MANUSCRIPT - CULINARY AND MEDICINAL RECEIPTSEighteenth century recipe book bearing the ownership inscriptions 'Joanna Ellison/ Her book 1745' and latterly those of 'Edw. Atherton' of Market Drayton, (who exorts 'Stail not this Book for fear of shame/ for hear you see the owners name') and 'M. Cooper', including culinary, medicinal and household recipes written in several hands, 'To make Wiggs' ('when you have dryed two pounds of flower, mix in half a pound of sugar...'), 'To make a Tansey', 'To make Catch-up' ('This is exceeding good in fish sauce... you may put in two, or three spoonfulls, according to the bigness of your dish, more, or less'), 'To make Everton Toffey', 'To make strong broth when in hast', 'To pot larks or any other fowls', 'To make a pudding in a hares belly', at the end of the book some pages devoted to medicinal recipes 'Powder for the teeth to fasten them and make them white', 'The bitter draught', 'A most excellent drink' ('...good against the common plague, but also against the sweating sickness, the small pox, meazells and surfites... it is better than the beaser-stone...this hath been proved...') and some household tips ('To Dye a French Yellow', 'To wash Black Silks', 'To clean Pictures', 'To print Callicoe or Linin'), accounts ('Thos Vaugan to John Walker... 1 peck superfine Early peas...') and 'A Cattalogue of my Books in October ye 11 1726' in a childish hand, mostly written on recto only, beginning with an index and with miscellaneous jottings interspersed throughout, 68 numbered leaves, modern quarter calf, most of original calf sides laid down on covers, 8vo (180 x 110mm.), , mid-eighteenth to early nineteenth centuryFootnotes:'BETTER THAN THE BEASER-STONE': Traditionally, the beaser-stone, a concretion found in the entrails of an animal, usually a goat, was believed to be a failsafe antidote for various ailments. Our recipe for an 'excellent drink', a concoction of herbs and spices, mithridate, treacle and aquavita, has proven even more efficacious; '...take morning and evening, one spoonful at a time Lukewarm... in any plague time next under God, trust in this for a certain cure, for there was never man or woman, or child, that ever this drink deceived... assure yourself it is better than the beaser-stone... he must lie down to sweat two or three hours, and after let him be well dryed and keep warm... it never failld but did good'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A 19th century gilded porcelain bough pot of Bombe shape and raised on four scrolling-style legs (19cm diameter)Condition report - there is quite a lot of gilt rubbing on the actual main surface of the piece. The glaze crazing is prevalent to complete insides and the underside etc. There seems to be a pink tinge to the glaze on the underside. There is gilt wear commensurate and prevalent with age to the top of the lip where the lid meets the lower piece, some gilt rubbing and scratches commensurate with age. There are no chips, cracks or restoration noted to the lower section. The lid itself is a similar story - gilt rubbing as expected around the edges and to some of the circular flower holes. Turning over the lid there is quite a prevalent mauve/purple colour to the glaze around the edges. No chips, cracks or restorations noted (please see several additional images).
A French porcelain cabaret set of Marie Antoinette interest, circa 1890-1910, of ovoid shape and decorated with flower garlands and 'MA' monograms, comprising coffee pot and cover, cream jug and cover, sucrier and cover, two coffee cups and saucers and a lobed ovoid tray, red painted 'A' and crown marks.
A Dresden porcelain three-piece coffee set, of ovoid shape and decorated with figures in landscapes between gilt borders and flower panels, comprising coffee pot, 14cm, cream jug, 12.5cm, and sucrier, 9.5cm, together with a Dresden ecuelle and cover with similar decoration, 14.5cm wide (repaired). (4)
A George and William IV matched silver circular lobed three piece tea set by William Bateman II, London 1829 and 1834, the tea pot with a melon finial, a leaf capped loop handle with ivory warming bands, a chased floral border, the body engraved with flower sprays within oval shaped reserves, a monogram and a vacant reserve, on four foliate bracket feet, 28.5cm (11 1/4in) long, 1417g (45.6 oz) grossCondition Report: All marks are well struckSlight play to tea pot hinge and handleSplits to the ivory bandsCover sits wellTea pot slightly wobblesRest stand wellEngraving and chasing good throughoutTwo minor dents to the cream jug and sugar basinLight scratches and wear commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
Assay Master Dougal Ged, of tapered cylindrical form with chased borders of shell, scrolls and flower heads, the body additionally engraved with crest and motto, with slender spout and wooden handle, the domed hinged cover similar chased, the base with original scratch weight 30=2(26cm high, 29.95oz)Footnote: Heraldry: The crest as engraved is that of the family of Balfour This crest is that borne today by the Lords Balfour of Burleigh in the County of Kinrossshire. Given that the motto is dissimilar to the peerage family there is a likelihood that this coffee pot was once in the possession of a cadet branch of the family. Certainly, the motto ‘Nil temere’ as engraved above the crest is used by other branches of the Balfour family, but not with the same crest or at least one that is slightly differenced.
