A Chinese cloisonné enamel and gilt bronze mounted censer and cover, 19th century, finely decorated in colours with taotie masks, stylised Shou characters within lappeted borders, the shoulder applied with a pair of bixi handles, on three elephant head feet, the domed cover worked in repousse and pierced with flowers and scrolling tendrils, surmounted by a Buddhist lion finial, 16cm wide, 17cm high, minor damage***CONDITION REPORT***There are small flake losses and some hairline cracks extending into the body and base from one of the elephant head feet, some wear to the gilding in places, otherwise in good condition.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
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A massive Chinese blue and white ‘lotus’ vase and cover, 18th/19th century, the shoulder with repeating ruyi heads above lotus flowers, scrolling tendrils and leaves and lappets to the base, the domed cover with onion-shaped finial, 62cm high, broken and glued***CONDITION REPORT***Cover is associated to the base, small firing marks throughout, and one small chip to the rim, main vase with several large cracks running through the body indicating that it may once have had two large sections broken away that have now been glued back into place but the cracks remain obvious, see our photographs for further details. Firing marks throughout and minor chipping around the foot rim.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A 19th century French Louis XVI style ormolu mantel clock, with torch, bow and quiver finial over a foliate scroll and flower decorated architectural case with enamelled arabic dial, eight day movement signed Rollei, Paris, on separate plinth, 36cm wide, 19cm deep, 48cm high***CONDITION REPORT***Looks to be in good untouched condition, slight matting to the ormolu and case rather dusty but no real faults noted, dial very clean, may well be restored, movement going but not tested for timekeeping, comes with pendulum but no key.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
An Edwardian yellow gold bar brooch mounted with a swallow and set with a ruby and two diamonds, unmarked assessed as a minimum of 9ct, approximately 2.1g, together with a 1980s shell cameo pendant/brooch, in a 9ct gold mount, gross weight approximately 9.6gsome evidence of solder to bar brooch, and slight dent to ball of finial, otherwise both good, wear and tear commensurate with age
A Herend Rothschild Birds pattern breakfast service printed and painted in bright colours with birds and insects, comprising a coffee pot and cover, teapot and cover, milk jug, cream jug, sugar bowl and cover, four teacups and saucers, four coffee cups and five saucers, four egg cups, four tea plates and four cereal bowlsTiny chip to beak of bird finial. Otherwise all in near-perfect, unused condition.
Chinese Qing Dynasty famille rose censer decorated with ormolu-type gilt metal lotus piercing to the cover and further piercing to the bowl, on circular foot, 7cm high.CONDITION REPORT: Finial is loose and needs tightened. There are losses to the gilt metal piercing on the cover. There are minor chips, staining and crazing to the underside of the cover. The rim is slightly misshapen. There is age-related staining to the gilt and age-related crazing and firing marks to the interior. There is a chip to the well and age-related fading to the polychrome decoration.
IMPRESSIVE GEORGE III SILVER LIDDED TWO-HANDLED HORSE RACING TROPHY, the main body chased with a band of swags and flowers with a band of acanthus leaves below, cartouche to front engraved with a race horse 'Brown Bess' September 7th 1826, the opposing cartouche monogrammed in script, gilded interior, the cover with bud finial, standing on a square plain foot, 34cms H, 37ozt, London 1801, Peter, Anne & William BatemanProvenance: private collection Conwy
VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED CUT GLASS CLARET JUG, the hinged cover with vase form finial, the collar chased with anthemion and scrolls, plain angular handle, the ovoid body cut with ringed shoulder, prisms and hobnail within arched panels, star cut base, 24cms HProvenance: private collection Wrexham
VICTORIAN ORNATE CAST BRASS INKSTAND of square form, ceramic base and inkwell decorated in the Oriental taste, hinged cover with finial, 14cms H, 15cms W, and a continental porcelain inkwell of squat circular form, gilded and painted with a continuous landscape, 4cms H, 6cms diam.Provenance: private collection Wrexham
Victorian lead tobacco jar and cover relating to the Crimean War, the cover with finial in the form of a head (replacement?), cast with 'Sebastopol', 'Balaklava', 'Alma', and 'Inkerman', the box cast with fighting scenes, coloured staining, internal cover with ball finial, width 14cm, height 15.5cm.
A cast iron and brass fireguard, late 19th/early 20th century, with scrolling foliate detail, 118cm wide52cm deep96cm highProvenance: Roger and Jill Hadlee, The Abbey, Coggeshall, Essex.Condition ReportGeneral knocks, dings and wear commensurate with age and use. One hole to a foliate scroll. Some bent and misshapen elements, but is stands generally sound and solid. Repainted, with some knocks and chips to surface. Black paint to one finial. Please see photos.
A Louis XVI-style marble, bronze and ormolu-mounted urn,19th century, Continental, the acorn finial over a gadrooned body with twin mask handles, raised on a black and verde antico marble base,34cm wide29cm deep51cm highCondition ReportA small casting flaw to the acorn finial. One handle slightly loose. Some nibbles to the edges of the marble and stone base. Apparently two small losses to the gilt vines around urn's stem. Overall in good condition with very minor traces of age and wear. See additional photos.
