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Lot 388
A rare Wiltshaw & Robinson Carlton ware punch bowl `Henry The Eighth`, Limited Edition, No. 55 of 250, the two handled bowl relief moulded with the king and his wives, bright enamels with gilding, complete with related ceramic plaque, plaque cased, complete with retailer`s sale card, bowl 8.5in. high SEE ILLUSTRATION
Lot 137
VASSOS DEMETRIOUS (b 1954, Cyprus) A LARGE CERAMIC BOWL in cream, black and orange, with incised decoration and uneven rim, 18 1/2" across. Born in Famgausta in 1954, Vassos Demetrious studied ceramics in Florence between 1978 and 1981 and now lives and works in Larnaca. He has participated in many Greek and International exhibitions abroad, including Italy, Greece, Australia, Egypt and Bulgaria and has been honoured three times by The National Greek Exhibition, with first prize in 1990, third in 1986 and second in 1988.
Lot 486
David Cooke, born 1970 Rooster Stoneware Unique 98cm.; 38½ins high David Cooke has been a professional wildlife artist since graduating in 1992 from Leeds Metropolitan University with a degree in 3D Design. He grew up in East Anglia with ready access to clay thanks to his mother Rosemarie Cooke, who is also a ceramic sculptor. David is a selected member of Anglian Potters, and gives demonstrations for them and exhibits at their shows. David has been based at Sculpture Lounge Studios in Holmfirth since 2005, and has been running ceramic workshops there with Brendan Hesmondhalgh since 2006. He regularly exhibits at some of the major UK ceramic and wildlife art shows, such as Art In Clay at Hatfield House, Potfest In The Park, Penrith and the annual Society of Wildlife Artists Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.
Lot 108
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C.: A BOXED SET OF WHISKY CERAMIC MINIATURES, produced to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Manchester United winning the European Cup, 1968, the miniature with printed autograph of the team including Sir Matt Busby, the lid inscribed Manchester United F.C., Finest Scotch Whisky, Twenty Fifth Anniversary, European Champions 1967-68
Lot 1652
A Copenhagen porcelain white glazed apothecary jar and cover, 19th Century, the fluted cylindrical body reserved with an oval panel inscribed 'Pulv: Glycyrrhiz: Comp:', the cover with crown like finial, underglaze blue wave mark to base and underside of cover with green printed hospital apothecary stamp, together with a quantity of other ceramic, glass and wooden drug and apothecary jars including six other Copenhagen examples, most labelled (some faults).
Lot 388
The Pelham Water Buffalo. An Exceptional Chinese Imperial Spinach-Green Jade Water Buffalo with a Fine Gilt Bronze Stand. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period 1736-95, 20.8cm long. Description: The recumbent beast with a serene mildly inquisitive expression, carved from a massive spinach-green boulder; is depicted with his head turned and raised to the right, his facial features with flaring nostrils and alert eyes, framed by horns curling back to his spine, the trumpet-shaped ears and horns finely incised with lines depicting the fur, his dewlap beneath the neck naturalistically carved flowing down to the base, the form of the body accentuated by the superbly defined spine extending to the tail that curls above his hind leg, all four hooves boldly carved on the underside. The gilt bronze base incised with flowers and foliage to the surface above a key fret band bearing a four character Qianlong mark. A narrow band of scrolling flowers and foliage dividing elaborated stylized lappets and with a second key fret band at the foot. Paper label for John Sparks Ltd. 128 Mount Street London. And another inscribed 'The property of Sackville, 5th. Earl of Yarborough'. Provenance: Purchased from John Sparks Ltd. 24th June 1938 for £300. Listed in the Sparks archive as "No. 2988 - 1 v.fine green jade Buffalo, gilt stand, Ming". The property of the late Sackville George Pelham, the 5th Earl of Yarborough, d.1948, and thence by descent. Sackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough, MC (17 December 1888 -7 February 1948) was a British peer and soldier, known as Lord Worsley from 1914-1926 and Lord Conyers from 1926 until his accession to the earldom in 1936. Pelham was the second son of Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough and his wife, Marcia. In 1910, he became a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars and initially fought as a lieutenant in France during World War I before being promoted to the rank of captain in 1916. During the war his elder brother, Charles, was killed in action and Sackville assumed the former's courtesy title of Lord Worsley. After the war, he was awarded the Military Cross and retired from the Army in 1919 when he married Nancy Brocklehurst (a niece of Lord Ranksborough). On the death of his father in 1936, Sackville inherited the earldom; in the same year he commanded the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry as a Lieutenant Colonel, being posted to Palestine at the outbreak of World War II. On returning to Britain in October 1940, the ship carrying the Earl and Countess of Yarborough came under enemy fire and was sunk. Although most of the passengers and crew survived, the Earl contracted respiratory problems from the smoke, which contributed to his early death in 1948 at the age of 59. His jade buffalo then became the property of his eldest daughter, Lady Diana Miller, who in the same year emigrated to Southern Africa. Whilst the existence of this piece of jade was not in doubt, its whereabouts were subject to some speculation. Many of the Earl's possessions would appear to have been packed and placed in storage at the outbreak of the Second World War and over the subsequent years some inventory records were mislaid. In 2005 Lady Diana Miller returned to the United Kingdom. A large wooden chest, thought to contain porcelain, was opened in July of that year. Inside, amongst the various items, was found an old wooden box, sealed with rusty nails, string and sealing wax. The box was opened for the first time in 65 years, and inside, carefully wrapped in newspapers dated 1940, were the magnificent jade