilt mosaic-ground borders to the rims edged with puce and blue scrollwork, gilt-line rims, the saucer 13.4cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, the cup with impressed numeral 52 (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER, circa 1760, the cup with an ear-shaped handle, painted in puce with sprays and scattered sprigs of flowers, within brown-edged rims, the saucer 13cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A MEISSEN PLATE FROM THE ‘MÖLLENDORFF SERVICE’, circa 1761, of ‘preußisch-musikalischen’ form, moulded with alternating panels of musical, floral and military trophies within gilt cartouches, the centre painted with a spray of oriental flowers in iron-red, the border with an iron-red scale ground and gilt dentil rim, 26.5cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 36
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: During the Seven Years’ War, the Prussian King Frederick the Great ordered a service with iron-red scale borders “und zwar von der Couleur, welche des Königs von Pohlen Majt. vorzüglich lieben, mit Gold untermischet (…of the colour that His Majesty the King of Poland loves above all, mixed with gold)”, decorated with designs from his own hand. The flowers were presumably painted by Karl Jakob Christian Klipfel (1727-1802). The service was delivered on 7 April 1761. The service is likely to have been gifted by Frederick the Great to General Joachim Wichard Heinrich von Möllendorff (1724-1816), and subsequently became known as the ‘Möllendorff service’.
The service was sold by the Möllendorff family around 1925 to the dealer Hermann Ball. For a similar plate see ‘Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts ays Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz’, exhibition catalogue (2002), p.125. See also the pair of dishes from the Wark Collection illustrated by Ulricht Pietsch, ‘Early Meissen Porcelain’ (2011), p.483, cats.574-5. Several other pieces of the service are in the collection of Dr. Ernst Schneider in Schloß Lustheim. A tureen and cover is in the Grassi Museum in Leipzig (see D. Gielke, ‘Meissener Porzellan’ (2003), cat.287).
Estimate: £500-£800
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A MEISSEN ECUELLE AND COVER, circa 1765, of shallow circular form with twin entwined handles and a fruiting stalk handle picked out in colours, painted in puce with sprays of fruit, vegetables and flowers, within diaper scroll borders and gilt-line rims, 10.5cm high, crossed swords and dot mark in underglaze-blue (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MARCOLINI MEISSEN TEA CANISTER AND A COVER, late 18th Century, painted in puce with a spray of flowers, scattered sprigs to the reverse, with an associated domed cover, 10.3cm high, crossed swords and star mark in underglaze-blue (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MARCOLINI MEISSEN TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1775, painted with sprays of colourful flowers within gilt-edged rims, the saucer 13.2cm diameter, crossed swords and star mark in blue, impressed numeral 16 to saucer (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A MEISSEN ORNITHOLOGICAL TEAPOT AND A COVER, circa 1750, of bullet form with a tau handle and animal spout picked out in gold, both sides painted with a bird perched on a branch, one pecking at a fruit, surrounded by scattered insects, the associated cover decorated with figures seated in landscapes, with a flower finial, 8.8cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£500
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A MEISSEN ORNITHOLIGICAL LEAF-SHAPED DISH, circa 1765, painted with a landscape vignette depicting various birds and fowl, surrounded by scattered insects, the twig handle issuing applied leaves and flowers, the rim with a gilt foliate border, 18.5cm wide, crossed swords and dot mark in underglaze-blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
FOOTNOTES: For a cup and saucer with similar decoration see A.L. den Blaauwen, ‘Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum’ (2000), p.367, cat.263.
Estimate: £250-£350
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A MARCOLINI MEISSEN ORNITHOLOGICAL PLATE, circa 1775, painted with two parrots perched on a branch in a rural landscape, an orange bird in flight above, the shaped rim with scattered insects and a gilt scrollwork border, 24cm diameter, crossed swords and star mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 54, I in underglaze-blue to footrim
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A MEISSEN QUATRELOBE STAND, circa 1760, the rim reserved with two scenes of peasants drinking in village settings after Teniers, within tolled gilt borders, reserved against an elaborate puce and gilt scale ground, the centre with a spray of flowers in gold, the gilt-line rim with an elaborate gilt scrollwork border to the underside, 24cm wide, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN BLUE-GROUND TEACUP AND SAUCER, circa 1774, a landscape vignette depicting Watteauesque figures in parkland, within elaborate tooled gilt floral and foliate cartouches, with gilt dentil rims, the saucer 13.3cm diameter, crossed swords and dot marks above B in underglaze-blue, and letter B. in underglaze-blue to inside of footrim of both (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN CABINET CUP AND SAUCER, circa 1820, the cup relief-decorated with a continuous scene of Classical figures in white, on a bisque lavender ground, within broad gilt bands, with a high scroll handle and pedestal foot, the saucer similarly decorated with a band of rosettes, the saucer 12.4cm diameter, crossed swords marks above I in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (2)
PROVENANCE: Private German collection.
Estimate: £200-£400
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A SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMEL BONBONNIERE, circa 1765-70, modelled as a recumbent horned black and white cow curled up on a grassy mound, the white base painted with a lakeside view of a castle with a palace in the distance, within a puce scroll border, with a hinged metal mount, 5.3cm wide
Estimate: £100-£200
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A GOOD PAIR OF WORCESTER PORCELAIN DESSERT PLATES, circa 1780, of lobed form with basketwork borders, the centres painted with a spray of colourful flowers surrounded by smaller floral sprigs, with gilt dentil rims, 20.2cm diameter (2)
Estimate: £100-£200
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A WORCESTER PORCELAIN PART TEA SERVICE, circa 1790, of spiral fluted form with blue and gilt borders, comprising a teapot, cover and stand, a sucrier and cover, a milk jug, a slop bowl, two cake plates, six teabowls, three cups, and six saucers, crescent marks in blue; together with two very similarly decorated sucriers and covers, one inscribed ‘Chamberlains Worcester No. 84’ in gilt inside the cover (28)
Estimate: £150-£250
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A LOWESTOFT PORCELAIN SAUCER, circa 1780, painted in blue with a dragon pursuing a flaming pearl, 15cm diameter
PROVENANCE: Paper label for The Lloyd Collection, no. 122.
Estimate: £150-£250
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A PAIR OF DERBY PORCELAIN FIGURES OF MANSION HOUSE DWARFS, circa 1820, of sporting interest, the corpulent figures wearing richly painted costume picked out in gold, their large hats bearing advertisements, the moustached dwarf carrying a stick, with a pugilistic poster announcing a boxing match between Josh Hudson and Sampson, the younger dwarf with a poster for an auction sale of hunting stock, with vignettes in puce respectively depicting a boxing match and horses on their backs, raised on mound bases applied with flowers, 18cm and 17cm high, incised ‘No. 227’, the shorter dwarf with crown above crossed batons and D mark in red (2)
FOOTNOTES: These models are based engravings by Jacques Callot of a troupe of performing dwarfs who visited the Medici court in Florence. The term ‘Mansion House Dwarf’ derives from a Tudor father and son who stood outside the Guildhall in London carrying advertisements for a fee. See Peter Bradshaw, ‘Derby Porcelain Figures’ (1990), pp.312-13.
The boxing match referred to in the advertisement on the larger dwarf is likely to relate to fight which took place on 3 March 1821 at Banstead Downs in Surrey, which lasted for just 32 minutes, and in which pugilist Josh Hudson proved victorious.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A WHITE GLAZED EARTHENWARE FIGURE OF THE ‘SPINARIO’, first half 19th Century, after the antique, modelled as a nude boy seated upon a rocky outcrop, removing a thorn from his left foot, raised on a round base, 14.5cm high
Estimate: £500-£800
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A WHITE GLAZED EARTHENWARE FIGURE OF THE ‘SEATED HERMES’, first half 19th Century, after the antique, the nude Hermes wearing winged sandals, modelled seated upon a rocky outcrop, his left leg flexed, 17cm high
Estimate: £500-£800
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TWO STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY TREACLE-GLAZED MODELS OF LIONS, early 19th Century, both modelled standing to the right, their front paws resting on a ball, one with a Napoleonic soldier at his feet, on a foliate moulded rectangular plinth base, 32cm wide, the other on a rectangular stepped plinth base, 32cm wide (2)
FOOTNOTES: These models are based upon the marble sculpture of the Medici Lion sculpted by Flaminio Vacca in 1600, now in Florence. The model of the lion with the soldier is emblematic of Britain (the lion) and France (the soldier).
