antiques & fine art sale

27th - 29th November 2024

This is a three day sale starting at 10 am each day.  Day 1 Lots 1 - 631, Day 2 Lots 632 - 1123 and Day 3 Lots 1124 - 1670.  You can bid on this sale online, by leaving bids with Mitchells by email only upto 9.30 am on the day of sale (info@mitchellsantiques.co.uk) or by attending the saleroom and registering to bid.  To bid online please click on the Saleroom link and follow the instructons given.  Please note if you use the online facility you will pay both our buyer's premium of 22% + VAT and The Saleroom charge of 4.95% + VAT on the hammer.  CARD PAYMENT ONLY

Viewing: Sunday 24th November 11 am - 3 pm, Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th 10 am - 5 pm,  also throughout each sale day.

Lot 1

A mid 19th century Chinese blue and white bowl, with bamboo and blossom flower pattern. Diameter 23 cm, height 10 cm, together with a large bowl. 25 cm diameter, height 10 cm, with blue and white background with red floral blossom panels, birds and butterflies.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 2

An oriental vase, decorated with dragons chasing a flaming pearl, with character mark to the base and raised on a wooden stand, together with a cloisonne vase decorated with a dragon, 15 cm (AF) and an oriental wall hanging blossom vase. Tallest vase height +/- 33 cm.

Sold for £85

Lot 3

A Chinese blue and white bowl, with repeating foliate and scroll decoration with six character mark to base. Diameter 26 cm.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Lot 4

A Chinese carved wooden figure group. Height 48 cm and with small celadon Buffalo.

Sold for £22

Lot 5

A Chinese root wood carving of a standing immortal. Height 24 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 6

A collection of four Chinese snuff and scent bottles. Tallest 68 mm.

Sold for £35

Lot 7

A Chinese decorative bowl, birds, blossom and chrysanthemum. Diameter 24.5 cm and two Japanese Imari plates.

Estimated: £20 - £30

Lot 8

A pair of miniature Satsuma vases, two Chinese bronze mounted tapering cylindrical vessels and two small Chinese bowls. Tallest 5.5 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 9

A pair of Satsuma vases, a Kutani vase and three others. Tallest 32 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 10

An early 20th century Chinese silkwork screen, decorated with a peacock. Height 74 cm, width 55 cm.

Sold for £42

Lot 11

A Meiji period charger, decorated with chrysanthemums. Diameter 46 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £140

Lot 12

A pair of Satsuma vases, 22 cm high plus vase stands (see illustration).

Sold for £80

Lot 13

Two Chinese cherry blossom double gourd blue and white vases, each with four character mark to the base. Height 25 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £520

Lot 14

A pair of shallow Chinese bowls, decorated with dragons with character mark to the underside and each housed in a metal basket form mount. Diameter 20.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £200

Lot 15

A 19th century Chinese famille rose charger, with six character mark verso. Diameter 33 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £190

Lot 16

Four Japanese stump work embroidered panels on silk background, bird and floral design. 43.5 cm x 121.5 cm, circa 1880 in later frames.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Lot 17

An Oriental plate, decorated with a bird on a branch with background of flowers, underside with three character marks. diameter 24 cm.

Sold for £60

Lot 18

A pair of late 19th century Chinese lidded bottle shaped vases, with blue decoration and gilded overlay. Height 48 cm and 38 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £450

Lot 19

A late 19th century Chinese vase, converted to a lamp blue background with floral panels, panels showing Pagoda and one with bird on a branch with four character marks to base. Height of vase +/- 28 cm excluding electrical fitting.

Sold for £440

Lot 20

A pair of 17th/early 18th century Chinese Kangxi period (1662-1722) blue and white chargers, with arched pattern design inset with flowers with central flower decoration to the centre and floral designs under the rim, double circle to base with pattern inside. Diameter 35 cm (see illustration).

Estimated: £500 - £800

Lot 21

A Cantonese style decorative lamp base, of rectangular form with decorative panels raised on a wood base. Height 54 cm, width 16 cm.