buffalo and its gilt bronze pedestal. Catalogue Note: A small number of large jade carvings, mainly of water buffaloes and horses, were included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1975, cat. Nos.391-7. They are discussed in the accompanying Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, vol.40, 1973-75, p.118, as being: 'among the most ambitious and monumental examples of jade ever worked in China and perhaps all of them once had their place in the pavilions of the various palaces of Peking.' Another animal from this series, looted from the Summer Palace Beijing in 1860, and reputedly rescued on the troop ship from a soldier who was trying to destroy it, now in the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung, was included in the exhibition Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, The British Museum, London 1995, cat.no..26:19. The Jacob Goldschmidt buffalo was exhibited at the influential Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst and Preußische Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1929, cat.no.1085. The Oscar Raphael buffalo, now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, formed part of the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, together with two other jade buffaloes, cat.nos.395-7. Compare the superb gilt bronze stand with those of a pair of spinach-green jade lion dog censers from the Palace Museum, Beijing, GU103379 and GU103380, illustrated: China The Three Emperors, 1662-1795, no.21. The Water Buffalo. The water buffalo is the traditional symbol of spring, strength and tranquillity. Its bucolic aspect evokes the simple and true life in the countryside, and as the reputed mount of the philosopher Laozi, the buffalo has strong Daoist connotations. An important animal in all rice cultivation societies, we find buffaloes depicted in art dating back thousands of years. The Chinese practice of lining the shores of lakes and rivers with bronze buffaloes dates from the Tang dynasty. It is based on the belief that Da Yu, the legendary emperor who is credited with founding the Xia dynasty, (circa 2100 - 1600 BC) and controlled China's floodwaters, used to place iron buffaloes beside each of his projects. The most famous is the bronze example overlooking Lake Kunming in Beijing's Summer Palace, which was cast and then personally dedicated by The Emperor Qianlong in 1755. With thanks to Miss Ching-Yi Huang of SOAS for her help in researching the Sparks' archive. Est: Refer Department
Lot 12
A pair of rare George IV Coadestone gatepier pineapples the bases stamped Croggan . late . Coade and dated 1823 87cm.; 34ins high Eleanor Coade (d.1821) opened her Lambeth Manufactory for ceramic artificial stone in 1769, and appointed the sculptor John Bacon as its manager two years later. She was employed by all the leading late 18th Century architects. From about 1777 she began her engraved designs, which were published in 1784 in a catalogue of over 700 items entitled A Descriptive Catalogue of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory. Then in 1799, the year she entered into partnership with her cousin John Sealy, she issued a handbook of her Pedlar's Lane exhibition Gallery. The firm became Coade and Sealey from this date and following Sealey's death in 1813, it reverted to Coade and in 1821 with the death of the younger Eleanor Coade, control of the firm passed to William Croggan, who died in 1835, following bankruptcy. Coade's manufactures resembling a fine-grained natural stone, have always been famed for their durablity (see A. Kelly Mrs Coade's Stone, London 1980). Pineapples are traditionally a symbol of hospitality and often appear on gate piers. A similar, but earlier pair dating to 1799-1800 may be seen at Ham house, Surrey. Unusually, this pair differs from the Ham house pair in the treatment of the rhomboid shapes which have been flattened off by hand when the clay was still in a wet state. The regency designer, C.H.Tatham also had a pair for his house, now sadly lost under the marshalling yards behind St Marylebone station. Literature; See Mrs. Coade's Stone by Alison Kelly Published by \sPA 1990, page 198
Lot 48
BDV and Others - a quantity of silk cards including tartans, Ceramic Art, Military Badges and others also a large silk of Nurse Cavell and other of Flags together with a quantity of WWI booklets of souvenir postcards including Vimy-Ridge, Arras and others, some postal covers and other ephemera ++generally good condition
Lot 298
White Star Line RMS Ceramic - a small silver plated notebook holder and pencil with suspension loop and with enamelled badge for RMS Ceramic with White Star flag. Ceramic was launched in 1913 and sailed the Liverpool - Australia trip pre 1934, she was later sold to Shaw Savill & Albion Line and sunk in 1942 by U-515.
Lot 26
Miscellany of items to include Midland Railway Step tread; LMS ceramic 2 pin socket with a brass flip cover stamped 'LMS 54/58373'; LNWR circular C/I Electric Light Controller cover showing On - Off; BR alloy Doorplate states 'B.R. Bank Top'. Was one time in use on an office door at the Darlington loco depot. Measures 15½" x 2 ¾".qty 7 railway company marked Spanners; WH Davies Wagon Plate; Westinghouse Braked alloy triangle sign; Birfield alloy nameplate; BR Lights On - Off alloy sign; Henry Berry Co Leeds England makers plate; British Railways alloy plate; BR (M) circular alloy plate rear marked 'Hedenesford No3 Signalbox demolished 1982'; a few other brass equipment and maker plates. A good assortment well worth viewing.
Lot 177
WHYTE & MACKAY OSPREY Blended by Whyte & Mackay. Osprey shaped Royal Doulton Ceramic. Modelled by D. L. Lyttleton, 1977. In original box. Blended, 35cl, 40% volume. WHYTE & MACKAY DECANTER Blue Wade Decanter by Whyte & Mackay. DUNHILL OLD MASTER Blended and bottled by Alfred Dunhill Limited. Cellar master no. 3235. Blended, 70cl, 43% volume. 2 Decanters and 1 Bottle
Lot 292
GLENFIDDICH-21 YEAR-OLD Distilled and bottled by William Grant's & Sons Limited. Pale Blue Wedgewood Ceramic Decanter. In original box. Single malt, 70cl, 43% volume. OLD HUCKLEBERRY BOURBON Distilled and bottled by Old Huckleberry Distillery. Bourbon, 70cl, 40% volume. 1 Decanter & 1 Bottle.
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