A Victorian silver plate coffee pot of compressed bombe form, raised on stepped circular foot, having flower head pierced knop, scroll handle with ornate foliate thumb piece, engraved floral spray to main body with vacant cartouche to either side, 10in. (25.4cm.) high, together with a Victorian silver plate cream jug of similar decoration, raised on four scroll feet and a three piece tea service of bellied oval form, comprising of a teapot, cream jug and sugar basin. (5)
A LATE 18TH CENTURY CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, decorated in the European taste, with purple and green ribbon, swag and flower decoration, extensive damage, comprising teapot, stand, slop bowl, coffee pot with side handle, seven saucers, four coffee cans and eleven teacups (26) (condition: extensive damage)
A child's silver rattle, Crisford & Norris, Birmingham 1928, in the form of an owl hung with two bells, originally with mother of pearl teether, 10cm long, a pair of modern silver candlesticks, English Import marks, in George III style, lobed and fluted, 14cm high, filled, a small silver trumpet shape flower vase, 9.2cm high, a plain silver napkin ring, a late Victorian silver pepperette, Mappin & Webb, Sheffield 1899, and an Indian spherical mustard pot, late 19th/early 20th century, heavily foliate embossed (7).
A Leeds Type Creamware Coffee Pot and Cover, circa 1770, painted in puce with loose flower sprays, 11.25ins high, another painted with a single spray to both sides, stamped "Leeds Pottery", 9.25ins high, and a tea pot and cover painted in monochrome with a stylised Chinese pagoda and island pattern, 5.75ins high
Royal Crown Derby - various examples including a hand painted circular cabinet plate decorated with a rouge fruit and vine gilded border with central wild flower bouquet, signed F.Garnett, printed marks to base; Old Avesbury; a J. Bryan signed encrusted trinket pot and cover; Pinxton Rose; Mikado; Vine Border; Beaumont, etc.; figure, Winter (af) qty.
William IV three piece silver tea service comprising tea pot with hinged lid, a flower bud finial and capped scrolled handle to an embossed squat body, raised on four folded feet, together with matching twin handled sugar bowl and cream jug, London 1833, maker George Hunter II, gross weight 1360gms
Kaffeeservice Meissen6 Personen, 20-tlg., polychrome Blumenmalerei, goldstaffiert, Neubrandenstein, 6 Tassen, 6 Untertassen, 6 Kuchenteller, 1 Zuckerdose, 1 Kaffeekanne, 1. Wahl, blaue SchwertermarkeCoffee service Meissen6 people, 20 pieces, polychrome flower painting, gold-painted, Neubrandenstein, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 cake plates, 1 sugar bowl, 1 coffee pot, 1st choice, blue swords mark
Mokkaservice KPM Neuosier21-tlg., für 6 Personen, mit polychromer Blumen- und Schmetterlingsmalerei, goldstaffiert, blaue Zeptermarke, rote Reichsapfelmarke, 1. Wahl, 1 Kaffeekanne, 1 Zuckerdose, 1 Sahnegießer, 6 Tassen, 6 Untertassen, 6 KuchentellerMocha service KPM Neuosier21 pieces, for 6 people, with polychrome flower and butterfly painting, gold-painted, blue scepter mark, red orb mark, 1st choice, 1 coffee pot, 1 sugar bowl, 1 creamer, 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 cake plates
A Vienna tête-à-tête, circa 1770Each decorated with a landscape vignette of birds perched on branched within a gilt rococo foliate scrollwork cartouche hung by a purple ribbon tied in a bow at the rim against a border of finely-tooled gilt floral swags, painted with further scattered polychrome flowers, the pierced rims moulded with swags and embellished in turquoise and with a pattern of gilt lines, gilt scrollwork borders inside rims of cups and pots, flower finials to the covers, entwined handles, comprising: a coffee pot and cover, a milk jug and cover, two cups and saucers, a small oval basket with pierced rim, and a rectangular tray with pierced rim, the tray: 34cm across, shield marks in blue and underglaze-blue, incised marks, impressed numerals (one corner of tray restuck, flat chip to rim of coffee pot) (10)Footnotes:Provenance:W.F.B. Massey-Mainwaring Collection, London, until 1899;With R.W. Partridge, London, 1899;Private Collection, ItalyLiterature:Catalogue of the Historic and Unique Collection of old Dresden Porcelain, R.W. Partridge, London 1899, nos. 1256-1261 (illustrated)Exhibited:South Kensington and Bethnal Green Museums, 1874-1899For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A documentary Meissen Hausmaler bowl from the 'Hosennestel Service', circa 1731Painted in Augsburg by Sabina Auffenwerth in polychrome enamels and gilding, each side with a chinoiserie scene depicting figures preparing teas and engaged in other pursuits, enclosed by bands of scroll- and strapwork above and below and a gilt chinoiserie figure on a lambrequin base below a canopy to the sides, a similar scene to the interior, the