fine art sale

3rd December 2009

Lot 101

A Walter Moorcroft Hibiscus design shallow bowl, impressed "Moorcroft Made in England". 4.75 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £50

Lot 102

A Walter Moorcroft ashtray, Freesia design, impressed "Moorcroft" and bearing part paper label. Width 4.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £55

Lot 103

A Moorcroft lamp base, Hibiscus design. Height excluding light fitting 7 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £100

Lot 104

A Walter Moorcroft plate, Orchid design, blue ground, blue script initials and impressed "Moorcroft Made in England" and bearing paper label "By Appointment W. Moorcroft Potter to the Late Queen Mary". Diameter 8.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £290

Lot 105

A Walter Moorcroft lamp base, Clematis design to green ground, impressed "Moorcroft Made in England". Height excluding light fitting 6.75 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £150

Lot 106

A William Moorcroft Green Poppy design fruit bowl, green script initials and impressed "Moorcroft Made in England". Diameter 10.5 ins (see illustration). .

Sold for £350

Lot 107

A Moorcroft Anna Lily design double handed vase, cream and blue ground, 1998, impressed "Moorcroft Made in Stoke-on-Trent England". Height 11 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £360

Lot 108

A Moorcroft Anna Lily vase, 1986. Height 6.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £430

Lot 109

A Moorcroft Hibiscus vase, with cream ground, impressed "Moorcroft Made in England". Height 5.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £55

Lot 110

A pair of Doulton Lambeth stoneware vases, each of circular form raised by three turkeys and of typical Doulton Lambeth colours, impressed "1878" makers initials "E.E.S." for Emily E. Stormer. Height 5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £2400

Lot 111

A Royal Dux figure, a seated female water carrier holding a jug and with shell shaped bowl beneath, decorated in typical Dux colours with pink triangle mark to base. Height 9.5 ins.

Sold for £270

Lot 112

A pair of Wilton Ware vases, in the Carlton Ware style, decorated against the blue ground with fence, pagodas and deer, heightened with gilding and enamel colours, printed marks to base. Height 5 ins.

Sold for £50

Lot 113

A Devon Sylvan Lustrine Fieldings bowl by C. Howe, decorated against the red ground with butterflies in bright enamel colours and heightened with gilding, printed marks beneath. Width 7 ins.

Sold for £45

Lot 114

A Wedgwood lustre tea bowl, octagonal, decorated against the blue ground with dragons and with chasing dragon to the pearlised centre, printed marks. Width 2.75 ins.

Sold for £40

Lot 115

A Wedgwood lustre tea bowl, with pearlescent body decorated with butterflies, heightened with gilding and with mottled orange interior. Diameter 2.75 ins.

Sold for £42

Lot 116

Four Wedgwood spill vases, two near pairs each with rams mask and rose swags, with stiff leaf decoration and bellflower ornament, all with impressed marks. Heights from 5.75 ins to 8 ins.

Sold for £65

Lot 117

A Wedgwood spill vase, blue Jasperware, decorated with classical figures and trees, together with a lidded blue Jasperware dressing table accessory with classical figures, oak leaf and acorn decoration. Heights and diameters respectively 7 ins and 5 ins.

Sold for £40

Lot 118

A Crown Ducal Ware shallow bowl, decorated to the pearlescent centre with pomegranates and parakeet, the exterior orange lustre. Diameter 12.5 ins.

Sold for £24

Lot 119

A Crown Devon Fieldings Edward VIII ashtray, "Ascended the Throne January 20th Abdicated December 10th 1936", diameter 4.75 ins, together with an Imari club shaped vase, height 7 ins.

Sold for £10

Lot 120

Four pieces of 19th century cranberry glass, including milk jug, cream jug, beaker and lidded jar with pincered rim.