Estimate: £300-£500
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A STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY BUST OF TSAR ALEXANDER I OF RUSSIA, early 19th Century, modelled wearing military uniform, looking slightly to the right, raised on a shaped base painted to simulate marble, titled ‘ALEXANDER’ to the reverse, 27cm high
Estimate: £100-£150
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SEVEN FRENCH CREAMWARE PLATES BY CREIL & MONTEREAU, early 19th Century, each variously transfer-printed in black with titled landscape views incorporating figures and animals, comprising a set of four with landscape vignettes to the rims, including ‘l’Ecolier le Pedant et le Maitre d’un Jardin’, ‘Le Loup Plaidant Contre le Renard par Devant le Singe’, ‘Le Renard, le Loup et le Chrval’, and ‘La Foret et le Bucheron’, together with a set of three with foliate borders, including ‘Le Savetier et le Financier’, ‘La Laitiere et Pot au Lait’, and ‘Le Maitre d’Ecole et l’Enfant’, 21.5-22cm diameter, impressed ‘MONTEREAU’, three with printed ‘Moreau & Comp.’ marks in black (7)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A CONTINENTAL POLISHED RED STONEWARE TEA CANISTER AND COVER, 19th Century, of rectangular form with a cylindrical cover, 12.5cm high (2)
Estimate: £80-£120
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A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN PLATE, circa 1760, decorated in Meissen style with a Watteauesque landscape scene of a gallant and his companion walking through parkland, the rim with three similarly painted vignettes, surrounded by scattered puce insects, within a gilt-line rim, 23.5cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed number 16 to footrim
Estimate: £100-£150
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A LUDWIGSBURG PORCELAIN ORNITHOLOGICAL TEABOWL AND SAUCER, circa 1765, both painted with landscape vignettes depicting exotic birds perched on branches, the ozier-moulded basketwork borders with scattered blooms, with brown-edged rims, the saucer 13.4cm diameter, crowned CC monograms in underglaze-blue (2)
Estimate: £100-£200
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A RARE PAIR OF DUTCH AMSTEL-LOOSDRECHT PORCELAIN ORNITHOLOGICAL CACHEPOTS, circa 1785, with twin button handles, both painted with a landscape vignette of two exotic birds by a lakeside, the reverse with a smaller landscape vignette, with gilt scroll rims, 8cm high, Amstel and M.O.L. marks in underglaze-blue, incised * and ‘L.j’ marks (2)
FOOTNOTES: After the bankruptcy of the Loosdrecht factory in 1784, the inventory and machinery were bought by Cornelius van der Hoop, who set up the Amstel factory (1784-1809). It is likely that the Amstel factory used the then well-known M.O.L. mark of Loodstrecht in their early years as a quality reference, as Loosdrecht was already a reputable factory.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A FRANKENTHAL PORCELAIN CREAM JUG, circa 1770, painted to the front with an oval landscape vignette depicting boats by a lakeside, within a gilt cartouche, scattered floral sprigs to the reverse, the gilt rim with a formal foliate border in green, raised on three stump feet, 8cm high, crowned CT monogram above number 70 in underglaze-blue, incised numerals
Estimate: £150-£200
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AN ANSBACH PORCELAIN HOT MILK JUG AND A COVER, circa 1770, the baluster form painted with sprays of Deutsche Blumen and scattered flowers, the scroll-moulded spout and handle picked out in puce, the matched German domed and fluted cover reserved with a puce cartouche containing the monogram ‘EOW’ in gold, 18.3cm high, A mark in underglaze-blue and letter T. in puce to the pot (2)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A HÖCHST PORCELAIN TEAPOT AND COVER, circa 1770-80, of bullet form with an animal spout and scroll handle, painted to both sides in puce with topographical landscape scenes incorporating figures and buildings, surrounded by scattered insects, the cover similarly decorated with insects, 12.5cm high, wheel mark in puce, incised letters ‘IN’ to footrim (2)
Estimate: £400-£600
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A FÜRSTENBERG PORCELAIN COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER, circa 1770, both decorated in gilding with chinoiserie figures at leisure beneath a palm tree, with gilt scroll and puce-edged rims, the saucer 13.2cm diameter, F marks and numeral 5 in underglaze-blue, and incised numeral 5 to both (2)
Estimate: £100-£200
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A FÜRSTENBERG PORCELAIN SOUP PLATE, circa 1775, finely painted in puce with a lakeside landscape depicting a nude putto fishing, the gilt-line rim with a scrolling foliate motif in purple, red and gold, 24.2cm diameter, F mark and numeral 3 in underglaze-blue
Estimate: £150-£250
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A THURINGIAN PORCELAIN HOT MILK JUG AND COVER, circa 1780, of baluster form, painted to both sides in iron-red with oval vignettes depicting putti at leisure, within cartouches formed of puce drapes and foliage, the domed cover with a similar cartouche and a flower finial, gilt-line rims, 18cm high (2)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A VIENNA PORCELAIN TREMBLEUSE CHOCOLATE CUP AND SAUCER, circa 1765, painted with scattered sprigs and sprays of flowers, the saucer with a pierced trembleuse gallery, the saucer 13.9cm diameter, shield marks in underglaze-blue, various painted marks (2)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A FINE VIENNA PORCELAIN BOWL AND COVER, circa 1787, of circular form, painted with scattered sprigs and sprays of colourful flowers, the interior similarly decorated, the yellow scale ground rims edged with gilt scrollwork, the finial modelled as a large lemon on a leafy stalk, 21cm diameter, shield mark in underglaze-blue, incised date numeral 87 (2)
Estimate: £250-£350
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AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF BLUE-AND-WHITE TOURNAI PORCELAIN, late 18th Century and later, the centres painted in underglaze blue with an oriental flowering shrub, the rims with sprays of flowers, comprising a shaped circular bowl, 25.5cm diameter, four various dinner plates, 23.5cm diameter, and two boat-shaped dishes, 25.5-26cm wide, some with crossed swords and cross marks in blue (7)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A SEVRES-STYLE PORCELAIN SUGAR BOWL AND COVER, 19th Century, pot à sucre ‘Calabre’, of plain U shape, painted to one side with a portrait of Louis XIII of France, and to the other with a portrait of his wife Anne of Austria, within tooled gilt and jewelled cartouches, both titled in black script to the base, on a rich cobalt blue ground, the cover reserved with two panels of floral sprays within gilt foliate borders, with a gilt acanthus flower finial, 11cm high, pseudo interlaced LL mark in blue enclosing letter A, beneath a crown (2)
Estimate: £80-£120
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A SEVRES-STYLE PORCELAIN CABINET PLATE, mid-19th Century, painted to the centre with a lady reclining in a garden setting, drinking from a chalice, Cupid holding a bunch of grapes beside her, signed ‘De Michel’ in black script, within an elaborate blue and gold rim, 23.8cm diameter, red printed Chateau des Tuileries mark, blue overglaze interlaced LP mark flanked by Sèvres 1844, further with green overglaze Louis Philippe monogram mark dated 1840
Estimate: £100-£150
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A SEVRES STYLE GILT-METAL MOUNTED PORCELAIN TRAY AND THREE CANDLESTICKS, late 19th Century, the tray of elongated form, the centre painted with garlands of pink roses tied with blue ribbons, reserved on a pale blue ground, the gilt-metal mounts with tied ribbon handles and stiff-leaf detailing, 24.5cm wide, pseudo interlaced LL mark enclosing letter S; together with a Marcolini Meissen candlestick decorated in the ‘Blue Onion’ pattern, heightened with colourful flowers and gilding, 22cm high, crossed swords and star mark in underglaze-blue; and a pair of gilt-metal mounted baluster candlesticks, both painted with figures seated in garden landscapes, flowers to the reverse, within gilt scroll cartouches, with gilt-metal mounts, approximately 19cm high (4)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A LARGE AND RARE PAIR OF JUDAIC PORCELAIN SEDER PLATES, 19th Century, probably German, each painted to the centre with the Star of David in blue and white, respectively decorated in gilding with a Menorah and the Tablets of the Law flanked by two lions rampant, within elaborate gilt scroll borders, the rims with six stars containing Hebrew letters in black script, all reserved on a buff ground, 37cm diameter (2)
FOOTNOTES: Sold by Christie’s, 8 May 1978, lot 75.