sides with a flower branch, gilt scrollwork borders to the rims, 16.6cm diam.; 8cm high, gilt AW monogram to base (two repaired flat chips to rim, one with associated short haircrack)Footnotes:Provenance:Mrs Mary Lees Johnstone (purchased in Ireland by her grandmother), sold Sotheby & Co., London, 7 November 1972, lot 129;With Winifred Williams (purchased in the above sale)Literature:T.H. Clarke, Eine Meissen-Entdeckung - Sabina Auffenwerth in Augsburg, in Keramos 60 (1973), ill. 9The coffee pot from this service has the initials 'SA' and 'IH', from which T.H. Clarke (see above Literature) concluded that the service was likely painted in 1731 by Sabina Auffenwerth for her marriage on 3 December 1731 to Isaac Hosennestel.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Meissen armorial teabowl and saucer from the service for Christian VI of Denmark, circa 1730-35The saucer decorated with the crowned Royal Arms of Denmark, reserved on the chain of the Order of the Elephant, the reverse with trailing branches of indianische Blumen, an insect and a bird, the teabowl with the crowned monogram of Christian VI, the reverse with a harbour scene in a gilt scrollwork cartouche iron-red and purple scrollwork and flower swags, the sides with indianische Blumen, a circular purple trellis medallion reserved with chrysanthemums to the inside, elaborate gilt scrollwork borders to the rims, saucer: 12.1cm across, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilt 1. to both pieces, incised / inside both footrims (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Given by Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, to King Christian VI of Denmark; his consortQueen Sophie Magdalene of Denmark (1700-70); Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, to 1794;Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, 1795-97;Sold in 1797 as part of lot 7 in the sale of property damaged in the 1795 fire at Christianborg Palace;Sold by the descendants of the purchaser in the above sale, Christie's London, 1 December 1986, lot 185 (part);The Hoffmeister Collection (acquired in 1990), sold in these Rooms, 26 May 2010, lot 70Literature:D. Hoffmeister, Meissenr Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, II (1999), no. 312Exhibited:Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, The Hoffmeister Coollection, 1999-2009This service was unusual for combining chinoiserie decoration and European harbour scenes, and for its size. When it was sold in 1797, it was described as including two waste bowls, two sugar boxes and eighteen pairs of teabowls, but no coffee pot. The waste bowl, two beakers and saucers and two teabowls and saucers were acquired by Rosenborg Castle in 1986. A teabowl and saucer from the service is in the Arnhold Collection, New York (M. Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain (2008), no. 100); another is in the Carabelli Collection (U. Pietsch, Frühes Meißener Porzellan Sammlung Carabelli (2000), no. 57); and others were sold in these Rooms, from the Marouf Collection on 2 December 2015. lot 41, and on 5 July 2018, lot 40. A Meissen desk set in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg is decorated with a fragment of a court calendar recording the birthdays of Christian VI and his consort, Sophia Magdalena, in 1735 (J. Lessmann, Porzellan (2006), p. 36).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GEORGE SCOTTISH SWING-HANDLED SUGAR BASKET of vase form with part-fluting, engraving and a pierced rim, no apparent maker's mark, Edinburgh 1801 and a George III oval tea pot with corrugated sides and spout and a dome cover with a flower finial, maker's mark "IH" or "TH" (script), London 1784; the latter 5.5" (14 cms) high; 21,.8 oz (2)
A GEORGE IV EMBOSSED THREE-PIECE TEA SET with squat, lobed, circular bodies on leafy husk feet, with ornate floral borders, and leaves and flowers around the sides on a matt ground, the tea pot with a flower finial, by Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard, London 1827/28; the tea pot 6" (15.2 cms) high; 53.65 oz (3)
A LATE 18TH CENTURY RUSSIAN SILVERGILT & NIELLOWORK TEA POT bullet-shaped, with a lift-off, domed cover and flower finial, decorated all over with leafy fronds, floral festoons with tied ribbons, on a varied, textured ground, engraved on one side with the script initials "DPK", and on the other with putti and a castle, maker's mark "A.E", assay master Alexei Torlov (of Veliky Ustyug), Moscow 1796; 4.75" (12 cms) high overall; 15.4 oz
A Bow blue and white toilet pot and cover: of globular form with gadroon moulded cover and flower bud finial, painted with a lake landscape with pavillions and fishermen in a sanpan and birds flying above within lappet and cell borders, circa.1760-65, 8cm. [tiny chips to finial].*Notes Paper label for 'The Zorka Hodgson Collection'. Simon Spero.