Sold for £35

Lot 22

A large oriental Cantonese style decorative table lamp, with large bulbous vase body with floral decoration and four decorative panels. Height +/- 65 cm, diameter +/- 40 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £100

Lot 23

A Chinese jade small bowl on wooden stand. diameter 10 cm, height 5.3 cm excluding stand.

Sold for £60

Lot 24

A 19th century Chinese blue and white bowl, with brown glazed rim. diameter 26.5 cm, together with a famille rose plate, diameter 23 cm.

Sold for £45

Lot 25

Two Chinese antiquarian ginger jars, 17 cm high with wood stand and 14 cm high.

Sold for £40

Lot 26

A quantity of Chinese stone rubbings.

Estimated: £20 - £40

Lot 27

Two small antique Chinese fringed rugs, with dragon pattern to centre. +/- 60 cm square.

Sold for £95

Lot 28

A framed set of five 18th century Chinese pictures on glass, in mother of pearl frames, each image +/- 6 cm x 8 cm, one inked verso Deptford Mrs CH 38 12 Glass 1790, housed in a single frame 55 cm x 17 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £500

Lot 29

Antique Chinese woodblock print, unframed and unmounted, +/- 101 cm x 39 cm.

Sold for £40

Lot 30

A pair of Oriental blue and white wine pots. Height 10 cm, length 16 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 31

A pair of antique Chinese small bamboo brush pots, and a small Chinese vase. Height 12 cm.

Sold for £45

Lot 32

An antique Chinese copper and brass heated vessel, diameter 22 cm, together with a small well bucket. Height excluding handle 15 cm.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Lot 33

A blue and white Jasperware stilton cheese dome, height +/- 23 cm, diameter of base 26 cm.

Sold for £50

Lot 34

A Royal Crown Derby tea set, comprising 2 large dished plates, 10 cups, 10 saucers, 12 side plates and sugar basin, mostly marked 1128 by hand and with Royal Crown Derby England printed mark.

Sold for £240

Lot 35

A pair of 20th century blue and white foot baths. Height 21 cm, width 47 cm, depth 32 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 36

A pair of Sevres style two handled vases, with classical scenes with square bases. Height 46 cm, maximum width 25 cm.

Estimated: £150 - £200

Lot 37

A Wileman & Co (Foley China Company) part tea set, with gilt and blue floral decoration and with scallop or petal shape, comprising two sandwich plates, nine side plates, seven teacups and saucers and milk jug.

Sold for £65

Lot 38

Clare Conrad (born 1949), a tall stoneware vessel/vase, with textured surface and with impressed mark to the side, also marked to the base Clare Conrad. Height 41 cm, diameter at top 17 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 39

Kellie Miller, a pair of studio pottery porcelain plaques, both decorated with blues and greens and with zigzag pattern.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Lot 40

In the manner of Stuart Ackroyd, an Art Glass fin bowl, signed to the base and dated '94. Height 21 cm, diameter 41 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 41

A collection of six Victorian earthenware jelly moulds. Largest width 17 cm.

Estimated: £60 - £80

Lot 42

Three pieces of Mary Gregory style glassware, pair of vases 30 cm, high and a large jug 31 cm high (see illustration).

Sold for £65

Lot 43

A pair of dark blue Mary Gregory style tall vases, height 29 cm.

Sold for £95

Lot 44

Five pieces of Mary Gregory style glassware, oval tray 17 cm x 20 cm, three vases, tallest 23 cm and a glass tankard.

Sold for £35

Lot 45

A pair of porcelain table lamps, floral patterned. Height excluding electrical fitting 32 cm.

Sold for £85

Lot 46

Tony Laverick (born 1961), a studio pottery vase decorated in orange, blue, gold, white, orange and red, marked to the underside TL14. Height 22 cm, diameter +/- 20 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £170

Lot 47

A modern oriental blue and white lamp, in the form of a ginger jar with shade. Height including shade 41 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 48

Two 19th century blue and white transfer printed plates, decorated with figures, bridge and large properties. Both measuring 24.5 x 18 cm.