Sold for £70

Lot 121

A pair of Wilton Ware Stoke on Trent lustre vases, of baluster form, in the Fairyland lustre style, with figures, fountain and buildings in mystical landscape, printed marks to base. Height 7.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £300

Lot 122

A German Majolica dessert service, comprising tazza and six plates, each decorated to the centre with a moth amongst foliage.

Sold for £170

Lot 123

A pair of early 19th century Chinese vases, each with flared rim to the cylindrical body, decorated against the duck egg blue ground with birds, chrysanthemums and floral sprays. Height 15 ins.

Sold for £540

Lot 124

A 19th century cranberry glass flask, in the form of a pair of bellows, with Prince of Wales plume and knopped stem with spreading foot. Height 16 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 125

A large pair of Goldscheider type figures, eastern lady and warrior, decorated in typical colours and each raised on a naturalistic base impressed "BB 4910 4909". Height 26.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1300

Lot 126

A 19th century flute, the bowl etched with stars and foliage, twist, stem and circular spreading foot, with pontil mark. Height 7 ins.

Sold for £140

Lot 127

Two Staffordshire figures, pigeon on branch with nest below and greyhound with hare, decorated in typical Staffordshire colours. Heights respectively 9 ins and 8.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 128

A 19th century Staffordshire figure, Louis Napoleon in standing pose, decorated in typical Staffordshire colours. Height 17 ins.

Sold for £70

Lot 129

A 19th century Staffordshire figure, "The Blacksmith" in standing pose with anvil, decorated in typical Staffordshire colours. Height 17.5 ins.

Sold for £70

Lot 130

A Goldscheider style figure, of a Flamenco Dancer in standing pose, decorated in pastel shades. Height 15 ins.

Sold for £95

Lot 131

A Limoges coffee service, thirty nine pieces, comprising coffee pot, lidded sucrier, cream jug and twelve cups and saucers, each painted against the white ground with a pastoral scene and rose swags, with gilt highlights (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 132

A Scottish mottled glass fruit bowl, blue and pink. Diameter 8 ins.

Sold for £85

Lot 133

A Royal Dux donkey and cart, decorated in typical Dux colours with pink triangular mark to base. Length 12 ins.

Sold for £180

Lot 134

A Victorian vaseline glass water flask, with tumbler lid to the club shaped body. Height 7 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 135

A Minton bullet shaped teapot, with angular spout and branch handle, brown body decorated in slight relief with acorns and oak leaves, impressed marks. Height 6 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 136

A set of Poole Pottery serving dishes, each piece decorated with vegetables to the cream ground, impressed marks.

Not Sold

Lot 137

A Cauldon Ware bowl, Chariot pattern, octagonal. Width 6 ins.

Sold for £22

Lot 138

A Gozo glass paperweight, spherical with gilt and green highlights. Diameter approximately 3.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 139

A Wedgwood lustre bowl, Dragon pattern, octagonal, decorated in gilt with dragons against a blue ground, printed mark to base. Width 7.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 140

A Royal Dux goat and cart, decorated in typical Dux colours with pink triangle mark to base. Length 14 ins.

Sold for £180

Lot 141

Six Scottish Pottery storage jars, with mottled glazes, one lid missing, rice, currants, meal, flower, sugar and tapioca, each of barrel form. Height including lid 9 ins.

Sold for £240

Lot 142

A Royal Doulton Setter, with pheasant in mouth, in retrieving pose, green printed mark, also HN2529. Length 12 ins.

Sold for £220

Lot 143

A Royal Staffordshire Pottery Wilkinson Limited England jug, in the Clarice Cliff style, bearing mark Soane & Smith Limited, 462 Oxford Street, London, decorated with a geometric repeating pattern to the duck egg blue ground. Height 11 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 144

A Victorian earthenware water filter, embossed in relief with knights on horseback and lions, with coat of arms to centre. Height 12 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 145

A pair of Capodimonte style ewers, each decorated with cherubs and mythical sea creatures in relief to each body, decorated in pastel shades. Height 15 ins.

