Summer Catalogue Sale (Three Days):
Thursday 22 July 2010 10:00AM

Lot 101

A Staffordshire Pottery Reform Bill Pedestal Bowl, circa 1832, of gadrooned circular form, printed in puce with ROYAL ASCENT TO THE REFORM BILL, 7 JUNE 1832 and with three other similar prints, the interior with birds, shells and flasks within clasped hands, 21.5cm

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 102

A Staffordshire Pottery Child's Plate, circa 1830, printed in puce with HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY WILLIAM ... and with a bust portrait within a moulded and painted border, 18cm; and A Punch Bowl, painted with WILLIAM THE FOURTH FOREVER and with a crown and fruiting vines, D&B mark, 21.5cm

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 103

A Pair of Brameld Porcelain Models of a Recumbent Stag and Doe, circa 1820, after Chinese export originals, the recumbent animals on rocky bases, the stag with holes for antlers, 17.5cm long

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 104

A Staffordshire Bisque Porcelain Figure of Queen Victoria, probably Minton, circa 1837, wearing lacy shawl and long dress, sitting in an armchair, 10.5cm high

Estimate: £500-600

Lot 105

A Staffordshire Porcelain Small Mug, 19th century, printed in black with LIBERTY given to the Slaves, 5.7cm high

Estimate: £250-350

Lot 106

A Staffordshire Pottery Queen Victoria Coronation Commemorative Plate, circa 1838, printed in black with a portrait of the young Queen Victoria within a crowned cartouche titled HAIL VICTORIA on a foliate ground with birds and a lion, within a gadrooned border, 22.5cm

The rare print would have been produced to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Victoria on 28 June 1838

Estimate: £1200-1500

Lot 107

A Staffordshire Pottery Anti-Slavery Plate, circa 1838, printed with a vignette of a native mother and child and inscribed "As borrowed beams illume our way and shed a bright and cheering ray", "I labour and have no rest, Lam.5C5V", "So Christian Light dispels the gloom that shades poor Negro's hapless doom" and "I am oppressed undertake for me, Isaiah 28C14V", on a lilac ground, 22cm diameter

Estimate: £700-1000

Lot 108

A Staffordshire Pottery Royal Marriage Commemorative Jug, circa 1840, of baluster form, printed in underglaze blue with a titled portrait of Victoria and Albert and inscribed MARRIED FEB 10 1840, the reverse with a crown on a foliate ground, 9.2cm high

Estimate: £500-700

Lot 109

A Staffordshire Pottery Commemorative Mug, dated 1885, of tapering cylindrical form, printed in black with a bust portrait of the Prince of Wales and inscribed ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW PRESTON 1885, 11.2cm high

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 110

A Pair of Staffordshire Pottery Figures of Newfoundlands, early 20th century, each standing four square, with glass eyes and gilt markings, 28cm

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 111

A Staffordshire Pearlware Footbath, circa 1830, of ribbed oval form with fluted leaf scroll handles, printed in underglaze blue with the Heilian pattern, depicting classical ruins and flower sprays, printed mark, 50cm wide

Estimate: £350-500

Lot 112

A Staffordshire Pottery Plate, late 19th century, gilt by A Lanthe with a moonlit river landscape in a circular panel on a dark blue ground within a flowerhead border, signed A Lanthe, 24cm diameter

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 113

Two Spode Stone China Meat Platters, circa 1820, printed and overpainted in bright enamels with chinoiserie foliage and rockwork, one with gravy tree and well, printed marks, 54cm and 51cm wide

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 114

A Pratt Type Pottery Loving Cup, circa 1863, the ovoid bowl with leaf sheathed handles, on a circular foot, colour printed with a half length portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra within a gilt cartouche, the reverse with a rose, thistle and shamrock within gilt borders, 17.2cm

This print, usually seen on pot lids, was produced to commemorate the wedding of Edward and Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863.