Estimate: £1,000-£1,500
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A SCHLAGGENWALD PORCELAIN TOPOGRAPHICAL CABINET PLATE, mid-19th Century, painted with a landscape view of figures walking their dog beside a river, buildings in the distance, within a tooled gilt border, gilt-line rim, 24.6cm diameter, impressed ‘LIPPERT & HAAS IN SCHLAGGENWALD’, various impressed numerals
Estimate: £80-£120
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A BERLIN (KPM) PORCELAIN PLATE AND A CONTINENTAL PLATE, late 19th Century, atmospherically painted with thatched buildings in a rural landscape setting, within formal gilt borders, 23.7cm diameter, sceptre mark in underglaze-blue, printed orb and KPM mark in iron red, various impressed and painted marks; the second plate painted in Meissen style with Kakiemon decoration depicting a stylised bird in flight above oriental flowers issuing from rockwork, the rim with scattered floral sprigs, 24cm diameter, crossed swords mark above I in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (2)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN TEA CANISTER, late 19th Century, of rectangular section with curved shoulders, painted to both sided with classical scenes, including Venus stealing Cupid’s bow, and Venus chastising a weeping cupid, within jewelled gilt borders, the sides with raised gilt scroll decoration on a cobalt-blue ground, with a later metal cover, 16cm high, shield mark in blue
Estimate: £150-£250
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A CONTINENTAL CORAL-RED GROUND PORCELAIN TEACUP AND SAUCER, 19th Century, painted in Meissen style with circular landscape vignettes depicting figures in parkland, the saucer with an elaborate gilt foliate cartouche, with gilt-line rims, the saucer 13.9cm diameter, crossed swords and star mark above number 4 in underglaze-blue to the cup, crossed swords and dot mark in underglaze-blue to the saucer, gold number 14. to both (2)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A MARCOLINI MEISSEN PORCELAIN VASE, circa 1775, of urn-shaped form, the body moulded with gilt garlands suspended from two gilt ram’s head handles, painted with sprigs and sprays of flowers, with a stiff-leaf border to the base in pink and gold, 16cm high, crossed swords and star above II in underglaze-blue (cover lacking)
Estimate: £80-£120
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AN UNUSUAL MEISSEN PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE, late 19th Century, possibly an experimental piece, of octagonal pear-shaped form with a long slender neck, each panel glazed with a crystalline glaze in shades of pale blue, separated by white bands at the edges, 20.5cm high, crossed swords mark in blue
Estimate: £200-£400
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN DESK SET, late 19th Century, decorated with scattered sprays of flowers, with gilt-line rims, comprising a shaped rectangular tray, a pair of inkwells and covers, and a blotter, the tray 22.5cm wide, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised and impressed numerals (6)
Estimate: £200-£300
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A PARIS PORCELAIN TWIN-HANDLED VASE, late 19th Century, in the manner of Jacob Petit, the campana form with twin handles above ram’s head masks, painted to both sides with panels of floral sprays reserved against a burnished gilt ground, with further floral sprays to the centre, 24cm high, ‘J.P’ mark in gold, inscribed ‘Made in France’ in red script
Estimate: £100-£200
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A VERY LARGE CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN TWIN-HANDLED VASE, 19th Century, of baluster form with a reticulated neck and base, painted to both sides with sprays of flowers on a dark green and gilt ground, the handles moulded with fruiting vine and Bacchanalian masks picked out in gold, the reticulated base with four scroll feet, 63cm high
Estimate: £300-£500
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AN ITALIAN PORCELAIN PLAQUE OF ‘ZINA’, circa 1900, after Gaston Casimir Saint-Pierre, painted in Berlin style with a woman playing a lute, seated in a landscape setting, titled ‘Zina nach Saintpierre’ in blue script to the reverse, 17.5 x 12.5cm, stamped ‘Firenze’ beneath a fleur-de-lis, mounted in an elaborate Florentine giltwood frame
Estimate: £250-£350
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A RARE FIGURAL RUSSIAN SCENT BOTTLE BY THE POPOV PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, MOSCOW, mid-19th Century, modelled as an oriental lady in traditional costume, wearing a blue tasselled tunic with gilt floral brocading and spotted cuffs, over similarly decorated green and red skirts, holding a gilt detailed tea pot in her right hand, the cover formed as the top-knot of her bun, 29.5cm high, Cyrillic ‘AP’ marks in underglaze-blue (4)
FOOTNOTES: A very similar scent bottle was sold by Christie’s, 29 November 2010, lot 497.
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A RARE FIGURAL RUSSIAN SCENT BOTTLE BY THE POPOV PORCELAIN MANUFACTORY, MOSCOW, mid-19th Century, en-suite to the previous lot, modelled as an oriental lady in traditional costume, wearing a tasselled dark purple tunic with gilt floral brocading and spotted cuffs, over similarly decorated green and brown skirts, holding a gilt detailed tea pot in her right hand, the cover formed as the top-knot of her bun, 29.5cm high, Cyrillic ‘AP’ marks in underglaze-blue (4)
FOOTNOTES: A very similar scent bottle was sold by Christie’s, 29 November 2010, lot 497.
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A SOVIET RUSSIAN PORCELAIN TEACUP AND SAUCER, dated 1922, by the State Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, the cup painted with a spray of stylised flowers including a large pink rose, the saucer with bands of stylised flowers in red, yellow and blue, the saucer 14.5cm diameter, both with the Imperial cypher of Alexander III in green, overglaze blue State Porcelain mark of hammer, sickle and cog dated 1922, with ‘N = 256/4’ to the saucer and ‘256/14’ to the cup, various impressed numerals (2)
FOOTNOTES: See Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, ‘Revolutionary Ceramics – Soviet Porcelain 1917-1927’, pp.110-114 for similar examples by Sergei V. Chekhonin and Maria I. Ivashintsova.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT EMBLEMATIC OF GREECE, circa 1750, modelled by J.J. Kaendler, wearing a plumed helmet, turquoise cloak with a pink lining, over armour picked out in gilt, and a yellow tunic, a four-headed hound beside him, raised on a scrollwork base heightened in gilding, 21.3cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
FOOTNOTES: the set of four figures representing the Four Monarchies of the ancient world, including Assyria, Persia, Greece and Rome, were modelled by Kaendler around 1750. They are recorded in the 1753 inventory of Count Brühl’s Conditorei and also in a price list of 1765. Kaendler reworked these figures in February 1767. See E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss, ‘German Porcelain of the 18th Century’, vol.I (1972), pp.152-157, for a discussion of the Four Monarchies in the Pauls Collection. Other examples have been sold by Bonhams, 8 December 2010, lot 103, and 18 June 2014, lot 121.
Estimate: £800-£1,000
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A RARE MARCOLINI MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF LOVERS, circa 1775, modelled by M.V. Acier, he wearing a green striped overcoat and matching breeches, holding a bunch of flowers above his companion, his hat filled with flowers and hung on a tree-stump beside him, she playing a tambourine, seated upon a rocky outcrop with her hat at her feet, a cornucopia of flowers and fruit at the rear, raised on a circular rocky base with a band of moulded Vitruvian scrolls, 19cm high, crossed swords, star and II in underglaze-blue
Estimate: £500-£700
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MONKEY BAND FIGURE OF A FLAUTIST AND A MUSIC STAND, late 19th Century, after the original model by Peter Reinicke, the monkey modelled standing wearing a powdered wig, purple overcoat, patterned waistcoat and orange breeches, plating a flute, on a scroll-moulded base heightened in gold, 14cm high; the music stand after the original by J. J. Kaendler, modelled as an open book of sheet music supported on a rococo scroll pedestal with gilt detailing, 9cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (2)
Estimate: £250-£350
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A LADY PLAYING CARDS, circa 1880, after the original model by M.V. Acier, modelled standing playing cards on a tripod side table, wearing an elaborate floral lace-edged gown, skirt and hat, raised on a round base with a Vitruvian scroll-moulded border heightened in gold, 16cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, painted numeral 47.
FOOTNOTES: This model is illustrated by T.H. Clarke, ‘Marcolini Meissen Figures, Engraved by Friedrich Elsasser 1785-1792’ (1988), no.67, and by S. & T. Bergmann, ‘Meissen Figures – Model Numbers A1-Z99’ (2014), no.67. A similar figure was sold at Bonhams, 5 June 2013, lot 112.
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A GARDENER, late 19th Century, after the original model by M.V. Acier, modelled standing holding a stick in his right hand, wearing a pale blue overcoat, elaborate floral waistcoat with a gilt lace trim, and brown striped breeches, his hat resting in the tree stump beside him containing three sticks, raised on a circular mound base with a formal border picked out in gold, 18cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model no. F69
FOOTNOTES: The original model, produced in 1777, is illustrated by T.H. Clarke, ‘Marcolini Meissen Figures Engraved by Friedrick Elasser 1785-1792’ (1988), cat.74.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A GOOD PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS, circa 1880, both modelled with two semi-nude putti, one standing holding a fish issuing the candle sconce from its mouth, the other reclining on the ground below, raised on mound bases moulded with scrollwork borders heightened in gold, 25cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised model nos. 1145 and 1146, pressnummern (2)
FOOTNOTES: These candlesticks are closely related to F.E. Meyer’s groups of the Continents from the late 1740’s.
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP EMBLEMATIC OF SPRING, circa 1880, after the model by J.C. Schönheit as a young boy and girl, he standing peering at a bird in a nest upon a bird cage resting upon a tree stump, she seated beside him holding a garland of flowers, a basket of flowers by her feet, raised on an oval mound base moulded with a stiff leaf border, 14cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model no. G91
FOOTNOTES: The original model by Schonheit was completed in February 1782. See T.H. Clarke, ‘Marcolini Meissen Figures Engraved by Friedrick Elasser 1785-1792’ (1988), cat.102.
Estimate: £300-£400
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MINIATURE FIGURE OF A BOY VINTNER, late 19th Century, after the original model by M.V. Acier, modelled carrying a basket of grapes on his back, two bunches of grapes in his right hand, on a square plinth base with a gilt border, 9.7cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, incised model no. G5
Estimate: £100-£150
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF VINTNERS, late 19th Century, modelled as two gentlemen around a barrel of wine, one standing holding a basket of grapes, one seated pouring wine into the barrel, their female companion beside them filling a bottle from the tap, raised on a rocky base with a formal border heightened in gold, 22cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised model no. C65
Estimate: £300-£500
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A BOY GARDENER AND A MINIATURE MEISSEN FIGURE OF A GARDEN CHILD, early 20th Century, after the original model by J.J. Kaendler, modelled standing, wearing a brown hat, pink overcoat, floral waistcoat and green breeches, his left foot resting on a spade, on a scroll-moulded mound base applied with flowers and heightened in gold, 14cm high, the garden child after the original by M.V. Acier, modelled as a girl standing wearing a yellow hat and floral apron, holding a yellow flower in her left hand and a bird’s nest in her right, on a square base with a gilt-line border, 10.2cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, various incised and impressed numerals (2)
Estimate: £150-£200
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF ‘THE SENSES’, 20th Century, after the original models by J.C. Schönheit, both figures modelled as a lady wearing elaborate 18th Century costume, seated beside a scroll leg table or spinet, ‘Touch’ holding a parrot emerging from a birdcage, ‘Taste’ holding a biscuit to her mouth, raised on shaped rectangular bases with formal borders in gold, 15cm and 13.5cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised model nos. E4 and E2, impressed numerals (2)
Estimate: £200-£300
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A GOOD MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODEL OF A SNIPE, 20th Century, after the original 18th Century model by J.J. Kaendler, modelled perched on a tree stump, naturalistically coloured, 22cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, incised model no. 2074, impressed numeral
Estimate: £300-£500
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A WHITE-GLAZED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODEL OF AN EAGLE, circa 1920, by Erich Hoesel, naturalistically modelled perched on a rocky outcrop on a square base, 27cm high, incised crossed swords mark above ‘Weiss’, incised model no. V181
Estimate: £250-£350
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A WHITE-GLAZED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODEL OF A PANTHER, circa 1920, by Erich Oehme, naturalistically modelled seated upon its hind legs, turned to lick its fur, raised on a circular base inscribed ‘ERICH OEHME’ to the reverse, 17.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised crossed swords above ‘Weiss’, model no. G242, impressed numerals
Estimate: £80-£120
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A WHITE-GLAZED MEISSEN PORCELAIN GROUP OF TWO FIGHTING BEARS, early 20th Century, by Erich Oskar Hosel, naturalistically modelled, both bearing their teeth, one standing on its hind legs, the other seated, 19.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised crossed swords above ‘Weiss’, incised model no. V.111, impressed numerals
Estimate: £150-£250
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A LARGE WHITE-GLAZED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODEL OF A BEAR, circa 1943, by M.D. Hermann Fritz, modelled standing, his head slightly to the right, 47cm long, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised crossed swords above ‘Weiss’, incised model no. R 214, impressed numerals
FOOTNOTES: An identical model of a bear was sold by Sotheby’s, 10-12 March 2015, lot 584.
Estimate: £300-£500
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TWO WHITE-GLAZED MEISSEN PORCELAIN MODELS OF A DONKEY AND A CALF, circa 1930-35, both modelled by Willi Münch-Khe, the donkey standing with its ears raised, 10.5cm high, the calf standing with its head to the left, 8.5cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised crossed swords above ‘Weiss’, incised and impressed numerals (2)
Estimate: £80-£120
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A SET OF SIX GILT BLUE-AND-WHITE MEISSEN PORCELAIN BOTANICAL CABINET PLATES, 19th Century, the centres decorated in underglaze-blue with sprays of flowers heightened in gilding, the rims similarly decorated with scatters flowers and insects, with gilt-line borders, 24.5cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (6)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CABINET DISH, early 20th Century, finely painted to the centre with a spray of colourful flowers or Deutsche Blumen, the rim moulded in high relief with sprays of flowers richly picked out in gold, within scroll-moulded borders, 31cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed and painted numerals
Estimate: £100-£150
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN COFFEE SERVICE FOR SIX, late 19th or early 20th Century, painted with sprays of large pink roses and scattered rosebuds, with gilt rims, comprising a large baluster coffee pot and cover with an animal spout, 26.5cm high, six shaped coffee cups with high swan handles, 7.8cm high, six saucers, 14.2cm diameter, and an associated sugar or slop bowl with a scalloped rim, 14.5cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, various numerals (15)
Estimate: £200-£300
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN MINIATURE TEA SERVICE FOR SIX, early 20th Century, painted with sprigs and sprays of colourful flowers, with ochre-line rims, comprising six shaped teacups and saucers, the saucers 12cm diameter, the cups 4cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (12)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN TEA SERVICE FOR TWELVE, 20th Century, decorated in Kakiemon style with indianische Blumen and a phoenix in flight, the gilt-line rims with a formal border in puce edged with stylised flowers and scrollwork in red, comprising a large coffee pot and cover with a rose finial, 26cm high, a teapot and cover with rose finial, 12.5cm high, a sucrier and cover with rose finial, 10cm high, a milk jug, 13cm high, two shaped cake platters, 27.5cm diameter, 12 teacups and saucers, the saucers 15cm diameter, and 12 cake plates, 18cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, various impressed and painted numerals (45)
Estimate: £500-£700
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN COFFEE SERVICE FOR SIX, 20th Century, painted with sprays and sprigs of flowers or Deutsche Blumen, with gilt-line rims and gilt detailing to the handles, comprising a coffee pot and cover with a yellow rose finial, 21.5cm high, a sucrier and cover with a rose finial, a cream jug, six shaped demitasse cups and saucers, and six shaped cake plates, 18cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, cancellation marks to all but the plates, various numerals (23)
Estimate: £250-£350
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AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MEISSEN ‘BLUE ONION’ PATTERN DINNERWARE, late 19th Century and later, traditionally decorated in cobalt-blue with stylised floral motifs including peonies and asters, comprising a large oval tureen and cover with acanthus scroll handles and finial, 26cm high, a large fish platter, 55cm wide, 42 dinner plates, 25.5cm diameter, 13 dessert plates, 21.5cm diameter, six side plates, 20cm diameter, and five bread and butter plates, 17.5cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, the tureen and one dinner plate with cancellation marks (69)
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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A COLLECTION OF MEISSEN ‘BLUE ONION’ PATTERN PORCELAIN TABLEWARE, late 19th Century and later, traditionally decorated in cobalt-blue with stylised floral motifs including peonies and asters, comprising a reticulated comport, 23cm high, a large coffee pot and cover with a rose finial, 25.5cm high, a milk jug raised on three twig feet, 14.5cm high, a cream jug, 11.5cm high, two sucriers and covers with rose finials, 9cm high, ten shaped teacups, 5.1cm high, four shaped saucers, 15.5cm diameter, seven cake plates, 16cm diameter, and two small novelty slippers, 9.5cm long, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, both jugs and sucriers with cancellation marks (32)
Estimate: £150-£250
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL SAUCE TUREEN, COVER AND LADLE, late 19th Century, with an integrated stand, decorated in underglaze-blue in the ‘Fels- und Vogel’ pattern, enriched with gilding, the flowers and foliage picked out in colours, the finial modelled as a Cupid with a cornucopia of flowers, 17.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised and impressed numerals (3)
Estimate: £80-£120