Sold for £250

Lot 146

A 19th century Scottish glass drinking vessel, in the shape of a horn, with relief moulded thistles. Length 11 ins.

Sold for £60

Lot 147

A Beswick dove, designed by Cathi Urbank, impressed "Beswick England 1556". Length 11.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 148

A W. Goebel figure of a tree creeper, 1967, impressed "CV 84". Height 5.75 ins.

Sold for £30

Lot 149

A Beswick figure of a thrush, gloss, impressed mark beneath. Height 6 ins.

Sold for £40

Lot 150

A Goebel figure of a barn owl, impressed "CV 112 1969". Height 9 ins.

Sold for £45

Lot 151

A Royal Staffordshire Pottery lustre vase, decorated with butterflies, printed marks to base. Height 8 ins.

Sold for £35

Lot 152

Two 19th century Prattware mugs, printed with rural scenes, one pink the other tawny, together with a Prattware bowl, diameter 6.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 153

Three 19th century porcelain figures, all seated. Heights 6 ins, 5.5 ins and 3 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 154

A Moore Brothers salt, depicting a cherub playing a tambourine beside an open vessel, with applied flowers and foliage, with gilt foot rim. Length 7 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 155

A Bohemian glass tumbler, octagonal, etched with animals in woodland. Height 4.5 ins.

Sold for £30

Lot 156

A Wilton Ware ginger jar, decorated against the blue ground with chasing dragons and with lid and wooden stand. Height 11 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 157

A Carlton Ware shallow fruit bowl, decorated against the blue ground with the Pagoda pattern, printed mark. Diameter 12.5 ins.

Sold for £70

Lot 158

A Maling vase, with swirl decoration in a variety of colours and raised on an oval foot, printed mark to base. Width 11 ins.

Sold for £20

Lot 159

A late 19th century Imari vase, of baluster form decorated in typical Imari colours with panels of figures. Height 15 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 160

A rare Pierrefonds Art Pottery insect design wall pocket, glazed in yellow and black, with grey lustre wings, circa 1930, full factory markings. Length 150 mm.

Sold for £110

Lot 161

A Beswick kingfisher, wings open and standing on bull rushes, impressed mark "237" and paper label. Height 5.5 ins.

Sold for £40

Lot 162

An oriental baluster vase, decorated with exotic birds and branches in a variety of enamelled colours. Height 5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 163

An earthenware flask, with treacle glazed handle, decorated to the body with a Dodo (?) eating a frog, in brown, blue and green glazes. Height 8.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 164

A glass vase, with trailing vaseline and milk glass decoration, ground pontil mark. Height 7.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 165

A pair of early 19th century glass candlesticks, with brass sconces to the faceted stem and with circular spreading foot. Height 12 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 166

A pair of continental porcelain figures, a musician and companion decorated in pastel colours. Height 11 ins.

Sold for £65

Lot 167

A W. Goebel rooster, in standing pose, impressed "CV105 1969" and bearing label beneath, decorated in naturalistic colours. Height 13 ins.

Sold for £300

Lot 168

An Imari bowl, circular, decorated with panels of birds and chrysanthemums and highlighted with gilding. Diameter 9 ins.

Sold for £50

Lot 169

A Victorian cranberry glass vase, Mary Gregory style, decorated with girl and bird, together with a green glass flask.

Sold for £32

Lot 170

A pair of late Victorian Imari vases, of baluster form decorated in typical Imari colours. Height 8.5 ins.

Sold for £35

Lot 171

A Sylvac vase, moulded leaf decoration, yellow, impressed marks to base. Height 8.5 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 172

Five pieces of Prattware, including an oval tazza, "The Blind Fiddler" by Sir David Wilkie R.A, width 14 ins., together with two 9 inch plates and two 7 inch plates.

Not Sold

Lot 173

A rare Royal Doulton figure, "Grossmith's Tsang Ihang Perfume of Tibet". Height 11 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 174

A Royal Doulton character jug, "Vicar of Bray", large.

