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Lot 559
A Kling glass-eyed bisque shoulder head doll with elaborate moulded collar, with dark blue striated eyes, closed mouth, light brown brows, ears peirced lobes, 'café au lait' painted and moulded elaborate hair, centre-parted with curls either side of parting, hair swept back and elaborate chignon, unusual moulded collar with square pink ruff and gold beads with blue painted outer, stuffed body with bisque limbs with moulded shoes and boots, dusty pink dress with lace trim and underclothes --22in. (56cm.) high (broken and glued shoulders and limbs probably replaced)
Lot 588
A large German bisque shoulder head doll, probably Kling, with blue painted upward glancing eyes with white dot highlight, red eyelid line, closed painted mouth with slight smile, light brown arched brow, blonde painted and moulded hair in curls held in place with a blue ribbon hair bend tied in a ribbon at the top of her head, back of shoulder impressed 13, stuffed body with kid gloves, olive greeen dress printed with Paisley pattern, underclothes, black and white striped socks and kid boots --26in. (66cm.) high
Lot 591
An Alt Beck & Gottschalck bisque shoulder-head doll, with blue painted eyes, red eyelid line, closed pink mouth with darker pink line between and nostrils, light brown brow, ears pierced into head, blonde painted and moulded hair in curls held with a row of black painted beads and pink flowers to the right side, stuffed body, recent arms, recent peach satin dress and underclothes --23in. (58.5cm.) high (damaged dress)
Lot 637
A large early unmarked Jumeau pressed bisque fashionable doll, with deep blue striated glass eyes, closed mouth slightly smiling pink mouth with slightly protruding top lip and darker pink accents, light brown feathered arched brow, ears pierced into head with blue drop earrings, swivel neck on bisque shoulder plate, cork pate with original blonde mohair wig, gusseted kid body with separate fingers, chemise embroidered with a red G, shift, drawers, socks, bustled gold silk satin two-part dress with artificial flower, lace and blonde trim, mother of pearl buttons, matching hat and toy watch brooch —23in. (58.5cm.) high
Lot 638
A rare large Kestner round-faced closed mouth child doll, with brown sleeping wax lidded eyes, open/closed mouth with pink lips, the upper lip with shading along bottom edge and two accent lines to curved top, an unpainted gap and shaded small lower lips, light brown long curved brows, unpierced ears, back of head impressed 18, plaster pate with blonde hair wig, jointed composition body with fixed wrists, navy blue two piece sailor's suit with matching hat, underclothes and white kid shoes --30in. (76cm.) high (slight wear to body)
Lot 639
An Eugene Barrois French shoulder head doll, with elongated eliptical blue striated eyes, painted black eyeliner, closed smiling mouth with accent details, light brown slender arched brow, front of shoulder plate impressed E 7 DEPOSE B, cork pate, brown hair wig, stuffed body with kid arms, cream silk satin dress with low neckline and peach ribbon trim and petticoats --23½in. (60cm.) high (cracked on shoulder plate around and some neat restoration across bridge of nose)
Lot 702
A Bawo and Dotter china shoulder head doll, with blue painted eyes, light brown brows, blonde painted and moulded hair with centre parting falling in curls, back of shoulders impressed 10 Pat. Dec, 7/80, stuffed body, china limbs with purple lustre boots, recent black dress printed with flowers and underclothes --26½in. (67cm.) high
Lot 706
An Alt Beck & Gottschalck bisque shoulder head lady doll, with blonde painted upward glancing eyes, red eyelid line, light brown brows, exposed pierced ears, elaborate blonde painted and mould hair piled in curls and curls down the back of the head, recent stuffed body with china limbs and underclothes --25½in. (63.5cm.) high (one arm loose)
Lot 711
A Bawo and Dotter china shoulder head doll, with blue painted eyes, brown eyebrows, blonde painted and moulded centre-parted hair falling in curls, shoulders impressed 100 Pat. Dec. 7/10, stuffed body with brown painted heeled boots, light brown plaid dress with black lace and velvet and underclothes --26½in. (67cm.) high
Lot 723
A carved wooden head girl doll, with blue painted eyes, deeply carved features, carved and painted wavy blonde shoulder length hair, stuffed body with kid hands, light brown, brown and white printed cotton dress and leather boots, head probably around 1900 --29½in. (75cm.) high (face repainted)
Lot 740