Sold for £15

Lot 49

Two 19th century Staffordshire Toby jugs, each with detachable lids. Tallest 28 cm.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Lot 50

A 19th century Toby jug, in the Allertons style, "Snuff Taker". Height 24 cm and another wearing a blue jacket and patterned waistcoat.

Sold for £35

Lot 51

A Copenhagen fish dish. diameter 12 cm, together with a ceramic ram, a seated cat and a pierced blue and white bowl.

Sold for £40

Lot 52

An antique opaque air twist stem glass. Height 15 cm, together with a pair of liqueur glasses.

Sold for £50

Lot 53

A pair of armorial tureens on stand, an early 19th century English Peacock and a lidded tureen with integral stand and ladle. Tallest 17.5 cm.

Sold for £45

Lot 54

Three early 19th century English plates, each with chinoiserie pattern possibly Leeds.

Estimated: £30 - £40

Lot 55

Two Coalport mask head jugs. Largest 20 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 56

A graduated set of wall ducks, stamped England. Longest 16 cm, together with a collection of commemorative ware, lidded vessels, figurines, Polar Bear (11).

Sold for £32

Lot 57

A Vaseline glass vase. Height 13.5 cm, two eye baths, a cranberry salt, pair of clear glass vases and a cranberry jug.

Sold for £15

Lot 58

A Washington Pottery Limited "The Beatles" mug and plate, circa mid 1960's. diameter of plate 18 cm, together with a Beatles jigsaw.

Sold for £28

Lot 59

A pair of late 18th/early 19th century Worcester blue white and gilt foliate decorative plates. Diameter 22 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £60

Lot 60

A Booths British scenery blue and white tulip vase, two delft vases, Adams ware beaker and continental porcelain including Meissen onion pattern. Tallest 21 cm.

Estimated: £20 - £30

Lot 61

A Meissen relief moulded dish, decorated with swans, blue crossed swords mark. Diameter 15 cm.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Lot 62

A Royal Brierley Art Glass vase, together with a Langley glass paperweight. Tallest 10.5 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 63

A Poole pottery owl lamp, and Paddington Bear lamp base.

Sold for £18

Lot 64

A pair of Decoro pottery vases, in the Art Nouveau style. Height 23 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 65

An Aynsley floral pattern tea set.

Sold for £20

Lot 66

A cut glass decanter, with silver whisky label and a plated decanter stand.

Sold for £15

Lot 67

Richard P Golding for Okra an Art Glass vase, signed to the underside No.509. Height 14 cm.

Sold for £85

Lot 68

Hans Ullrich a ceramic tile, depicting a Tern and Fish, frame size 33 x 33 cm.

Sold for £95

Lot 69

A continental porcelain plaque, decorated with a windswept figure and with tin surround. Surround diameter 59 cm.

Sold for £35

Lot 70

Jim Malone (born 1946), a studio pottery bowl, decorated with a white brushed glaze and floral sprigs, with impressed J M and L. Height 14 cm, diameter 24 cm.

Sold for £65

Lot 71

Jim Malone (born 1946), a studio pottery vase, with twin handles and ribbed body, with impressed J M and L, also marked to the underside N A Z. Height 26 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 72

Jim Malone (born 1946), a studio pottery jug, with impressed J M and further mark illegible. Height 22 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £85

Lot 73

Royal Crown Derby prong horn antelope, boxed with limited edition certificate 228/950.

Sold for £60

Lot 74

A pair of Border Fine Arts figures, Herdwick tup and eve on stands, model No B0705 and model No. 118.

Sold for £90

Lot 75

A pair of Imari patterned urn shaped vessels, 8 cm high, etched mark to the base Maple & Co London and a Collingwood Imari tray, 30 cm long.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Lot 76

A cranberry Vaseline glass crimped edge dish, 8 cm high x 20 cm diameter.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Lot 77

A Royal Copenhagen doe mother deer figure, No. 465 with box, figure 27 cm high.