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A COLLECTION OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN TEAWARE, late 19th Century, painted with scattered flowers, with gilt-line rims, comprising a hot water jug and cover with a yellow rose finial, a sucrier and cover with a purple rose finial, a cream jug, three shaped teacups and four shaped saucers, the hot water jug 16cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, various numerals (12)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A COLLECTION OF MEISSEN RED ‘OPULENT COURT DRAGON’ PATTERN PORCELAIN AND SIX MEISSEN SIDE PLATES, late 19th and 20th Century, decorated with phoenixes and oriental dragons in red, heightened in gold, comprising a large tureen and cover with acanthus scroll handles and finial, 25cm high, a large coffee pot and cover with a rose finial, 26cm high, a reticulated cabinet plate inscribed ‘Königl. Hofwirthschaft 1895’ in black script to the reverse, 24cm diameter, an a dinner plate inscribed ‘Hof. Silberhammer’ in black script to the reverse, 23.5cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue; the side plates decorated in Kakiemon style with oriental flowers issuing from a banded hedge, with gilt-line rims, 18cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and two cancellation marks (12)
Estimate: £200-£300
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TWO MEISSEN PORCELAIN MEAT PLATTERS AND A BERLIN (KPM) TUREEN AND COVER, late 19th Century, the platters outside decorated with sprigs and sprays of flowers, within gilt-line borders, one oval and one circular, 36cm wide and 32cm diameter, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue with cancellation marks; the tureen with ozier-moulded borders and twig handles issuing flowers, finely painted with sprigs and sprays of flowers, the finial modelled as a seated Cupid holding a cornucopia of flowers spilling out over the cover, 29cm high, sceptre in underglaze-blue above printed orb and KPM mark in red (4)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN TWIN-HANDLED TUREEN AND COVER, early 20th Century, outside decorated with sprays of colourful flowers, the rim with a formal blue and gold border, with acanthus scroll handles heightened in gilt, the finial modelled as a nude putto with a cornucopia of encrusted flowers spilling out over the cover, 30cm high, cancelled crossed swords mark in blue (2)
Estimate: £80-£120
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A LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN TUREEN AND COVER AND A MEAT PLATTER, early 20th Century, decorated with leafy sprays of pink roses and scattered rosebuds, with acanthus scroll handles heightened in gilding and a gilt-line rim, the finial modelled as a nude putto with a cornucopia of encrusted fruit and flowers spilling out over the cover, 30cm high, the oval platter outside decorated with identical roses, 42.5cm wide, crossed swords marks in blue, the platter with cancellation marks (3)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A HEREND PORCELAIN ‘QUEEN VICTORIA’ PATTERN ASSEMBLED PART TABLE SERVICE, 20th Century, brightly decorated with sprays of oriental flowers and butterflies, with ozier-moulded basketwork borders, comprising a large twin-handled tureen and cover with a cut lemon finial, 27cm high, a pair of twin-branch candlesticks with removable branches, 22cm high, a twin-handled jardiniere, 16.5cm high, two ladles, 23cm long, 12 dinner plates, 25cm diameter, nine various soup bowls, 23.5cm diameter, five side plates, 20cm diameter, three cake plates, 19cm diameter, a cake platter, 30cm diameter, an oval serving dish, 25cm wide, five miniature teacups and saucers, the saucers 11.5cm diameter, four small coffee cups and saucers, the saucers 11cm diameter, a sugar bowl, 8cm high, and a teacup, 5cm high, printed and impressed factory marks, various numerals (60)
Estimate: £400-£600
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A LARGE HEREND PORCELAIN TWIN-HANDLED TUREEN AND COVER, 20th Century, decorated in blue with the ‘Chinese Bouquet’ pattern of scattered sprigs and sprays of flowers, heightened in gilding, the twig handles issuing applied leaves and roses, the gilt-line rims with moulded basketwork borders, 27.5cm high, printed factory marks in blue, painted pattern number (2)
Estimate: £100-£200
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A HEREND PORCELAIN PART TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, 20th Century, with ozier-moulded borders, painted with sprigs and sprays of flowers, within gilt-line rims, comprising six shaped teacups, 6cm high, three coffee cups, 5.5cm high, and 23 saucers, 15.5cm diameter, impressed and blue-printed factory marks, various impressed and painted numerals (32)
Estimate: £100-£200
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A HEREND PORCELAIN GINGER JAR AND COVER AND A JARDINIERE, 20th Century, the ginger jar of globular form, decorated in Kakiemon style with the ‘Siang Jaune’ pattern of panels of oriental plants flanked by panels of stylised foliate scrollwork on a yellow ground, the cover with a dolphin finial, 22cm high, the jardiniere of flared cylindrical form, decorated in the ‘Rothschild Bird’ pattern of birds perched upon branches surrounded by scattered insects, on four gilt paw feet and a square plinth base, 16.8cm high, printed and impressed factory marks (3)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A CASED SILVER-MOUNTED AYNSLEY PORCELAIN COFFEE SERVICE FOR SIX, circa 1911, in pale yellow with elaborate foliate gilt scroll rims, the pierced sterling silver cup holders by Martin, Hall & Co., Birmingham 1911, each repoussé decorated with four putti dancing before classical monuments, an empty cartouche to the front, the saucers 12cm diameter, printed factory marks in green, in a cream Morocco leather presentation case, retailed by Dudley & Cox, Southsea
Estimate: £100-£200
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TWO CASED SILVER-MOUNTED AYNSLEY PORCELAIN COFFEE SERVICES FOR SIX, circa 1920, each comprising six cups and six saucers, to include a yellow-ground service with gilt-line rims, the pierced sterling silver cup holders by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1920, the saucers 8.5cm diameter, and a white service with formal black and gilt shaped rims, the pierced sterling silver cup holders by Charles S. Green & Co., Birmingham 1920, the saucers 12cm diameter, printed factory marks in green, fitted in black Morocco leather presentation cases with gilt-line detailing (2 boxes)
Estimate: £150-£250
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A CASED ROYAL CROWN DERBY PORCELAIN COFFEE SERVICE FOR SIX, dated 1934, richly decorated in Imari pattern 2451, comprising six coffee cans and saucers, in a black Morocco leather presentation case, the saucers 10.6cm diameter, printed factory marks in red, the cups with date cyphers for 1934
Estimate: £100-£200
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A MINTON ‘BUCKINGHAM’ PATTERN PORCELAIN DINNER AND COFFEE SERVICE FOR SIX, 20th Century, the ivory rims with acid-etched gilt scroll borders, printed factory marks, pattern no. K159, comprising a twin-handled tureen and cover, 29.5cm wide, two large oval meat platters (one by Royal Doulton), 41.5cm wide, an oval vegetable dish, 27cm wide, a sauceboat and stand, 21cm wide, seven dinner plates, 27cm diam., eight dessert plates, 20cm diam., eight side plates, 16cm diam., six twin-handled soup bowls and saucers, the saucers 14.5cm diam., six dessert bowls, 13.5cm diam., a coffee pot and cover, 21.5cm high, a twin-handled sucrier and cover, 10.5cm high, a cream jug, 10cm high, and six coffee cups and saucers, the saucers 14.5cm diam.
Estimate: £500-£700
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A DESVRES TWIN-HANDLED FAIENCE JARDINIERE, late 19th Century, painted to both sides with landscape vignettes in blue depicting sailing boats on a lake, flanked by cornucopia of flowers and acanthus scroll decoration, raised on four scroll feet, 53cm wide, painted factory mark in blue for Ch. Fourmaintraux-Courquin
Estimate: £100-£200
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A PAIR OF QUIMPER FAIENCE ARMORIAL ‘FLEUR DE LYS’ VASES, circa 1900, both modelled as a large fleur-de-lys, painted with rustic figures of a lady and gentleman, flanked by sprays of flowers, the coat of arms for Brittany to the foot of each, with formal borders in shades of yellow, and blue, 30cm high, signed ‘HB Quimper’ in green (2)
Estimate: £200-£300
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A PAIR OF DESVRES ARMORIAL FAIENCE CANDLESTICKS, circa 1900, both modelled as mythical winged grotesques curled around a central column, bearing the coat of arms for Aurillac to their bodies, decorated with sprays of stylised flowers and scrolling foliage in shades of blue, yellow, red and green, on mossy shaped bases, 26cm high, painted factory marks in purple for Gabriel Fourmaintraux (2)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A DESVRES FAIENCE CENTREPIECE, early 20th Century, of of crescent shape with a scroll-moulded rim, brightly painted with sprays of flowers in blue, red, yellow and green, raised on four scroll feet, 32cm wide, painted factory mark in purple for Georges Martel
Estimate: £100-£150
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A SET OF FIFTY-ONE WILLIAM DE MORGAN SQUARE TURQUOISE-GLAZED TILES, circa 1880-85, in Persian taste, each covered in a rich turquoise-blue glaze,each tile 7.7 x 7.7cm, various raised letters above ‘No 12 T’ to the reverse; together with TWO PERCY HARLAND FISHER TILES, both painted with a spray of stylised flowers, one in blue and one in polychrome, 12.7 x 12.7cm, raises ‘HARLAND FISHER’ marks to the reverse, with accompanying letter of provenance (53)
PROVENANCE: Acquired by Harley Fisher, probably directly from De Morgan, and then passed to his son Percy Harland Fisher. They passed by descent to Adrian Fisher, and were purchased privately from his wife Daphne by the present owner in 2016.