Sold for £40

Lot 175

A Royal Doulton character jug, "Robin Hood" D6527.

Sold for £40

Lot 176

A Nautilus porcelain table centre, oval, with dragon handles and applied lizards to the pierced body. Width 19 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 177

A Crown Devon Fieldings John Peel hunting jug, with musical movement. Height 7 ins.

Sold for £80

Lot 178

A Royal Doulton character jug, "Arry", copyright 1946.

Not Sold

Lot 179

A Royal Doulton character jug, "Athos" D6439.

Not Sold

Lot 180

A Royal Doulton character jug, "Drake".

Sold for £50

Lot 181

A pair of Victorian salts, each a seahorse with shell to back, on sea form base decorated in typical Majolica colours. Length 7 ins.

Not Sold

Lot 182

A Brownfields of Cobridge novelty teapot, with grotesque Japanese face to lid, with fan to handle and decorated in relief with cherry blossom to the white ground. Length 8 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

Lot 183

A pair of 19th century Scottish Pottery standing gardeners, each of a little old man wearing a hat and in standing pose, raised on a moulded base with thistle to front. Height 25 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £410

Lot 184

A Japanese Satsuma tea service, early 20th century, comprising teapot, lidded sucrier, lidded jug, six cups and saucers, each decorated with panels of figures to the blue ground heightened with gilding and with black seal mark to base (see illustration).

Sold for £180

Lot 185

A Crown Devon Fieldings John Peel hunting jug, with musical movement, verse and embossed decoration, printed mark to base. Height 8.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £90

Lot 186

A Wedgwood blue Jasper Ware planter, decorated with classical figures and swags of fruiting vine decoration interspersed with lion masks, impressed marks. Diameter 9 ins.

Sold for £55

Lot 187

An early 20th century bisque figurine, two young children, painted with enamel colours. Height 12 ins.

Sold for £28

Lot 188

A Dresden porcelain desk stand, of shaped outline, with green scale ground and painted with floral sprays, with single inkwell with lid, printed mark. Width 9 ins.

Sold for £32

Lot 189

A Royal Doulton figurine, "Janine", HN2461.

Sold for £25

Lot 190

A Royal Doulton figurine, "Olga", HN2463.

Sold for £25

Lot 191

A Royal Lancastrian fruit bowl, with mottled blue ground, impressed mark also "Royal Lancastrian, England No. 2722". Diameter 10 ins.

Sold for £28

Lot 192

A Wedgwood vase, campana shape decorated against the powder blue ground with mice, highlighted with gilding and with circular foot and printed mark. Height 7 ins.

Sold for £28

Lot 193

A Royal Copenhagen commemorative plate, depicting a volcano, dragon and falcon and to commemorate the opening of a hospital in Iceland.

Sold for £38

Lot 194

An oriental squat vase, buff ground, bearing paper label Sung Dynasty.

Sold for £26

Lot 195

A Wedgwood lustre small bowl, decorated against the orange ground with butterflies, gilt printed mark. Diameter 5.4 ins.

Sold for £68

Lot 196

A small Ruskin Pottery bowl, mottled blue, impressed "Made in England" and dated probably 1932. Diameter 2 ins.

Sold for £25

Lot 197

Two early 19th century Chinese blue and white plates. Each diameter 9 ins.

Sold for £10

Lot 198

Three continental porcelain table centres, two being cherubs holding floral encrusted baskets, the other a circular basket handed painted with floral sprays.

Sold for £32

Lot 199

A William Moorcroft Spanish Pattern vase, of baluster form decorated against the mottled green ground with purple and blue flowers in the Iris pattern. Height 10 ins.

Sold for £1680

Lot 200

A Royal Doulton stoneware jug, with blue upper body, loop handle and relief moulded with Prince of Wales feathers, impressed marks to base. Height 5 ins.

Sold for £10