Sold for £90

Lot 78

An Aynsley lidded urn, on wooden plinth, commissioned by Gilbey Racing Ltd to celebrate 200 year of the Epsom Derby, limited edition 45/100 hand painted by J Shaw. 32 cm high.

Sold for £200

Lot 79

A Royal Crown Derby dessert service, with four hexagonal dishes, two oval dishes and ten plates circa 1913, together with two Adderleys cabinet plates decorated with fruit and blue and gilt border decoration.

Sold for £100

Lot 80

Seven Royal Crown Derby coffee cans and saucers, together with two large plates and five side plates with various dated to include 1912, 1915 etc (see illustration).

Sold for £200

Lot 81

Two 19th century red glass lustres, with painted decoration. Height 38 cm.

Sold for £110

Lot 82

A pair of Villeroy & Boch Mettlach two handled vases, embossed tower mark dated 1898, Model No. 2414 in amphora form, decorated with acanthus leaves. 34 cm high.

Sold for £120

Lot 83

A pair of Victorian circa 1880 red glass vases with gilded overlay, Gothic arch design. Height 37.5 cm.

Sold for £850

Lot 84

A pair of Doulton Lambeth bulbous vases, with spray leaf and floral design circa 1890. Height 18 cm.

Sold for £130

Lot 85

A pair of Crown Ducal ware vases, Louis pattern by AGR & Co Ltd England, two handled with floral spray design circa 1890. Height 36 cm.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Lot 86

Susie Cooper "Green Nosegay" design tea set, six cups, saucers and tea cups, sandwich plate, sugar basin, jug and teapot.

Sold for £70

Lot 87

Two Royal Copenhagen figures in white, seated Oriental figure with pipe and young girl with bonnet. Height +/- 14 cm.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Lot 88

Three pieces of Royal Copenhagen - Kingfisher, Red Wing sitting on berries and a Salmon.

Sold for £45

Lot 89

A continental porcelain figure in the manner of Gainsborough's blue boy. Height 31 cm.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Lot 90

A Carltonware Persian patterned lustre ware bowl, diameter 23.5 cm.

Sold for £32

Lot 91

A studio pottery vase, with drip glaze decoration to top, marked underneath possibly N T & R. Height 16.5 cm.

Sold for £22

Lot 92

A Royal Crown Derby Imari pattern part tea set, 2 large plates, 10 side plates, 10 saucers, 10 cups, milk jug and sugar bowl, circa 1931 (see illustration).

Sold for £350

Lot 93

A collection of eleven pieces of Royal Crown Derby, various dates.

Sold for £60

Lot 94

A near pair of Raku vases, with stopper type lids by Andrew Niblett. Height +/- 28 cm.

Sold for £75

Lot 95

Raku pottery vase by Andrew Niblett, with stopper type lid. Height 33 cm.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Lot 96

Raku pottery vase by Andrew Niblett. Height 34 cm.

Sold for £65

Lot 97

Eddie Curtis (born 1953), Nagano Mountain Series, circular red and black glazed bowl, impressed mark EC. Diameter 39.5 cm. This piece is inspired by his visit to The Nagano Mountains in Japan in Autumn 2004 (see illustration).

Sold for £210

Lot 98

A studio pottery red glazed bowl, potters mark underneath with rectangular lustre ware plaque to the surface. Diameter 38 cm.

Sold for £70

Lot 99

A large pair of studio pottery stoneware vases, of wave form and textured finish. Height +/- 87 cm, width 41 cm (These were specially commissioned for The Strand Gallery in Aldeburgh in Suffolk in 1998) (see illustration).

Sold for £120

Lot 100

A Georgian decanter, fitted with original target stopper, engraved with three masted ship to front, thistles and ferns to the rear with circular paddle with initials IDB. Height 24 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £260