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Fine & Decorative; Featuring the Sir Nicholas Goodison Collection of Automata & Moving toys and The Robert G. Vater Collection of European Ceramics

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Fine & Decorative; Featuring the Sir Nicholas Goodison Collection of Automata & Moving toys and The Robert G. Vater Collection of European Ceramics

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Lot 122

Neil Hardy

Neil Hardy, Early Bird, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, plywood, painted plywood, brass, painted brass, wire, nylon, spring, approx...

Lot 123

Lucy Casson

Lucy Casson, b.1960, Running Wild Pigs, a hand-operated automaton, coloured tinplate, wire, wood, 24cm high, 83cm wide, 36cm deep Sir Nicholas Goo...

Ron Fuller, 1936-2017, Laying Puffin, 1991, wood, spring, inscribed beneath wings Ron Fuller Autoymation and Made in England, approx. 22.3cm high,...

Paul Spooner, Life, Love, Death, 2002, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, wire, signed P. Spooner Stithians, approx. 26cm high, 16.5cm...

Lot 126

Brian Buckley

Brian Buckley, God moves in mysterious ways, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, wire, elastic, inscribed God moving in a mysterious wa...

Peter Lennertz, Violinist, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, plywood, wire, signed and dated Peter Lennertz 2005, approx. 44.5cm high...

Edessia Aghajanian, Rocking Wedding Couple, 1988, carved and painted limewood, signed and dated Edessia 1988, approx. 14cm high, 18cm wide, 9cm de...

Lot 129

Ian McKay

Ian McKay, Pearl, a hand-operated automaton, plain and painted wood, wire, string, titled Pearl, signed and dated Ian McKay 1998, 37cm high; toget...

Jan Zalud, b.1955, Tasting the Air, 1993, hand-wound automaton, carved limewood, cord, 28.5cm high; together with another by the same artist, Fish...

Carlos Zapata, Watermelon Eater, a hand-operated automaton, wood, painted wood, wire, signed and dated Carlos Zapata 2002, approx. 17.5cm high, 9....

Keith Newstead, 1956-2020, Disco Cat, a hand-operated automaton, coloured brass, plain and painted wood, wire, cord, titled DISCO CAT, signed and ...

Roy Hewson, Barn Owl, hand-carved mobile, painted wood, metal weights, nylon, signed Roy Hewson to wing, the suspension bar signed No.712 Roy Hews...

Douglas Wilson, Racehorses, a hand-operated automaton, wire, glass, approx. 28cm high, 24cm wide, 19cm deep; and three other hand-operated wire au...

Dave Walker, Reindeer, a hand-operated automaton, tin or brass plate, wood, wire, signed and dated Dave Walker '97 to underside, stamped above the...

Lot 136

Jeff Soan

Jeff Soan, Octopus, articulated coloured wood, canvas tape, with two small unattached fish, approx. 59cm high octopus, 11.1cm and 12.8cm fish; tog...

Lot 137

Jim Edmiston

Jim Edmiston, Balancing Octopus, painted wood and plywood, approx. 43cm high; together with another similar by the same artist, Balancing Cat with...

A large quantity of toys, late 20th century, to include: Jim Edmiston, Splits Rocking Bather, painted wood, approx. 10.4cm high, 24cm wide; Multib...

Lot 139

Susie Mason

Susie Mason, Giraffes in the Jungle, a hand operated automaton, wood, plywood, rubber band, approx. 58cm high (a/f); together with Read Rooster, b...

Lot 140

David Cox

David Cox, Cat Jumping Jack, painted cardboard, paper, cord, signed D. COX and inscribed MODERN ART, approx. 71.5cm high; together with a collecti...

A collection of pendulum toys, late 20th / early 21st century, to include: Pecking Hens and Cockerel, Sri Lanka, painted wood and plywood, cord, m...

A collection of toys, late 20th century and later, mostly pull toys, to include: pull toys such as Dragon Breitsschweidt Holzspielzeug, Germany, a...

A quantity of toys, late 20th century, mostly comprising wooden toys, to include: Horse push toy, Poland, stained and painted wood, feathers, appr...

A collection of wooden toys, late 20th century, to include: Tumbling clown, painted plywood, wood, cotton, approx. 25.5cm high; Toucan, painted pl...

A collection of toys, late 20th century, to include: Christof Beck, Germany, Tumbling Man with pegged board, varnished wood, painted plywood, with...

A collection of Russian nesting dolls, to include: a Russian five-figure doll of traditional shape, 2001, decorated in the style of the surrealist...

A collection of puppets, mid to late 20th century, to include: glove puppets, such as the Clinging Monkey glove puppet, textile, artificial fur, V...

A quantity of cone puppets, late 20th century, to include: Harlequin Cone Puppet by Trullala Spielwaren, Lübeck, Germany, wood, card, cotton texti...

A large collection of Jack-in-the-Box toys, to include: a large example by Samson Christofides, The Toy Factory Limited, painted wood, plastic, si...

