The Butler Collection

A North Devon pottery documentary harvest jug: of typical bellied form with raised neck and ribbed strap handle with scroll terminal sgraffito and...

A late 18th Century slipware baluster jug: decorated in cream slip on the brown ground with birds, tulips and stylised trees, inscribed 'D.R.' an...

A London saltglazed stoneware quart tankard: the grey body with reddish freckled dip, impressed WR excise mark, the silver mount engraved '2 x 6' ...

A Brampton salt glazed stoneware loving cup: of goblet-shaped form with scroll handles and foliate thumb rest, embossed front and verso with a bas...

A small English saltglazed brown and grey stoneware mug: applied with sprigs of topers and a sailor, mid 19th Century, 8cm high.

An Elizabethan armorial silver-gilt mounted 'Tigerware' jug: with cylindrical neck and strap handle, the domed cover with winged figure thumbpiece...

A Derbyshire saltglazed brown stoneware snuff jar: sprigged in relief with vines and flower heads, with pewter screw lid and inner cover, early 19...

A small clear glass mug: of thistle shaped form with facet cut handle and slice cut rim and foot, the body cut with husks and a foliate meander en...

An English glass tankard: of barrel shaped form with strap handle decorated below the rim and above the foot with multiple glass threads, late 18t...

Three pieces of miniature glass: comprising a melon-shaped decanter with raised neck, a wrythen fluted flask and a decanter with triple neck rings...

An early 19th century ship's or 'Rodney' glass decanter: of squat domed form with basal flutes below slice cut shoulders, the raised neck with fou...

A Dutch wine glass: the pointed funnel shaped bowl on a straight single series air twist stem set on a domed foot, 16 cm high, [repaired]

Of Royal Interest, a glass claret jug: engraved with the Royal arms of George Prince of Wales the Prince Regent (later George IV) and beneath the ...

A deception tumbler: probably American and of hollow mildly tapering form the interior partially filled with a coloured composite liquid in imitat...

A deception wine glass: probably American and of hollow construction with ogee bowl and knopped stem on a conical fold over foot, the interior par...

A 19th Century stained glass armorial roundel: entitled 'December', the shield with a rampant goat surmounted by a crowned helmet with goats head ...

A clear glass paperweight by Liskeard Glass Ltd 1976 to commemorate 'The English Glass Bottle' exhibition: produced for the Royal Institution of C...

A 19th Century green-glazed nautilus shell wall pocket: impressed upper case 'G', probably Wedgwood, 26cm wide.

An English creamware small mug: printed in black 'For a Kifs/ Take this' within a foliate cartouche, early 19th Century, 7cm high.

A late 18th century English polychrome creamware teapot and cover: of cylindrical form with ear-shaped handle, painted with floral sprays and spri...

A Chamberlains Worcester blue and gilt decorated porcelain miniature chamberstick: with reticulated rim, iron-red mark, circa 1840, 6 cm wide.

A Brampton brown saltglazed stoneware oval potted-meat dish: applied with floral and lion mask sprigs, impressed mark 'S&H Briddon', mid 19th Cent...

A Dutch delftware tile picture: the eight tiles painted in manganese with a ploughing scene in the foreground, farm buildings and a village with a...

Two Dutch blue and white delft 'biblical' tiles: comprising the Spies of Cannan in a circular panel with ox head corners, circa 1750, together wit...

Two nursery ware plates: both transfer decorated in blue with embossed floral and foliate borders comprising an example attributed to Thomas Broug...

A Staffordshire white saltglazed stoneware tripod mould: in the form of a fish, circa 1760, 16cm [minor crack to mouth].

An early 19th Century pearlware jug and a small Wedgwood creamware two-handled cup and cover: the jug painted with floral sprays and fruiting bran...

An A.G. Richardson (Crown Ducal) pottery commemorative teapot: of Art Deco form printed with the flags of the WWII allies and banners proclaiming ...

A large, '22 cup capacity', black-glazed pottery presentation teapot and cover: enamelled with floral sprays and inscribed in gilt 'Presented to A...

A Skotterup (Danish) pottery money box in the form of an owl: decorated in cream slip, the head modelled in relief with feathers, the body and win...