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 115

A Pratt Type Pottery Toby Jug, circa 1790, of traditional form, holding a jug of ale, wearing ochre hat, blue jacket and ochre breeches, on a mottled base, 25cm high

Estimate: £700-1000

Lot 116

A Pair of Prattware Cow Groups, circa 1810, each beast with blue, ochre and manganese sponged markings, standing behind a farmer and dog, and a milkmaid and calf, on a sponged mound base, 14.5cm high

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 117

An English Porcelain Urn Shaped Vase, circa 1820, with trumpet neck and dolphin scroll handles on a circular socle, painted with a castle and river landscape on a blue ground, gilt with classical ornament, 32.5cm high; and A Similar Vase, with landscape on a black ground, 18cm high (2)

Estimate: £250-350

Lot 118

A Herculaneum Creamware Liverpool Amnesty Jug, circa 1809, printed in black with GR III 50 and figures of History and Britannia holding an inscribed scroll over an equestrian statue and prison with inscription, the reverse with the Royal arms, the front with a ribbon tied fruiting vine, 23.5cm high

See May (J&J) Commemorative Pottery 1780-1900 for a discussion of this rare print.

This rare print celebrates the Grand Nation Jubilee and the Jubilee Amnesty where deserters were pardoned, a pardon for all armed forces offences, a subscription raised to discharge insolvent debtors and an amnesty for all POW's except the French.

Estimate: £1000-1500

Lot 119

A Creamware Act of Union Jug, circa 1800, of ovoid form with angular handle, transfer printed in black with three oval panels, one with putti harvesting, one with GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND UNITED MDCCC over allegorical figures, and one with PEACE AND PLENTY below Ceres by a harbour, and inscribed MARY BEYNON within green borders, 19cm high

The jug commemorates the Act of Union between Britain and Ireland passed in June 1800

Estimate: £700-900

Lot 120

A Pearlware Royal Commemorative Jug, late 18th century, with ribbed cylindrical neck over a baluster body applied with a medallion with a portrait and initials GR and with underglaze blue stylised foliage, impressed mark, 15.5cm; and A Creamware Napoleonic Baluster Jug, printed with the GOVERNOR OF EUROPE STOPED (sic) IN HIS CAREER and the Sailor's Return, 14.5cm (2)

See Godden (Geoffrey) Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks, item 4516 for a discussion of WT & Co marked wares and their possib attribution to William Tomlinson of the Knottingley or Ferrybridge Pottery, circa 1792-1796.

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 121

A Dixon, Austin & Co Sunderland Pottery Large Jug, circa 1820, printed with A West View of the Cast Iron Bridge over the Wear at Sunderland ... and The Sailor's Farewell after Drowning and religious verse on a marbled pink lustre ground within line borders, marked in Sailor's Farewell print, 25cm high

Estimate: £800-1000

Lot 122

A Pair of Chamberlain's Worcester Porcelain Botanical Specimen Plates, circa 1800, painted in colours with Atamasca Lily and Poppy Anemone within gilt line rims, 21.5cm; and A Matching Muffin Dish, with Round Leaved Cyclamen, 20cm diameter (3)

Estimate: £250-350

Lot 123

A Chamberlains Worcester Porcelain Basket, circa 1830, with overhead twig handle, painted with a titled view of Dovedale on a blue ground with leaf moulded border picked out in yellow, pink and gilt, titled in brown, 35.5cm wide

Estimate: £120-180

Lot 124

A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester Porcelain Urn Shaped Vase, circa 1820, with leaf sheathed scroll handles, painted with a still life of flowers in a shaped gilt scroll panel on a pink ground within moulded and gilt borders, impressed mark, 26.5cm high; and A Similar Plate, painted with a flower spray within a claret border and gilt gadrooned rim, printed and impressed marks, 22.5cm (2)

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 125

A Bloor Derby Porcelain Set of the French Seasons, circa 1830, Spring as a boy holding flowers, Summer as a girl with a wheatsheaf, Autumn as a girl with a basket of fruit, and Winter as a boy with a bundle of faggots, each coloured in bright enamels on a circular base, incised number 123, printed marks in red, 16cm, 17.5cm and 18cm high