A German bisque shoulder-head doll with hair ornaments, probably Conta & Boehme or Eberlein with blue painted upwards glancing eyes, red eye dot to inner corners and lid line, light brown brows, closed painted mouth, blonde painted and moulded hair swept back from the head and straight down the back held at the top with a pink lustre ornament and two green, gold and orange tassels down each side, impressed 16 —5in. (12.5cm.) high (head only, short firing crack at base of neck)
Lot 756
An early German china shoulder head girl doll, with blue painted upward glancing eyes, red eyelid line, feint eyelashes, delicately moulded nose and mouth, exposed ears, black painted and moulded hair swept back and falling in curls, moulded décolleté and spine line, stuffed body, light brown kid arms, cream cotton dress printed with brown sprigs, gilt ‘May’ name brooch, underclothes and brown oil-cloth slippers —25in. (63.5cm.) high
Lot 758
A rare Alt Beck & Gottschalck spill curl china shoulder head doll, with blue painted eyes, white dot highlight, red eyelid line, exposed ears, black painted and moulded hair spilling in curls onto the forehead, some light paint strokes painted to forehead too, held by a black painted hair band, falling in four rows of ringlets down the back of the head falling onto the shoulders, stuffed body with kid arms, pink cotton dress printed with white leaves, lace trim and burgundy rick-rack, underclothes and red and brown kid boots —26½in. (67.5cm.) high (boot seams open)
Lot 784
The fine mid-19th century childhood Dolls' House of Katherine Jeffray (1841-1929), an important English simulated stone painted wooden dolls' house, on detachable wooden stand with four turned legs terminating in lacquered brass castors, the breakfront three-bay façade with two storeys, the central key-lockable wood-grained four-panelled front door with brass knob, opening, with concealed hook releasing to open the whole front of the house, the door framed by pilastered Tuscan portico and painted glass Adam-style semi-circular fanlight above, roof pediment, five large twelve-light windows to the front and two to each end, grey-painted tiled pitched roof, trough gutter, stone painted chimney at each end with two angled upper sections, two flues to each chimney, the front opening to the left of the front door in two parts to reveal four large rooms with original decoration and furnishings, the ground floor on the left, kitchen with wooden fitted blackened range, burgundy, black and cream plaid wallpaper, painted paper marblised ceiling paper, blue and brown patterned glazed cotton chintz curtains, rush-effect embossed oil-cloth floor, a tin spit with 'clockwork' bottle jack on stand with drip tray, basting spoon and skimming spoon, Evans & Cartwright painted tinplate - yellow rush seat chair, yellow log basket and green kettle, six tin graduated meat covers, two copper kettles, six pewter platters with embossed food and a similar basket, a wooden birdcage with yellow feather canary and two Grödnerthal female servants (one missing legs); to the right on the ground floor, dining room with grey marblised wood fireplace with black Evans & Cartwright tinplate embossed surround with gilt-painted grate and fender, green and red wavy water simulated silk wallpaper, a pair of blue and white printed cotton patterned curtains with pelmet, silk blue rosette and white fringing, marblised painted paper ceiling, painted grey floor with teal silk velvet fitted carpet printed with pink roses, a pair of Evans & Cartwright painted wood-grained tinplate console tables in manner of William Kent, a simulated 'tortoiseshell' covered card gilt paper trimmed bookcase bon-bon or sewing box in the form of a glazed bookcase, a working pewter urn of spherical form with brown spirit-wash, a mahogany tilt-top circular table, a gentleman Grödnerthal doll in white jacket with a blue zig-zag line decoration, red waistcoat, cotton shirt and black britches, a lady Grödnerthal doll, a china shoulder-head doll, skirt made into a pin-cushion, in cream evening dress with train, five blown stemmed wine glasses, a gilt painted wooden clock in dome, a Waltershausen work-table and green paper covered circular box with various card discs with applied printed images, probably a game; the first floor left, sitting room with Siena marblised painted wood fireplace with black painted tinplate Evans & Cartwright embossed surround and gilt-painted grate and fender, red, black and cream plaid wallpaper, burgundy, pink and cream printed pattern curtains with pelmet and white fringing, painted marblised paper ceiling, blue and brown cotton chintz fitted carpet, a large Waltershausen Biedermeier style bureau with mirrored niche, a German eleven piece chromolithographed wood grain and inlay paper covered suite of furniture with purple velvet upholstery including sofa, unusual elaborate floor