FOOTNOTES: In 1882 De Morgan was commissioned to install Frederic Leighton’s collection of ancient Middle Eastern tiles in the Arab Hall in Leighton House. He repaired broken tiles, made replacements for missing pieces and designed the decorative scheme, taking him over two years to complete. Turquoise tiles of very similar design to those in the present lot can be found adorning the walls of the staircase of Leighton House Museum. Harley Fisher, who originally acquired these tiles, was a close friend of De Morgan.
Estimate: £500-£700
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A MARTIN BROTHERS STONEWARE BIRD VASE BY EDWARD & WALTER MARTIN, dated 1886, of globular form, incised and painted with anthropomorphic birds and animals, including a grotesque bird with outstretched wings beneath a tree and a flying duck, two frogs in long grass, and various flying insects including a butterfly and mayfly, all in shades of blue, green and ochre on a buff ground, with a deep cobalt-blue neck, 18.5cm high, incised ‘6-86 Martin Bros London & Southall’
Estimate: £400-£600
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A SMALL DOULTON LAMBETH STONEWARE VASE, dated 1882, of baluster form, decorated in relief with four panels of flowering branches separated by jewelled bands, glazed in shades of green and white, on a mottled blue ground, 13.5cm high, impressed factory marks, incised artist’s monograms
Estimate: £80-£120
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* A LARGE SILVER-MOUNTED DOULTON LAMBETH STONEWARE JUG BY HANNAH BARLOW, dated 1886, the tapering cylindrical form sgraffito decorated with horses and a foal in a field, with artist’s monogram ‘HBB’ below the handle, between blue and buff foliate bands enhanced with beading, the sterling silver rim hallmarked for William Leuchars, London 1886, 30cm high, impressed factory mark, artist’s monogram ‘HBB’, incised and impressed marks
* Please note that this lot is subject to import VAT at a preferential rate of 5% on the Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on the Buyer’s Premium
Estimate: £300-£500
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A RARE ROYAL DOULTON EXPERIMENTAL FLAMBE WARE VASE, circa 1905, modelled in Chinese style, the slender hexagonal form with a flared rim, richly glazed in red, raised on three organic scroll feet glazed in tones of deep purple with turquoise tear-shaped detailing, 18.9cm high, printed ‘ROYAL DOULTON FLAMBE’ in black
FOOTNOTES: It is possible that this vase was designed for the St. Louis World’s Fair exhibition in 1904, and never made it into mass production.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A RARE ROYAL DOULTON EXPERIMENTAL FLAMBE BOTTLE VASE, circa 1905, with a tall cylindrical neck and everted rim, glazed in red, the bulbous base moulded with a band of stylised flowers picked out in deep purple, 17.9cm high, printed ‘ROYAL DOULTON FLAMBE’ in black
FOOTNOTES: It is possible that this vase was designed for the St. Louis World’s Fair exhibition in 1904, and never made it into mass production.
Estimate: £200-£300
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A ROYAL DOULTON ‘SUNG’ VASE BY FRED MOORE, circa 1920, of ovoid form, glazed in streaked flambe tones of blue, amber, green, and purple on a red ground, 15.9cm high, printed factory marks in black, printed ‘Sung’, artist’s monogram ‘FM’
Estimate: £200-£300
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A RARE PAIR OF ROYAL DOULTON SUNG CANDLESTICKS BY CHARLES NOKE AND HARRY NIXON, circa 1925, of plain cylindrical form with everted drip-pans and conical feet, with mottled purple and red flambe glazes, 14.5cm high, printed lion and crown mark, painted ‘SUNG’ mark and artist’s monograms in black (2)
PROVENANCE: Private collection, South of England.
Estimate: £350-£450
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A DAHL JENSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF ‘MORNING AUSTRIAN GIRL’ BY BREGNO, mid-20th Century, the semi-nude girl modelled kneeling arranging her hair in a ponytail, wearing a blue skirt and a pear necklace, raised on a circular base, 26cm high, printed ‘DJ Copenhagen’ mark in green, model no. 1177
Estimate: £150-£250
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A DAHL JENSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN ORIENTAL DANCER, mid-20th Century, the semi-nude female modelled seated cross-legged, wearing a patterned mauve skirt, her left arm raised in a dancing position, 23cm high, printed ‘DJ Copenhagen’ mark in green, model no. 1352
Estimate: £150-£250
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A DAHL JENSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A BALI WOMAN, mid-20th Century, the semi-nude figure modelled seated cross-legged, wearing a patterned brown skirt and a turban, 21.5cm high, printed ‘DJ Copenhagen’ mark in green, model no. 1136
Estimate: £150-£250
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A DAHL JENSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF AN ORIENTAL FRUIT SELLER, mid-20th Century, the semi-nude female figure modelled kneeling, wearing a patterned brown skirt and a turban, her hands outstretched holding various fruit, 22cm high, printed ‘DJ Copenhagen’ mark in green, model no. 1238
Estimate: £150-£250
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A DAHL JENSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A SNAKE CHARMER, mid-20th Century, modelled as a semi-nude woman kneeling on the ground, wearing a grass skirt, holding a snake around her shoulders, 21.5cm high, printed ‘DJ Copenhagen’ mark in green, model no. 1299
Estimate: £200-£300
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THREE DAHL JENSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF WOMEN, mid-20th Century, each modelled as a semi-nude woman, to include ‘Evening Prayer’, kneeling with her hands together in prayer, wearing a patterned brown and white skirt, model no. 1253, 16.5cm high, ‘Hawaiian girl with a Bird’, modelled kneeling wearing a blue skirt, looking to the sky with her right arm raised above her head, a small bird in her left hand, model no. 1268, 17cm high, and ‘Girl from East Sierra Leone’, modelled standing with her left hand on her hip, carrying a bag in her right, wearing a long patterned skirt, white turban and a beaded necklace, on a rectangular plinth base, model no. 1117, 25.5cm high, printed ‘DJ Copenhagen’ factory marks in green (3)
Estimate: £300-£500
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AN EARLY ROYAL DOULTON PORCELAIN FIGURE OF THE ‘PROPOSAL LADY’, introduced in 1925, designed by L. Harradine, the coy female figure seated on a wooden bench, wearing a white dress with black checked decoration and a bonnet, her left hand raised to her cheek, a fan at her feet, on a black oval base, 14.5cm high, model no. HN716, printed factory mark in green, inscribed ‘Proposal Lady HN716 Potted by Doulton & Co.’ in black script
Estimate: £300-£500
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A COMPLETE SET OF ROYAL DOULTON PORCELAIN FIGURES OF KING HENRY VIII AND HIS SIX WIVES, late 20th Century, each wearing period costume, to include Henry VIII, HN 3350, limited edition number 615 of 1991, 25cm high; Jane Seymour, HN3349, limited edition number 1726 of 9500, 22.5cm high; Catherine of Aragon, HN3233, limited edition number 3396 of 9500, 17cm high; Catherine Parr, HN3450, limited edition 289 of 9500, 15cm high; Anne of Cleves, HN3356, limited edition 872 of 9500, 15.5cm high; Anne Boleyn, HN3232, limited edition 1339 of 9500, 22.5cm high; and Catherine Howard, HN3449, limited edition number 230 of 9500, 21.5cm high (7)
Estimate: £600-£800
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A FINE CASED SET OF SIX GUCCI ENAMELLED AND SILVER GILT PLACE CARD HOLDERS, 20th Century, themed on hunting, modelled as a horse, a fox, a pheasant, a duck, a squirrel, and a grouse, each on a circular silver gilt socle bases stamped ‘Italy’ ‘Gucci’ and ‘925’, each approximately 4cm high, in original silk and green baize-line case (6)
Estimate: £300-£500
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AN UNUSUAL EMERALD-GREEN MOULDED GLASS LOVING CUP AND AN AMETHYST GLASS CREAM JUG, circa 1740 and 1800, the rib-moulded ovoid bowl with an everted rim, applied with two ribbed loop handles, on a short graduated bobbin-knopped stem, over an eight-sided panel-moulded domed foot, 14.3cm high, the cream jug of baluster form with a pouring lip, applied scroll handle and circular foot, the body inscribed in gold ‘Be Canny with the Cream’, with a gilt-line rim, 10cm high (2)
Estimate: £200-£300
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A GOOD RIB-MOULDED GLASS DISH, circa 1740, moulded with 15 ribs radiating from the centre, with a broad everted rim, 13.2cm diameter
Estimate: £200-£300
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TWO AIR TWIST CORDIAL GLASSES AND AN ALE GLASS, circa 1740-50, comprising two cordial glasses both with drawn trumpet bowls set on multi-spiral air twist stems and conical feet, 12.7cm and 12cm high, and an ale glass, the trumpet bowl with wrythen moulding to the base issuing from a short stem, set on a conical foot, 14.3cm high (3)
Estimate: £120-£180
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AN AIR TWIST GOBLET, circa 1750, the generous drawn trumpet bowl set on a multiple-spiral air twist stem and conical foot, 21.1cm high
Estimate: £80-£120
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A RARE ENGRAVED AIR TWIST WINE GLASS, dated 1756, of possible Scottish interest, with a drawn trumpet bowl set on a multiple spiral air twist stem and conical foot, the bowl naively inscribed in diamond point ‘Miss Mouat’s a good girl’ beneath the date ‘Augt 14th 1756’, 16cm high
FOOTNOTES: It is unclear as to whom ‘Miss Mouat’ refers. The surname Mouat is most associated with Scotland, and it is likely that this glass was dedicated to a relative of the Mouat family of Garth, Shetland. William Mowat of Garth had three children, including two sons and a daughter. His daughter Elizabeth was born about 1741, and the date on this glass would coincide approximately with her 16th birthday. Coincidentally it was her brother Thomas who changed their surname from Mowat to Mouat.
