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Click here to subscribeA collection of silver, including a silver sprung lid cut glass dressing jar by Thomas Johnson I and a silver cup from a hip flask both engraved with a sail coat of arms. Hallmarked: London, 1960, TJ. Also two napkin rings, one with a bark texture (hallmarked: SJC, London) and one with mythical beast and boss borders. Hallmarked: J B Chatterley & Sons Ltd, Birmingham. Longest 8cm. Weight 141g excluding lidded jar.
A SILVER HIPFLASK, LIGHTERS AND A CARD CASE, small engine turned pattern hip flask, screw clasp, hallmarked 'William Neale & Son' Birmingham 1934, approximate gross weight 58.0 grams, with a leather case, a white metal card case, a 'Ronson' lighter and a gold plated 'S T Dupont' Paris, 2722BT lighter (condition report: silver hip flask in overall good condition, would benefit from a gentle clean and polish, lighters have not been tested for working order, the S T Dupont lighter does not close)
A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY FLASK, LIAO DYNASTY 遼代綠釉陶壺Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價China, 907-1125. Of saddle shape with stiff, seamed edges, a short cylindrical neck, the top flap is notched and pierced with two hanging holes and applied with two small figures facing forward towards the spout, the body incised with floral motifs on each side, all under an intentionally crackled emerald-green glaze.Provenance: From the collection of André Dubreuil. André Dubreuil (1951-2022) was a French designer and craftsman. At the age of eighteen he moved to England to study drawing at the Inchbald School of Design, while exploring the London underground nightlife scene. After graduating, he started working for a decorating agency and designed flats with trompe l'oeil paintings. He learned the art of ironwork with Tom Dixon and Mark Brazier-Jones, and they quickly became the reference for 1980s English avant-garde design. As a collector, Dubreuil was particularly interested in metalwork, and his collection included a wide range of objects, such as 18th-century French candelabras, medieval ironwork, and contemporary metal sculptures. He was known for his eclectic taste and his ability to appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of objects from different periods and cultures. His collection was a reflection of his passion for art, as well as his interest in history and cultural heritage.Condition: Fine condition, commensurate with age. Old wear as expected, the spout with a small old repair, some flaking and minor losses to glaze, and firing irregularities including scattered glaze recesses. The head of one figure lost.Weight: 1,447 gDimensions: Height 27 cm Traditionally known as a pilgrim's flask, the shape of these containers derived from leather prototypes and has retained many features of the originals such as the seam and the hanging lug. It is quite rare to find two applied figures on the flask.Literature comparison: Compare an example in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Charles B. Hoyt Collection, accession no. 50.1747. A flask and cover with very similar designs and also with two applied figures in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is illustrated in Hai-wai Yi-chen Chinese Art in Overseas Collections Pottery and Porcelain (II), p. 88, no. 86; another flask with two figures on the rim but slightly different decoration on the body from the Chang Foundation, Taipei, is illustrated in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasties, p. 78, col. pl. 20. An example with one figure is in the Fengtian Museum, illustrated in Koyama Fujio ed., Sekai Toji Zenshu, 1961, vol. 10, p. 244, fig. 148.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie’s New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot 2078 Price: USD 8,750 or approx. EUR 10,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A rare olive-green glazed pottery flask and cover, Liao dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related form and glaze. Note the similar size (30.5 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie’s London, 17 June 2003, lot 10 Price: GBP 4,541 or approx. EUR 7,700 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A very large green-glazed flask.Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and glaze. Note the smaller size (24.8 cm).
A BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR FLASK AND COVER, KANGXI PERIOD 康熙青花人物方罐Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價Expert’s note: The present lot is in pristine condition and still retains its original cover, which is rather small in size and therefore can be lost easily. It must therefore be considered as exceedingly rare.China, 1662-1722. Each side finely painted in nicely graduated shades of deep cobalt blue to depict two court ladies standing on a terrace flanking a jardinière of chrysanthemums, with branches of prunus blossoms in the background. The flat shoulder with a different flower sprig at each corner, depicting peony, lotus, aster, and prunus, all within quadrilobed panels with scroll designs at the corners. The base with an underglaze-blue monogram mark ‘HA’.Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman. Christie’s New York, 30 May 1991, lot 321. A private collection in New York, USA, acquired from the above, and thence by descent within the family.Condition: Very good condition with only minor wear and expected firing irregularities, minute glaze flakes, and minuscule nicks to edges. Overall exceptionally well preserved and displaying magnificently.Weight: 1,750 g Dimensions: Height 30.2 cm The molded cover is original to the flask and depicts flower sprigs encircling the knop finial. The neck is decorated with a band of prunus on an ice-cracked ground below a key-fret band, the lipped mouth with a geometric band. (2)Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s London, 17 May 2013, lot 1359 Price: GBP 17,500 or approx. EUR 30,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A Chinese blue and white square-sectioned vase and cover, Kangxi period Expert remark: Note the similar form and cobalt blue decorations. Note the near-identical size (31.7 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s London, 8 December 2022, lot 288 Price: GBP 13,860 or approx. EUR 16,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A pair of blue and white square-form bottles and covers, Kangxi period Expert remark: Note the similar form and floral decorations on the top and neck of the vase. Note the size (26.1 cm). 康熙青花人物方罐中國, 1662-1722年。四方蓋罐，開光内青花描繪了兩位貴婦站在露台上，身旁鮮花環繞，有菊花、桃花枝、牡丹、荷花、紫菀和李花。底座有青花花押“HA”。蓋子是方瓶原配，旋鈕頂端可見花卉紋。頸部有花卉紋。專家注釋：本拍品保存完好，仍保留原來的蓋子，但尺寸較小，極易丟失。 因此，更顯珍貴。 來源：紳士收藏；紐約佳士得1991年5月3日，lot 321；美國紐約私人收藏，購於上述拍賣，保存在同一家族。品相：狀況非常好，只有輕微磨損、微小的釉面開片和邊緣的微小刻痕。重量：1,750 克 尺寸：高 30.2 厘米 拍賣結果比較： 形制：相近 拍賣：倫敦佳士得，2013年5月17日，lot 1359 價格：GBP 17,500（相當於今日EUR 30,500） 描述：康熙青花人物方冠蓋 專家評論：請注意相似的外形和青花紋裝飾。請注意幾乎相同的尺寸 (31.7 釐米)。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：相近 拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2022年12月8日，lot 288 價格：GBP 13,860（相當於今日EUR 16,500） 描述：清康熙青花山水人物圖方瓶一對 專家評論：請注意相似的外形、頸部和蓋有花紋。請注意尺寸 (26.1 釐米)。
A XINGYAO WHITE-GLAZED BOTTLE VASE, FIVE DYNASTIES TO NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY 五代至北宋邢窰白釉穿帶壺Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價China, 10th-11th century. The rare and early Xing ware ceramic vessel is of globular form, following a leather canteen shape, the tall, gently rounded sides gathered into pairs of shallow rounded lobes and applied with twin squared lug handles with riveted ends at the shoulder and base, straddling the lobes, lightly engraved with a double-line border around the outer edge of the broad rounded shoulders, surmounted by a waisted cylindrical neck, applied overall with a smooth cream-white glaze, save for the foot, rim, and base which were left partly unglazed revealing a smooth white ware.Provenance: Hang Tang Cheng, Dragon House, San Francisco, USA, 1990s. A private collection in North America, acquired from the above. One side of the vase with an old collector’s label, ‘Northern Song [...] 10-11C, Early Ding [sic!] Stoneware [...] Flask Two Vertical Indentations + 4 Stray Handles 00-409 SL50029.’ A copy of a Certificate of Appraisal written and signed by Hang Tang Cheng, dating the present lot to the Northern Song to Liao dynasty, 10th-11th century, accompanies this lot. Hang Tang (Hank) Cheng is a well-respected dealer and appraiser of Asian art who ran the famous Dragon House antiques shop in San Francisco, established in 1979. Hank Cheng worked closely with museums, institutions, and auction houses including the Asian Art Museum, Bonhams, and Christie’s.Condition: Very good condition with only minor old wear and few tiny nicks to the foot rim.Weight: 280 gDimensions: Height 12 cm With a padded silk box and cover. (2)Literature comparison:Compare the white porcelain vase of this form in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published in Illustrated Catalogue of Sung Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum: Ting Ware and Ting-Type ware, Taipei, 1973, no. 1. Compare a closely related white-glazed handled vase, dated late Tang to Five Dynasties, 9th-10th century, from the collection of Carl Kempe (1884-1967), Sweden, illustrated and exhibited by J. J. Lally & Co. in Chinese Ceramics in Black and White, New York, 20 March-10 April 2010, no. 14. Another white porcelain vase of this distinctive form from the Avery Brundage Collection, in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, is illustrated by He Li in Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide, London, 1996, p. 90, no. 136, with description on p. 120; and the same vase was previously published by Watson in Tang and Liao Ceramics, London, 1984, p. 145, no. 124. A Xingyao white porcelain vase of this same form in the collection of the Shanghai Museum is illustrated in Qiannian Xingyao (Xing Kiln in its Millennium), Beijing, 2007, p. 168, together with another example, ibid, on p. 169; and the same vase from the Shanghai Museum is also illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji (6) Tang-Wudai (The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics, Vol. 6, Tang–Five Dynasties), Shanghai, 2000, p. 200, no. 225 and several other publications, including A Dictionary of Chinese Ceramics, Singapore, 2002, p. 171, where the scholar Wang Qingzhen points out that this type of white porcelain bottle in the Tang dynasty was famously called ‘the Neiqiu bottle,’ referring to the place where it was made, at the Xing kilns located in Neiqiu, Hebei province, which was under the administration of Xingzhou prefecture.Auction result comparison: Type: Near identical Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 02 June 2016, lot 674 Price: HKD 750,000 or approx. EUR 101,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A white-glazed ‘Xing’ bottle vase Five Dynasties-Northern Song DynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related form and glaze. Note that this vase has a restored chip to the rim.