An zoomorphic pottery stick stand: attributed to Bourne Denby and in the form of an owl with incised detailing under green glazes, 52cm high, [cra...

A Martin Brothers saltglazed stoneware vase: of mallet shaped form incised with a long-eared owl and fantastical beasts under blue, green and whit...

A Chinese famille rose sleeve vase: painted with five elegant ladies within a fenced garden, a mountainous landscape beyond, late 19th century, 3...

A Chinese Longquan celadon dish: the centre moulded with a floral roundel within a wide fluted border and foliate rim, Ming Dynasty, 26.5cm diamet...

An English blue and white delftware charger: painted with a lake landscape scene, the foreground with a fisherman and two boats, the background wi...

An Arita porcelain dish and group of miniature toys: the former painted in blue with insects, larvae and a snail, seal mark to base, late Meiji; t...

A very rare late 18th Century stitched leather chamber pot: of traditional design with loop carrying handle to the side raised on a circular foot,...

A late 18th/early 19th Century pewter chamber pot: of traditional design with loop carrying handle to the side raised on a circular foot, 20.5cm. ...

A late 18th/early 19th Century pewter twin-handled chamber pot: of traditional design, raised on a circular foot, 33cm. wide.

Three children's chamber pots: of traditional form transfer printed in blue and comprising a Davenport example decorated with a domestic landscape...

Three pottery chamber pots: comprising a Mason's Patent Ironstone China example of faceted form with 'hydra' handle with Imari infill transfer dec...

Two pottery chamber pots and a bedpan: attributed to the Verwood or East Dorset potteries comprising a tall example with strap handle the interior...

Two children's chamber pots: of traditional form one pottery example decorated with trailed bands of cream slip and with a cream interior [cracked...

Two glass chamber pots: comprising a cranberry glass example with clear ribbed handle and applied clear rim and foot rim together with a clear gla...

A Belleek (First Period) satirical chamberpot: of typical form the exterior with moulded decoration, the interior transfer decorated with a portra...

An early 19th Century blue and white pearlware chamber pot: in a 'Passion Flower Border Series' transfer print with the view of a country house i...

A late 18th/early 19th Century cast brass chamber pot: of traditional design with loop carrying handle to the side raised on a circular foot, 19.5...

The Thunder Box Lid Collection.: A collection of forty five lids in ash, pine and mahogany showing examples of the wood turner's craft from the 1...

A plumber's sample or merchant's display: for a Twyfords Planetas, watercloset the exterior moulded with flowers and foliate motifs, the interior ...

A 19th Century lead alloy 'Billy & Charley' fantasy medallion: the obverse with crowned knight within an octagonal border enclosed by spurious mot...

A carved white marble bust of Cellini: unsigned, on black marble socle, overall height 23cm.

An early 19th Century carved padouk wood model of a recumbent lion: with crossed front paws on a rectangular plinth base, 19.5cm. long.

An Austrian bronze cold painted model of a chick emerging from a shell: stamped Geschutz, 50cm. long.

A 19th Century Swiss or Austrian novelty nutcracker: carved as a crocodile with open mouth and curled tail, 31cm. long.*Note The crocodile becam...

A 19th Century Swiss or Austrian novelty nutcracker: carved as a gentleman wearing a tail coat, waistcoat and tricorn hat, on a plinth base, 25cm....

A Dutch carved cedar diorama by Cornelis Bavelaar [1747-1830]: depicting a finely detailed view of the centre of the village of T'Dorp Baere with ...

A Dutch carved cedar diorama by Cornelis Bavelaar [1747-1830]: depicting a finely detailed Dutch interior scene with two men in conversation in a ...

An early 19th Century scrimshaw powder horn: the ox horn engraved with birds, a kangaroo, a sunburst, a startled mermaid, a fortified building, sh...

A Japanese ivory okimono, signed Shizumasa: finely carved with a woodsman resting on a large bundle of faggots holding a pipe in one hand, a bag i...

A Japanese carved ivory okimono: of a loaded buffalo and attendant, Meiji period, 3.5cm.