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 126

A Derby Porcelain Figure of a Ram, circa 1770, with red/brown markings, standing before a tree stump on a moulded base applied with flowers, 13.5cm wide; A Similar Figure of a Cow and Calf, before bocage, 15cm high; and A Similar Figure of a Boy with Dog, 15cm (3)

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 127

An English Porcelain Porter Mug, probably Chamberlains Worcester, circa 1820, painted in the Imari palette with foliage with blue scroll borders on a salmon pink scroll ground, 13.5cm high; and A Coalport Porcelain Porter Mug, with the arms of Dearden and two flower sprays on a light blue ground, 13cm high (2)

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 128

A Nantgarw Porcelain Square Dessert Dish, circa 1820, painted in the manner of Morris, with a spray of flowers and with insects within a flower and gilt leaf meander border on a turquoise ground, impressed marks, 22cm wide

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 129

An English Porcelain Urn Shaped Vase, circa 1820, with leaf scroll and loop handles, painted with flowers on a rectangular gilt panel on a ground of gilt classical ornament, 27.5cm

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 130

A Derby Porcelain Teacup and Saucer, circa 1810, with tall handle, painted with titled view In Cumberland and Near Buxton, Derbyshire, on gilt foliate scroll ground; A Chamberlains Worcester Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer, painted with a titled view of Claremont in a rectangular panel on a pink ground with gilt and cream foliate decoration, the interior with flower sprays; and An English Porcelain Coffee Cup and Saucer, painted with rural landscapes in panels on a pink ground (6)

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 131

A Spode Porcelain "Prince of Wales" Dinner Service, circa 1806, painted with a spray of pink roses within a moulded ozier border picked out in pale blue and gilt, comprising two large oval tureens and covers (41cm wide), three square vegetable tureens and covers (25.5cm wide), three sauce tureens, covers and stands (19.5cm wide), two oval bowls (29cm wide), one oval platter (50.5cm), an oval platter (45cm), three oval platters (40.6cm), four oval platters (36.5cm), four oval platters (30.5cm), five oval platters (25.5cm), thirty-six dinner plates (24.5cm), three dessert plates (23cm), twenty-one soup plates (24.5cm), some with Prince of Wales mark and pattern number 1233 (86)

See Whiter (Leonard) Spode, p.85 for a discussion of the Prince of Wales mark associating it with a visit to the factory by the Prince of Wales in 1806. He notes that pattern numbers 1168 and 1185 are the only ones where there are recorded examples with the Prince of Wales mark and these are rare, the present pattern being unrecorded.

Estimate: £10000-15000

Lot 132

A Pearlware Pottery Child's Plate, early 19th century, printed in black with Napoleon on a rearing horse and inscribed Buonaparte crossing the Alps, the borders moulded with animals and foliage, 12.5cm diameter

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 133

A Pair of Derby Porcelain Dessert Plates, circa 1790, painted with titled scenes View On The River Derwent, Derbyshire and View in Wooton Park, Staffordshire, within a blue and gilt border, painted marks in blue, 22cm diameter

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 134

A Pearlware Pedestal Bowl, circa 1780, the interior inscribed in underglaze blue Success to all the Combined Armies within a lattice and stylised Union flag border, the exterior with stylised foliage, 26cm diameter; and A Similar Bowl, printed with a man o'war and Success to the British Tars below a foliate, scroll and lattice border, 26.5cm diameter (2)

Estimate: £1600-2000

Lot 135

A Creamware Drainer Dish, late 18th century, of semi-fluted hexagonal form, pierced with eight foliate panels about a rosette, on three fluted feet, 21.5cm wide

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 136

A Pearlware Punch Bowl, circa 1790, the interior painted in underglaze blue with King and Constitution within a crown, rose, thistle and laurel wreath and lattice and scroll border, the exterior with chinoiserie landscapes, 22.7cm diameter