A mixed collection of toys, late 20th century, to include: Attributed to Brian Willsher, 1930-2010, Wooden cube puzzle, 6.8cm high, 8.5cm wide; Th...

A collection of modern puzzles, to include: Peter Chapman, Fish Jigsaw-cut, zebrawood, signed and dated PBC 2003, approx. 37cm wide; Dove Jigsaw-c...

Strato Anagnostos, Australian, Tombola Kaleidoscope, Huon pine (Dacrydium Franklinii), glass, approx. 36.5cm high, 38cm wide, 17.8cm deep; togethe...

Lot 153

Two wind vanes

Two wind vanes, late 20th century, comprising: an Indonesian example, wood, bamboo, coloured tinplate, wire, approx. 43cm high, 54cm wide; and Roc...

Lot 154

A group of toys

A group of toys, late 20th century, to include: a Zube Tube, by Ritam International, c.1989, 99.4cm high; a Groan tube, 40.4cm high; Rain Fall, wi...

A large quantity of mechanical tinplate toys, late 20th century, to include: a boxed Playing Ping-Pong wind-up toy; boxed Battery operated Hen Lay...

A collection of six carousels, comprising: one by Gill Murkin, painted wood, ribbon, with an elephant, seal and clown perform on a rotating platfo...

A quantity of mechanical tinplate toys, late 20th century, to include: Performing Elephant by Josef Wagner, Germany, coloured tinplate, wood, mark...

A large quantity of toys, mid to late 20th century, to include: a collection of lead figures and animals, Tri-Ang die-cast wind-up vehicles, an as...

A quantity of plastic toys, mostly late 20th century, to include: Manhattan Bank, clockwork, plastic, paper, boxed, 50cm high; Ernest The Balancin...

Lot 160

Anonymous

Anonymous, six caricatures, ink on card, each in profile with accentuating chain-link nose, 14 x 8cm; together with Patrick Goodison, Flying Moth,...

Property of the late Lord Avebury (lots 161-167 and lot 438)The following eight lots are consigned from the estate of the late Lord Avebury (1928-...

After Albert Bruce-Joy, Irish, 1842-1924, a marble statue of William Ewart Gladstone, 1809-98, late 19th century, with left hand outstretched and ...

A Victorian Parian ware bust of William Ewart Gladstone, by Adams & Co, after E. W. Wyon, third quarter 19th century, modelled in high collar, bow...

A collection of eight Staffordshire pottery flatbacks, 19th century, to include four depicting William Ewart Gladstone, 1809-98, variously standin...

A collection of commemorative English pottery, 19th century and later, all relating to William Ewart Gladstone, 1809-98, to include a Doulton Lamb...

William Ewart Gladstone, British, 1809-98, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94, an autograph letter, one page, ad...

A Meissen waste bowl, c.1730, blue crossed swords mark, gilt dot and gilt J mark, each side painted with river landscapes with merchants on shores...

The Robert G. Vater Collection of European Ceramics (lots 168-243)The Vater collection, put together by Robert G. and Ilse Vater in the 20th centu...

A pewter mounted German stoneware bierkrug, probably Creussen, probably 17th century, with a broad central band of lozenge ornament between bands ...

AMENDMENT: Please note there is one dish in this lot and not 3 as shown on the Roseberys website.A German fayence blue and white chinoiserie dish,...

A Continental fayence chinoiserie dish, possibly Frankfurt, c.1700, painted in shades of blue and manganese, with chinoiserie figures in a stylise...

A Continental fayence blue and white chinoiserie buckelteller, possibly Frankfurt or Hanau, c.1700, painted in shades of blue with chinoiserie fig...

A German red stoneware black lacquer glazed baluster coffee pot and cover, probably 19th century, after the early Meissen Böttger-period originals...

AMENDMENT: Please note there is one saucer in this lot and not 2 as shown on the Roseberys website.A Meissen porcelain chinoiserie saucer, c.1721-...

A Meissen porcelain chinoiserie saucer, c.1723-24, painted with two figures worshiping an idol on a shrine, within an elaborate cartouche with iro...

A Meissen porcelain chinoiserie waste-bowl, c.1724, gilders 93. mark, painted in the manner of J.G. Höroldt, each side with quatrefoil panels of c...

A Meissen porcelain chinoiserie tea bowl and saucer, c.1723-24, painted in the manner of J.G. Höroldt, the tea bowl with a continuous terrace with...

A Meissen porcelain chinoiserie beaker, c.1724, gilders 1. mark, of flared form with a gilt gadrooned foot, painted with a continuous terrace with...

A Vienna (du Paquier) porcelain small Wermuth beer tankard, c.1730-40, painted en grisaille and enhanced with flesh tones with two figures seated ...

A Vienna (du Paquier) porcelain miniature bowl, c.1735, painted in Schwarzlot with flowering shrubs and enriched in gilding, the footrim and upper...

A Vienna (du Paquier) porcelain twin handled chinoiserie écuelle with cover and stand, c.1730, painted in a bright palette enriched in gilding wit...

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