A good slim oak side cabinet in 17th century style, the thumbnail-moulded top above four panelled doors decorated with Gothic tracery and the lower doors headed with flower heads, on pot board style stand with turned legs (63cm wide)The thumbnail-moulded top exhibits some water damage and would need repolishing to bring it back up to original condition.The piece is a very good 20th century reproduction and as such is still in very good condition overall; the sides look good with no problems or splitting; no restoration is noted; the interior of both cupboards, although dusty, is as it should be although on the top cupboard the right-hand door is opened and there is an approx. 1cm circular hole in one of the back board batons (possibly originally for an electrical wire?). Although the piece needs a polish, overall it is in very good original condition. The pod board style stretcher at the bottom has some minor scuffing and scratching to the front and appears to have split slightly at the back (please see images). In the Auctioneer's opinion this could be fairly easily remedied and polished out etc. There is no evidence of woodworm, the doors aren't warped. Height 147cm
AN IRISH GEORGE III SILVER MUSTARD POT, WILLIAM HUGHES, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1770 cylindrical, pierced with two birds perched on oak branches amidst leafy trellis, a dragonfly and a flower centred by a vacant roundel, the slightly domed lid engraved with a crest, with pierced fan thumbpiece and hobnail capped C-scroll handle, underside engraved ~1774~ twice and scratch weight 3|8 8cm high, 100gr (3oz 4dwt) excluding blue glass liner Provenance: James McCann (1840-1904), Irish nationalist MP and stockbroker, of Simmonscourt Castle, Ballsbridge, Dublin and the Ardsallagh estate, Navan, Co. Meath; thence by family descent.
Three (3) Asian items, including Buddhist travel shrine or reliquary, Chinese bronze cat, and Famille Rose jar. 1st item: Buddhist travel shrine or reliquary, lacquer exterior with curved sides, elaborate pierced and engraved latch and hinges. Gilded interior with removable brass and lacquer stand supporting a pearl encased in blown glass globe, atop a carved and giltwood platform. Valance painted blue with gilt floral decoration and molded edges. Also includes miniature flower pot and armadillos for placing at shrine. 8 1/2" H x 5" W x 3" D. 2nd item: Chinese bronze figure of a recumbent cat, hollow form, raised on a custom molded hardwood stand. Overall - 4" H x 7" W x 4" D. 20th century. 3rd item: Finely enameled Chinese Famille Rose circular covered jar with raised, scalloped rim having birds and butterflies on a gilt painted ground, over a body decorated with figures in a picturesque landscape. Inset, lift-top lid has gilt pomegranate finial and courting scene decoration of man and woman, each holding a fan. 4 1/4" H x 5" diameter. Qing Dynasty, 19th century. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition with some small minor losses to exterior edges and to top; shrinkage crack to top; 1 pin missing to hinge, chip to glass globe. 2nd item: Small spot of wear to spine of cat. 3rd item: 2 flakes to rim, 1/2" and 1"W. Light wear to gilding.
A Meissen style tête-à-têteCirca 1900Painted with merchant quayside scenes within gilt quatrilobed panels, on a deep blue ground with flower sprays in gilt, tray 38.5cm wide, coffee pot 22cm high tray impressed MEISSEN, other pieces have had the marks ground offFootnotes:Comprising:A trayA coffee potA sugar basin with coverA cream jugTwo cups and two saucersFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE WINE POT AND COVER MID 17TH CENTURY Formed as a hexagonal-section gourd, two sides moulded with flowering prunus branches, the cover with a flower-shaped knop and set in silver-gilt mounts which join to the loop handle forming a hinge, 13cm. Cf. D S Howard, A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, p.82, no.87 for a comparable ewer with recessed panels.