Estimate: £100-£200
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TWO HONEYCOMB-MOULDED WINE GLASSES, mid-18th Century, comprising an opaque twist wine or ale flute, the slender rounded funnel bowl with a hammered base, set on a double-series stem incorporating a pair of opaque white spiral tapes encircled by a 14-ply spiral band, over a conical foot, 20.3cm high; and an air twist wine glass, the slightly flared round funnel bowl with a hammered and flute-moulded base, the stem enclosing an air twist spiral gauze, over a conical foot, 17.6cm high (2)
Estimate: £200-£300
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A LIGHT BALUSTER WINE GLASS OF ‘KIT KAT’ TYPE, circa 1750, the drawn trumpet bowl set on a stem with an inverted baluster lower section enclosing two small tears, on a conical folded foot, 15.9cm high
Estimate: £250-£350
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TWO TOASTING GLASSES, mid-18th Century, both with drawn trumpet bowls descending into slender stems over conical feet, comprising one with a fine multi-spiral air twist stem, 19.2cm high, and one with s slender plain stem, 25cm high (2)
Estimate: £200-£300
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TWO PLAIN-STEMMED CORDIAL OR WINE GLASSES AND A FIRING GLASS, circa 1740-50, each with a drawn trumpet bowl, the two cordial glasses set on teared plain stems and conical feet, 11.9cm and 11.1cm high, the firing glass set on a plain stem and heavy firing foot, 10.6cm high (3)
Estimate: £120-£180
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TWO PLAIN-STEMMED WINE GLASSES, mid-18th Century, both with drawn trumpet bowls over plain stems and conical feet, one with a central elongated tear to the stem, 16.1cm and 16.3cm high (2)
Estimate: £80-£120
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THREE DUTCH ENGRAVED JACOBITE OPAQUE TWIST WINE GLASSES, circa 1760, in soda glass, each with bell bowls set on double-series opaque twist stems incorporating a central gauze encircled by two pairs of opaque white spiral threads, the bowls each decorated with stylised flowers and a moth to the reverse, one with a six-petalled rose on a leafy stem, 15.9cm high, one with a small eight-petalled rose, one open and one closed bud, on thorny stems, 16.5cm high, and one with a solid beaded base, engraved with dianthus-type flowers, 14.5cm high (3)
Estimate: £300-£400
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AN OPAQUE TWIST GOBLET, circa 1760, the slightly flared bucket bowl set on a double-series opaque twist stem comprising a pair of opaque white spiral tapes encircled by a 10-ply spiral band, over a conical foot, 18cm high
Estimate: £100-£150
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AN OPAQUE TWIST WINE FLUTE, circa 1760, the slender drawn trumpet bowl set on a double-series stem with a pair of opaque white spiral tapes encircled by a pair of six-ply spiral bands, on a conical foot, 19.7cm high
Estimate: £120-£180
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TWO OPAQUE TWIST DRAM OR FIRING GLASSES, circa 1760, both with drawn trumpet bowls set on short double-series opaque twist stems, one enclosing a multi-spiral corkscrew encircled by two pair of opaque white spiral tapes, on a heavy firing foot, 12.4cm high, the other two pairs of opaque white spiral tapes around a central gauze, on a heavy conical firing foot, 12.1cm high (2)
Estimate: £200-£300
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TWO OPAQUE TWIST WINE GLASSES, circa 1765, the bell bowls with solid beaded bases, on double-series opaque twist stems both incorporating a multi-ply corkscrew encircled by a pair of opaque white spiral tapes, over conical feet, 18.1cm high (2)
Estimate: £200-£300
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AN OPAQUE TWIST FIRING GLASS, circa 1765, the ogee bowl with flute-moulding to the lower part, set on a short double-series stem containing a central multi-ply corkscrew encircled by a pair of opaque white spiral tapes, on a heavy terraced firing foot, 9.3cm high
Estimate: £150-£250
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A GOOD OPAQUE TWIST WINE GLASS, circa 1765, the waisted bucket bowl on an opaque twist stem containing a pair of opaque white gauze corkscrews, over a conical foot, 15.7cm high
Estimate: £200-£300
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AN OPAQUE TWIST WINE GLASS AND TWO WRYTHEN ALE GLASSES, second half 18th Century, the opaque twist glass with a round funnel bowl engraved with a stylised rose with a single bud on a leafy stem, a bird to the reverse, over a double-series stem incorporating a multi-ply corkscrew encircled by a 15-ply spiral band, over a conical foot, 13.8cm high, the ale glasses with conical bowls over short wrythen-moulded stems and conical feet, 13.4cm high (3)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A LARGE ENGRAVED GLASS GOBLET, dated 1804, the generous ovoid bowl finely engraved with a central shield-shaped cartouche containing the monogram ‘RED’ above the date ‘1804’, flanked by ears of barley, the reverse with hops and fruiting vine, beneath a formal border, the base cut with facets, set on a merese above a short plain stem and solid circular foot, 23.7cm high
Estimate: £100-£200
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THREE FACET-CUT WINE GLASSES, circa 1785, each with an ovoid bowl set on a faceted stem and conical foot, 12.6cm high (3)
Estimate: £150-£250
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AN EXCEPTIONAL CUT GLASS DECANTER AND STOPPER FROM THE ‘PRINCE OF WALES SERVICE’, circa 1806-8, by Perrin Geddes & Co., Warrington, the squat cylindrical form elaborately cut with an oval medallion engraved with the Prince of Wales’s feathers and etched motto ‘ICH DIEN’, within a scrollwork border flanked by a band of diamonds, the tapering shoulder cut with spiral flutes outlined in fine diamonds, below a double-neck rim, with a scalloped foot and star-cut underside, the cut pineapple stopper edged with acanthus leaves, 34.8cm high, small numeral ‘4’ wheel engraved just below the rim (2)
FOOTNOTES: In 1806 the Prince of Wales visited Liverpool for a grand banquet, for which the Liverpool Corporation commissioned the Warrington firm of Perrin Geddes & Co. to make a cut glass service engraved with the crest of the city. The Prince was so impressed by the service that he asked the Mayor to order him something similar. The Liverpool Corporation ordered a huge suite of table glass as a token of gratitude, instead engraved with the crest of the Prince. The original order consisted of 198 pieces, but this was considered too small for the Prince and a further 144 pieces were commissioned, bringing the total up to 342 pieces costing the princely sum of £1,306.18s. When it was finally delivered to Carlton House in 1808, the Prince thanked them for ‘the most beautiful and ornamental specimens he ever saw of this valuable manufacture’.
The unparalleled design of the decanter in the present lot is so sophisticated that the work is sometimes attributed to London glass specialist John Blades, who employed architects as designers. However, the characteristic lustre and colour of the lead glass and deep cutting are certainly characteristic of Warrington. Considering the enormous cost of the service, and that it took over a year to complete, it seems likely that other craftsmen may have been involved. John Unsworth, who styled himself ‘Manufacturer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales’, may have been one such craftsman.
For a more detailed discussion of this important service, See Cherry and Richard Gray, ‘The Prince’s Glasses: Some Warrington Cut Glass 1806-1811’, The Journal of the Glass Association, vol.2 (1987), pp.11-18, C. Hajdamach, British Glass 1800-1914 (1991), pp.39-41, and A. McConnell, The Decanter (2004), pp.274-277 for an illustration of an identical decanter, pl.389. An identical decanter is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no. C.56&A-1976. Of the original 342 pieces of the service, 136 survive in the Royal Collection (accession no. RCIN68275), of which there are 17 such decanters of the same ‘medium’ size.