An Austro-Hungarian silver-mounted ruby glass scent flask of flattened form, 19th century, the silver decorated with enamels and set with cut and cabochon garnets and turquoise beads. Supported on a domed spreading foot. 6.5 cm wide x 14 cm overall height, Some losesA private estate of a anonymous collector.The glass body is intact and crack free, the area below the collar is good, I can see a small chip to the surface of one of the oval cabochon garnet type stones The metal covering is intact and the enamel is good but dirty.The cover is in good order without dents however the tail of the serpent finial seems a little short, the hinge pin is missing from the hinged cover but both the hinge cylinders are intact, one garnet type stone is missing from the cover.Please see the extra images for further confirmation of the points raised above.
A Chinese Henan black glazed small jar, probably Song Dynasty with lug handles, 8 cm wide x 8 cm high, together with a Longquan celadon circular rice bowl, a late Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain double gourd vase, 19 cm high, two (18th century) kitchen type saucers and a small blue and white porcelain snuff flask with a mark in zhuanshu scriptSmall shrinkage mark to double gourd vase,
A Chinese brown variegated jade snuff flask and stopper, late Qing Dynasty probably Guangxu (1875-1908), with a flattened body and mutton fat jade bead stopper, 4.5 cm wide x 7 cm high, together a Qing Dynasty carved agate snuff flask with coral pink hard stone bead stopper, 4.5 cm wide x 6 cm high, late ming dynasty style blue and white snuff flask with apple green jade bead stopper, and a qinbai porcelain snuff globular flask with tigers eye stopper. (4)A private estate of a collectorNone of the bottles has ivory spoonsThe bottle with the pink stopper has no wooden insert to locate it in the neck of the bottle., the size without the stopper of this bottle is 5 cm high.The qingbai bottle has a faint crack running around its shoulders.
A RARE 19TH CENTURY TAM O'SHANTER SALT GLAZE STONEWARE WHISKY FLASK possibly by Murray (Caledonian) Pottery, the base without maker's marks, 31cm high. Condition Report : Generally good condition; one manufacturing blister and one shallow flake from edge of bonnet; one small flake from base. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
Polish Cross of Combat Action, to Franciszek Pan Bandos nr 25-93-1 with clasp for Falaise-Chambois and Axel with clasp for the liberation of Breda and Wilhelmshaven, included are his WWII medals 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence medal and War Medal 1939-45. First Polish Armoured Division medallion (boxed), cap badge, pin and cross, his tie and hip flask, together with a interesting booklet about the 1st Polish Armoured Division in the years 1939-1946 with five divisional cloth badges. This lot includes two war era Daily Mail newspapers dated Monday December 8th 1941 with a Declaration of War and the Daily Express November 15th 1941 with the headline Ark Royal went down like a Gentleman and a small photograph album containing images of Franciszek and his regiment. Note: In July 1944 the 1st Polish Armoured Division joined the Liberation Army on the beaches of Normandy, from Caen to successful assault at Jort followed by the powerful thrust at Barou. Then the bloodiest and most famous battle called the Falaise Gap. The Division fought desperately against two German panzer Corps trying to escape from the gap. No battle in Normandy has presented such a picture of hell, destruction and death. The monument erected at Mount Ormel, known since in Polish name Maczuga and other memorial plaques in Chambois and Argentan are all permanent reminders of the great Polish victory
Two copies of the British North Borneo medals with Punitive Expedition clasp, BAYS bronze commemorative medallion, with the Latin motto 'For King and Country' circa 1936, another bronze medallion dated 1809, TIRO medallion possibly for shooting, bronze medal for 13th Troop Champion Shot 3 R TKS 23905886 medallion, 2 x Victorian shooting medallion, Vimy Bridge Canadian War Memorial medallion, Son of Man medallion, City of Nottingham Coronation medallion 1902, The Kings Coronation medallion, For King and Country Distinguished Service medal, Polish Red Cross 3rd Class medal and bronze medallion together with a quantity of cloth badges including British Korean Veterans, The Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society, Challenger Crippen Fabian Hauck Ride Thagard, U.S Veterans of Foreign Wars, Austrian cloth badge, Green Mountain Antique Arms Brattleboro badge, various other German cloth badges. This lot includes a felt card mounted with a collection of US Unionist army buttons, pips and a 7th Cavalry belt buckle by Price & Co circa 1863 an American WWII cap badge and a copper powder flask (broken spring).
WAR TIME ARCHIVE OF LACS MILNE, ROYAL AIR FORCE No 1343824m including four WWII medals, framed photograph as a young airman, framed pencil profile portrait study dated 1945, photograph album including some military images, personal effects such as small pewter hip flask, silver vesta case, cigarette lighter, small pack of playing cards, Royal Air Force Service and Release book, various packs of postcards obtained during his time in Europe
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