A pair of Derby porcelain allegorical figures, circa 1770, modelled as a maiden and boy, she holding a fishing net with fish at her feet, he with flower pot and ripened fruits, set on moulded 'rocky' bases, patch marks, 24cm high. (2)Condition: losses to net and pole, losses to spade handle, losses to applied foliage.
A group of silver plates wares, early 20th Century, including a claret jug of mallet form with ribbed scroll handle, 26cm high, a coffee pot of ovoid form with ebony finial and gadrooned rims, 23cm high, a coffee pot of pear form with flower finial and scroll handle, 25cm high and a teapot of oval form with fluted base, 14cm high. (4)
A Meissen porcelain 'blue onion' leaf shaped dish, 25cm, together with a blue and white porcelain cache pot, decorated with two models of cats looking over the edge, and applied flower sprig, 14cm diameter, and a set of three porcelain plates, decorated with a coat of arms and inscription 'mors aut vita decora' within a reticulated border, 25cm (a/f)
Winifred Nicholson (British, 1893-1981)Candlemas I indistinctly signed, titled and dated 'Candlemas I/Winifred Nicholson/1951' (verso)oil on board60.8 x 61.2 cm. (24 x 24 1/8 in.)Footnotes:ProvenanceHelen BeguinSale; Phillips, London, 5 November 1991, lot 49Private Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Lefevre Gallery, Winifred Nicholson, February 1952Possibly London, Leicester Galleries, Recent paintings by Winifred Nicholson, February 1954, no.3Glasgow, Third Eye Centre, Winifred Nicholson: Paintings 1900-1978, 1979, no.45; this exhibition travelled to Edinburgh, The Scottish Arts Council Gallery, September 1979, Carlisle Art Gallery, November, Newcastle, Hatton Gallery, January 1980, Colchester, The Minories, February, St Ives, Penwith Society of Arts, MarchLondon, Tate Gallery, Winifred Nicholson, 3 June-2 August 1987, cat.no.37LiteratureWinifred Nicholson, Flower Tales - Winifred Nicholson, LYC Press, Cumbria, 1976Winifred Nicholson: Paintings 1900-1978, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, 1979, no.45Andrew Nicholson, Unknown Colour: Paintings, Letters, Writings by Winifred Nicholson, Faber & Faber, London, 1987, p.217John Lane, The Living Tree: Art and the Sacred, Green Books, Devon, 1988, p.142 (ill.b&w.)Christopher Andreae, Winifred Nicholson, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2009, p.169Candlemas I expresses one of Winifred Nicholson's most consistent themes with its expectation of spring about to arrive. At about the same time that this painting was made she wrote, 'I like promise of things to come. There always turns out such unexpected and exciting things in the colourlessness of the unknown future'. Candlemas is celebrated 2nd February and as the painting was almost certainly painted at Boothby, Cumberland, Winifred's father's house, and where she had been living since the beginning of the second world war, the hyacinth bulbs were most likely grown by Winifred herself. Another consistent theme in Winifred's painting is what she describes as 'the opposition of light and dark', here seen in the juxtaposition of the white flowers against the deep midnight blue of a frosty wintery night. In her article 'I Like To Have A Picture In My Room' Winifred wrote, 'Colour is one of the surest ways of expressing joy – the joy that resides in a happy home. If the colours be welded scientifically, they can glow – even make luminosity in the even light of an interior; and added to this light my picture must have recesses with itself, a flower bud or a distinct prospect, expressing the secret within all that is true'.Helen Beguin was a close friend of Winifred's. Originally secretary to Winifred's father, Charles Roberts, latterly she lived at the Chris House, Boothby, where she enjoyed her garden and made pots, many of which Winifred owned. See Helen's Bunch in Helen's Pot (1974) (Winifred Nicholson in Cumberland, Abbot Hall, 2016, p. 74).We are grateful to Jovan Nicholson for compiling this catalogue entry.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DERAM 7" - POP/PSYCH/ROCK. Another super clean collection of Deram sevens with 17 here mainly from the mid to late 60s. Artists/cat. numbers are Neil Macarthur (DM 225), Keef Hartley Band (DM 273), David Bowie (DM 123), Honeybus (DM 289, DM 182), Curved Air (DM 426), The Amen Corner (DM 136), Procol Harum (DM 126), The Moody Blues (DM 161, DM 196, DM 213), The Move (DM 109), East Of Eden (DM 242, DM 297), Frijid Pink (DM.R 288) and The Flower Pot Men (DM 248, DM 142). Condition is chiefly Ex+ to archive with 14 x original company sleeves and 2 x repros.
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