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An English Porcelain Dessert Service, circa 1810, painted with named botanical specimens within broad puce and gilt foliate meander borders and line rims, comprising four shell shaped dishes with scroll handles and feet, four square dishes with scroll feet, four oval dishes with scroll feet, and twenty-two dishes, painted titles in blue The oval dishes rock on their bases. Three plates chipped. Three with star cracks. One plate with chip and crack and also stained. Some wear to gilding throughout. Some minor stacking wear. One with more significant stacking wear. 040315
A set of four Chinese export school botanical and fruit rice paper drawings, Mid 19thCentury The fine and intricate drawings, finely painted depicting exotic fruits and vegetables including melons, pineapples, pears and artichokes, before vibrantly painted aster, peony and lotus blooms, all framed and glazed, watercolour on rice paper, in frame 42cm x 53cm, painting 19cm x 30cm. (4) (illustrated)
A collection of four Chinese Canton famille rose vases, Circa 1880-1920 Three of bottle baluster form, the third of bottle form, all similarly decorated in the famille rose palette depicting naturalistic botanical and figural veranda scenes, heightened throughout in gilt, 16cm and 17cm high. (4)
A set of five Chinese export school botanical bird study drawings, 20th Century Each of the five matching paintings, depicting a different indigenous bird perched on a gnarled branch, before rockwork issuing blooms of cultivated flowers, including lotus, lily, poppies, tulip and aster, painted in vibrant polychrome tones, each framed within a black painted chinoiserie frame, heightened with gilt designs, in frame 35.5cm x 49cm, painting 27cm x 40cm. (5) (illustrated) CONDITION REPORT: All show minor signs of wear indicative of age one has noticeable water damage to the left hand lower corner all have minor foxing visible to the paper pigments remain vibrant All frames show minor signs of wear, and show loss and wear to gilt.
A mixed lot to include; pair of early 20th Century Minton vases, each having rose design panels with gilt detailing, all on turquoise blue background, 1 A/F, Noritake porcelain vase with a shipping scene to front, two 19th Century botanical design plates, two Victorian plates and matching comport, two Aynsley fruit pattern dishes and four items of blue and white pottery. (14)
A lot to include; stamp album containing 20th Century British and World stamps, mostly Elizabeth II period together with another stamp album containing early 20th Century British and World stamps, cigarette card album containing royalty and botanical related cards, Kensitas album of Nation Flags, three commemorative stamp sets etc.
A 19th Century Pearlware baluster jug, commemorating Captain Berry and Admiral Nelson, 16cm high; a Pearlware mug decorated with vines and leaves, 12.5cm high; an early 19th Century Wedgwood creamware two handled cup with scenic transfer decoration; a 19th Century botanical decorated serving dish, inscribed "Franklin's Tartar"; various other items, mostly AF
WILLIAM JOHN PITCHER, RI (1858-1925) SEVEN SKETCH BOOKS OF BOTANICAL DRAWINGS 217 leaves, mostly dated (23 February 1918-20 July 1924) many inscribed, pencil, in Winsor & Newton Ltd Sketch Books, Series 35, 25 x 18cm, cloth bound all signed on the pastedown 'Wm Pitcher RI 122 Coleherne Court SW5' and 31 botanical watercolours by the same hand, 18 x 13cm, loosely inserted in an album (8)An artist and author, William Pitcher, the son of a wealthy shipbuilder is better known as a designer of costume and sets for the theatre and ballet. This corpus of recently discovered meticulous botanical drawings that seem to have been executed purely for his own pleasure are of such quality and precision as to justify serious study and a reappraisal of his reputation. By the early 1920s his career as a designer was largely over. His ability to evoke style and spirit in his costume and stage designs led his obituarist writing in The Times (3 March 1925) to observe 'Wilhelm [Pitcher's pseudonym] excelled especially in rendering the spirit and detail of historical periods, but he had also an amusing skill in turning modern costumes to his fantastical purposes... to his imaginative gifts he added remarkable precision and firmness in execution..."
A SET OF EIGHT ROYAL WORCESTER BOTANICAL DESSERT PLATES, C1890 attractively painted in bright enamels with several specimens, 23cm diam, printed mark in square frame incorporating that of the retailer, Mortlock, painted title in purple script, pattern No B650++a most attractive set in fine condition, in particular The turquoise ground border and raised gilding fee from wear or grazing and no staining of The glaze

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