Estimate: £6,000-£8,000
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THREE REGENCY CUT GLASS TABLE URNS OR SWEETMEAT JARS AND COVERS, circa 1830, possibly Irish, comprising a pair cut with strawberry diamonds, the bases graduated and cut with small ovals, raised on solid circular feet with star-cut bases, the domed covers with radial-cut mushroom finials, 18.5cm high, together with another with a facet-cut bowl, raised on a short octagonal stem and square pedestal foot, the cover with a faceted finial, 20cm high (one restuck) (6)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A RARE PAIR OF GLASS DOUBLE MAGNUM DECANTERS, 19th Century, of Prussian form, applied with three neck rings, 30cm high (stoppers lacking) (2)
Estimate: £200-£300
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A PAIR OF GLASS MAGNUM DECANTERS AND STOPPERS, 19th Century, of plain tapered form, with hollow ovoid stoppers, including one spare, 34cm high (5)
Estimate: £100-£200
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A VERY FINE BOHEMIAN PALE GREEN STAINED ENGRAVED GLASS GOBLET, circa 1850, the generous ovoid bowl reserved with a rectangular panel with canted corners cut in high relief, finely decorated with a landscape view of a horse galloping through the countryside, with faceted side, set on an octagonal stem and spreading foot with a scalloped rim and star-cut base, 19.7cm high
Estimate: £300-£500
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A GOOD BOHEMIAN ENGRAVED GLASS GOBLET, circa 1850-70, overlaid in deep ruby, the cylindrical form cut with a series of slender oval windows forming pillar flutes and a small lens to the reverse, decorated with a large panel depicting a landscape scene of a hunter holding two guns, set on an octagonal scalloped foot, 16.4cm high
Estimate: £200-£400
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THREE BOHEMIAN GLASS BEAKERS, second half 19th Century, one finely painted with a relief view of the Pulvertherm in Prague, within a gilt scrollwork cartouche, titled in gilt script below, the reverse engraved with initials ‘MJ’ and ‘MF’, 14.5cm high, one painted in transparentmalerei with an oval portrait of a lady in a rose garden, against a hobnail-cut ground, the amber-stained rim with gilt detailing, 13cm high, and one of hexagonal form, painted in transparentmalerei with alternating panels of Cupids at leisure and purple scrollwork, heightened in gilding, on a short faceted stem and scalloped foot, 13cm high (3)
Estimate: £200-£300
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A PAIR OF BOHEMIAN DOUBLE-OVERLAY GLASS BEAKERS AND A GOBLET, late 19th Century, the beakers of waisted cylindrical form, overlaid in translucent blue and opaque white, cut through to clear with a band of panels to the centre, one painted with a band of tulips and the other with pink roses and forget-me-nots, the everted feet cut with palisade flutes, with gilt rims and star-cut undersides, 13.3cm high, the goblet with a generous rounded bowl, decorated with a wide gilt band finely painted with pink roses, with further scattered sprigs and sprays of roses to both sides, on an octagonal stem and circular foot similarly decorated with roses, 15.cm high (3)
Estimate: £120-£180
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THREE BOHEMIAN ENGRAVED GLASS BEAKERS, late 19th Century, one part-stained in amber, reserved with a chamfered rectangular panel decorated with an elaborate titled spa view of Hofbad Gastein, the reverse cut with three windows, on a short hexagonal stem and scalloped foot, 13.7cm high, one of waisted cylindrical form, reserved with six pale purple stained circlets decorated with five titled spa views, the initials ‘f.h.’ to the reverse circlet, with a star-cut foot, 12.5cm high, and one stained in purple, reserved with a rectangular panel decorated with a spa view of Szczawnica in Poland, the base with flute moulding, 12.1cm high (3)
Estimate: £100-£150
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THREE BOHEMIAN ENGRAVED GLASS BEAKERS, late 19th Century, comprising an amber stained beaker cut with three bands of six windows, each band decorated with three alternating titled spa scenes, some ruby stained, surrounded by dense foliate schwarzlot enamelling, on a scalloped foot, 13.2cm high, a part-amber stained goblet cut with a band of eight oval panels stained in amber, blue and red, engraved with various symbols including clasped hands, an anchor, wheat, a heart, a cup, a lyre and the initials ‘Lv.Z’ within a laurel wreath, on an octagonal faceted foot, 15.2cm high, and a small goblet moulded with spiral fluting, cut with eight ruby stained circlets depicting titled spa scenes, the reverse inscribed ‘Für Josephine Mosgamer’, on an octagonal scalloped foot, 11.8cm high (3)
Estimate: £150-£200
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A BOHEMIAN RUBY STAINED GLASS TAZZA AND TWO BEAKERS, late 19th Century, the tazza with a shallow bowl and scalloped rim, the rim with ten engraved circlets alternating with titles spa views and sprays of flowers, on a short octagonal stem with faceted basal knop and a circular scalloped foot, 14.2cm high, one beaker similarity decorated with alternating circlets depicting titled spa views, with the initials and date ‘K.C.R 1859’, 14.2cm high, the other with a view of Balatonfüred, the reverse inscribed ‘FUREDI EMEEK’, 14.2cm high (3)
Estimate: £100-£150
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A CASED HISTORISMUS GILDED AND ENAMELLED VENETIAN GLASS GOBLET, early 20th Century, by The Venice and Murano Glass Company Ltd., the conical bowl painted in polychrome with white lions and birds, flanked by two pairs of entwined dolphins in red, yellow and blue, the rim with a gilt scale band embellished with red, white and blue dots, the conical spreading folded foot with an alternating band of red and blue tears with yellow detailing, 13.5cm high, in original red morocco leather presentation case marked ‘Griffon Freres Venise’ (2)
FOOTNOTES: This glass is a copy of the so-called ‘Campanile Cup’, a fragmentary 16th Century goblet discovered after the campanile, or bell-tower, in St Mark’s Square in Venice collapsed in 1902. Copies were made from 1903 by The Venice and Murano Glass Company Ltd. for ‘Museums, Collectors and others wishing to posses an interesting relic of the Campanile of St Mark’. The case is marked ‘Griffon Freres Venise’, but probably made by Francesco or Vittorio Toso Borella. The original goblet is in the Museum del Vetro di Murano, Venice, accession no. Cl.V In.00794. Another cased copy of this glass is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no. 531-1903.
Estimate: £200-£300
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AFTER AUGUST RIEDEL (GERMAN, 1799-1883): A REVERSE-PAINTED GLASS PORTRAIT OF FELICE BERARDI FROM ALBANO, dressed in elaborate costume including a white shawl and headdress, a pink rosette in her hair, seated in a garden setting with orange trees in the distance, 28 x 21cm, in a mahogany frame
FOOTNOTES: The original painting was purchased from August Riedel in 1843 by King Ludwig I, and is now in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich, accession no. WAF 830.
Estimate: £100-£200
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A LARGE CLUTHA GLASS SOL-FLEUR VASE BY JAMES COUPER & SONS, circa 1890, designed by Dr Christopher Dresser (Scottish, 1834-1904), with an elongated neck and bulbous body, the green glass with numerous small bubbles and aventurine inclusions, 38cm high
FOOTNOTES: The design contributions of Dr. Christopher Dresser, named ‘Clutha’ after the River Clyde, and produced by James Couper after 1888. The designs are inspired by Roman and Near Eastern forms. A vase of identical form in the John Scott Collection is illustrated by The Fine Art Society, ‘Truth, Beauty, Power’, vol.5, cat.181.
Estimate: £800-£1,200
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AN AMBER GLASS VASE BY LUDWIG MOSER, circa 1922, of faceted shouldered form, decorated with a continuous acid-etched gilt frieze depicting the Battle of the Amazons, 17cm high, inscribed ‘Made in Czechoslovakia / Moser / Karlsbad’ in diamond point
Estimate: £100-£150
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A RENÉ LALIQUE FROSTED AND POLISHED GLASS ‘MALINES’ VASE, design 1924, of globular form, rib-moulded with stylised stiff-leaves, heightened with grey staining, 12.5cm high, etched ‘R. Lalique France’
Estimate: £200-£300
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A SUITE OF BACCARAT ‘HARCOURT 1841’ PATTERN GLASSWARE, 20th Century, the ovoid bowls cut with six large facets to the base, raised on faceted stems with central angular knops, over hexagonal feet, comprising eight water glasses, 15.6cm high, eight red wine glasses, 13.3cm high, eight white wine glasses, 12.3cm high, and eight Porto glasses, 11.4cm high, etched ‘BACCARAT FRANCE’ marks (32)
Estimate: £400-£600
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A MURANO GLASS VASE BY ELSA PERETTI FOR TIFFANY & CO., 20th Century, of flared form with aventurine inclusions, 30cm high, inscribed ‘ELSA PERETTI for Tiffany’ in diamond point, remnants of Murano label for Archimede Seguso
Estimate: £200-£300
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