A Victorian Gothic Revival walnut side chair, second half of the 19th century, with a carved and pierced frame, with needlepoint upholstery,40cm wide48cm deep102cm highCondition ReportThe top carved part of the back with section missing, a finial lacking on the left hand side. A small repair to the needlepoint upholstry back. The top left of the back - the fabric slightly pulled. Please see additional images for reference.
A 'Granville' oak chair designed by E W Pugin,c.1870, with a curved back over angled uprights, a solid seat and pierced supports and stretcher,52cm wide52cm deep84cm highProvenance: Roger and Jill Hadlee, The Abbey, Coggeshall, Essex.For an almost identical example, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inventory number 2018.817.The original design for this chair was by the famed Gothic Revival architect E W Pugin as part of the architectural and furniture scheme for the Granville Hotel in Ramsgate, with the overall furnishing supervised by Messrs J D Davidson & Co., Ramsgate, which opened in December 1869.Condition ReportSome splits to the back finial. Split to the seat. Later strengthening brackets to the underside of the seat. Split to the lefthand support. Wear and scuffs to feet. Joints feel solid and stable. Overall in good scructural condition with general wear commensurate with age and use. See additional photos.
Mid-19th century Russian (Popov) porcelain Veilleuse teapot on stand, underglaze blue Cyrillic mark to stand with indistinct mark to teapot, of oval form, central section moulded with gothic trefoils and columns above castellated crown rim, painted with figures with cattle and sheep in lakeside landscape, surmounted with an oval-shaped teapot and cover similarly decorated on pierced oval stand, enriched in gilding, 27cm high overall Condition ReportOverall in good decorative order. With a chip to one of the fleur-de-lys ornaments to the castellated rim of the mid-section of the stand, small flakes to the brown ground beside footrim, some rubbing to gilt footrim on the oval stand (lowest part) and wear to finial on cover, handle and tip of spout.
Vienna-style porcelain tankard and cover, late 19th century, blue shield mark, painted with three women looking at an album in an interior, within elaborate claret and blue ground gilt borders, scrollwork, foliate roundels and ribbons, with gilt metal mounted handle and gilt flower finial (handle cracked and repaired), 17cm highCondition ReportThe handle has been cracked, restored and regilt with old regilt riveted repairs in two places, small chips (partially regilt) to the flower finial, minor wear to gilding on handle but remains remain in good order.
Pair of French Sevres-style gilt metal-mounted porcelain vases with fixed covers, circa 1900, from a clock garniture, each turquoise-ground vase decorated with flowers and putti, with acanthus berried swags to neck issuing from female masks on acanthus foliate square-section bases (damages and losses), 34cm high together with an ormolu cherub, possibly the clock finial
A 20th century Japanese bronze koro with high relief decoration of kacho-ga designs (birds and flowers) standing on three figural supports, applied karashishi handles and domed cover with karashishi finial, 23 cm high to/w an Indian brass puja room statue/figure of Durga seated on a lion, 21 cm high (2)
Two late 19th/early 20th century maki-e lacquered document boxes (bunko), Meiji or Taisho period to/w small bronze lidded koro with Karashish finial, and a small collection of Chinese blue and white ceramics including two Chinese Hoi An style blue and white jarlets, two similar dishes, tea bowl and lidded ginger jar
A polyfaced tureen, Chinese export porcelain, polychrome and gilt decoration "Peacocks", carved handles "Boar's heads", carved cover finial "Pomegranate", Qianlong period (1736-1795), body restoration, cover finial with small chips and minor faults on the glaze. Notes: decoration identical to one of the tableware that belonged to King D. José I and that King D. João VI took to Brazil, which was located at the Real Fazenda de Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro - vd. CASTRO, Nuno de - "A Porcelana Chinesa ao Tempo do Império - Portugal/Brasil". Lisbon: ACD Editores, 2007, p. 274; e VEIGA, Jorge Getúlio - "Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brasilian Collections". London: Han-Shan Tang, 1989, p. 199, nº 171, Dim. - 19,5 x 35 x 22,5 cm
Cigar box with music box, Napoleon III (1848-1870), Brazilian rosewood, ivory and gilded metal applications en relief, gadrooned finial, French, signs of use, later music box with the song "La mer". Notes: a) This lot is subject to CITES export/import restrictions and is duly certified: nr 23PTLX07972C; b) Several countries prohibit the import of goods that incorporate materials from protected wild fauna and flora species, including, among others, ivory, coral and turtle; c) In Portugal, according to the forecast transposition into the Portuguese legislation of the more recente EU guidance document concerning ivory commerce, the issuing of reexport certifications for non EU countries is suspended; d) We therefore advise potential buyers to inform themselves in advance on the applicable legislation, in particular the customs regulations in force in the countries concerned., Dim. - 26 cm
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