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 137

A Staffordshire Four Colour Jasperware Rectangular Plaque, circa 1780, with a black portrait medallion within a green leaf cartouche on a buff ground with applied green swags and figures within black and white leaf border, 20.5cm by 16cm

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 138

A Pair of Derby Bisque Porcelain Figures of the Musical Shepherd and Shepherdess, circa 1780, each sitting on a tree stump, he with bagpipes and a hound, she with lute and sheep, on scroll bases, incised number 301, 13.5cm and 14.5cm high; and A Similarly Figure of a Female Gardener, with watering can, incised number 7, 13.5cm high (3)

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 139

A Pair of Bow Porcelain Figures of New Dancers, circa 1770, he with pink hat and yellow brocade trousers, she with pink hat, green and yellow dress and gilt apron, on scroll bases, anchor and dagger marks, 18cm and 15.5cm; and A Similar Figure of a Flower Seller, circa 1760, with flowers in her apron and basket, 14.5cm (3)

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 140

A Derby Porcelain Jug, circa 1780, with ribbed cylindrical neck and globular body, the neck painted with ribbontied flower swags, the body initialled B in flowers and painted with two full flower sprays within Smith's blue and gilt borders, mark in puce, 24cm high

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 141

A Derby Porcelain Baluster Mug, circa 1760, painted with a portrait of Shakespeare leaning on books on a column in a gilt and red scroll cartouche, flanked by two flowersprays and scattered sprigs, 17.2cm high

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 142

A Chaffer's Liverpool Porcelain Tea Bowl, circa 1760, painted in underglaze blue with chinoiserie foliage and rockwork; A Saucer, with similar decoration; A Pennington's Liverpool Tea Bowl, with foliate decoration; A Lowestoft Redgrave Pattern Slop Bowl; A Bow Blanc de Chine Coffee Cup; A Worcester Milkmaids Pattern Coffee Cup; a Worcester Feather Moulded Coffee Cup; A Similar Fence Pattern Coffee Can; Two Mansfield Pattern Saucer; A Chelsea-Derby Wrythen Fluted Coffee Cup, with flower sprays; A Similar Fluted Saucer, with green monochrome sprigs; and A Chamberlain's Worcester Coffee Can (13)

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 143

A Pennington's Liverpool Porcelain Teapot and Cover, circa 1790, of globular form with conical knop, painted in colours with chinoiserie figures in landscapes, 16.5cm high; and A Matching Tea Bowl (3)

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 144

Withdrawn

Lot 145

A Creamware Coffee Pot, circa 1770, of pear shape with entwined strap handle, painted in colours with chinoiserie figures in a scroll and flower cartouche, the reverse inscribed Margt Moody within a similar cartouche, 18cm high (a/f)

Estimate: £80-120

Lot 146

A First Period Worcester Porcelain Royal Commemorative Bell Shaped Mug, circa 1759-60, printed in black with George II, Liberty amongst trophies of war and with naval ships, marked RH Worcester and anchor, 12cm high

See Cook (Cyril) The Life and Works of Robert Hancock, items 52 and 61, and Spero (Simon) 18th Century English Transfer Printed Porcelain and Enamels, item 1.1.

Estimate: £2000-3000

Lot 147

A First Period Worcester Porcelain Coffee Cup, circa 1758, painted in underglaze blue with the Warbler pattern, painters mark, 6.2cm high

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 148

A Longton Hall Porcelain Sparrowbeak Jug, circa 1755, with angular handle, painted in underglaze blue with a chinoiserie landscape, painter's number 3, 7.6cm high

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 149

A Worcester Porcelain Polychrome Cream Boat, circa 1750-58, moulded with scroll rocaille edged panels on each side enclosing flowers issuing from blue rocks, a butterfly to a similar panel beneath the lip, with sprays and sprigs of flowers around the inner rim, scroll strapwork handle, hexagonal foot, 5.3cm high, 10.8cm long

Estimate: £500-800

Lot 150

An English Delft Charger, circa 1760, painted in blue with a flower spray within a border of five flower sprays, 34cm diameter

Estimate: £200-300