standing clock, square piano and six chairs, four currently in the dining room (one chair missing two legs), a china shoulder head doll with jointed wooden body, china limbs and green dress with lace trim, five Grödnerthal children (various limbs missing), Murano glass vases under glass domes, one with original glass roses (some damage), a turned painted wooden tea set on tray and a stack of handwritten calling cards for 'Miss Jeffray'; and the top floor right, bedroom with deep and light pink wavy stripe simulated water silk wallpaper, grey painted marblised fireplace with black painted tinplate Evans & Cartwright embossed surround with gilt painted grate and fender, painted marblised paper ceiling, grey, burgundy, pink and cream printed cotton curtains with pelmet and white fringing, a teal silk velvet fitted carpet printed with pink roses, grey and white printed cotton bed curtains with white fringing hung on left wall, an Evans & Cartwright painted tinplate washstand with green tinplate jug and basin and a toilet mirror, an interesting set of nine Biedermeier style blonde wood furniture with black ink decoration comprising sleigh bed, day bed, two tables, chest of drawers and four chairs, a china shoulder head doll with jointed wooden body, china limbs and green dress (missing one china leg) a washstand with bone shaving brush, cut throat razor, two nit combs and strap, a home-made card and pink silk half-tester bed, a German pink painted tinplate three piece bath set, two gilt metal leaf shaped chamber sticks, two bottles of Patchouly oil (for clear skin) and a bottle of Ambroisie; two small beds with tiny Grödnerthal babies and seven calling cards, two printed for Gnr Tom Thumb and five handwritten for Aunt Henrietta, Aunt Mary, Aunt Elisa and Aunt Caroline (who were Katherine's aunts on her mother's side) and a Miss Whitehead --57½in. (146cm.) high x 39½in. (100.5cm.) wide x 19in. (48.5cm.) deep (slight damage to house, crack down right hand side and top front left window broken, some slight damage to contents); and sold with an original painted portrait of Katherine Jeffray circa 1864 (aged 23) in gilt frame in leather carrying case --8¾in. (22cm.) height of image --16¾in. (42.5cm.) x 14¾in. (37.5cm.) size of case (case worn) Provenance - this house and contents have come directly down a female line of the family from Katherine; the house appeared on the BBC Antiques Roadshow in Dorking in 1998 and Homes & Antiques magazine in December 1998. Family tree - Grandparents Paternal - James Jeffray 1759-1848 was a Professor and born in Aberdeen, his wife was Margaret Lockhart 1775-1864 born in Stirling, Grandparents Maternal - Thomas Millar (Preston), 1767-1840 and his wife Catherine May, 1775-1844, Parents - Rev Lockhart William Jeffray, rector at Aldford, Cheshire (1815-1862) and Catherine Millar (1809-1900) born in Preston, Catherine Millar’s siblings - Anne Marshall (1800), Elisa Horrocks (1804), Thomas (1811-1865) married Henrietta Pitt (Winckley Preston), Mary Cairns (1812) and Henry (1813) married Caroline Robbins (Thistleton), Katherine Jeffray who owned the dolls' house was born in 1841 and died in 1927.Married Archibald Hamilton, 29th May 1867 at St Mary’s, Windermere.Children - Alexander Cairns Hamilton (1878-1928), Lilihs, Elsie (1869-1960) and Stella (1872-1955)
Lot 804
A Waltershausen dolls’ house Gothic chair, with gilt transfer and original light brown velvet upholstery —5in. (13cm.) high (front of seat repaired); two bent-bent-wood chairs; a straw basket; a soft metal mirrored candle sconce, a bisque dog and a restored chaise longue - being sold on behalf of Cancer Research UK
Lot 824
A 1930s home-built dolls’ house, cream and grained painted wooden timbered façade with dummy central front door, keyhole, letter box, skylight and four windows, five windows to each side, pitched shingled roof, central chimney, front opening to reveal four rooms, three rooms with corner wooden fireplaces and mirrored overmantels, two staircases on back wall leading to two attic rooms, accessed by lift-off front roof, original wall papers, period wired for light with oversize light bulbs --33½in. (85cm.) high x 24in. (61cm.) wide x 20½in. (52cm.) deep (slight damage) - being sold on behalf of Cancer Research UK
Lot 102
A very rare Beilby enamelled light baluster wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl finely painted in white enamel with a meandering border of fruiting vine below the rim, traces of gilding to the rim edge, on a tall multi-knopped stem with an angular knop over an annular knop, beaded inverted baluster and small basal knop, over a conical foot, 18.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDarell Thompson-Schwab CollectionOnce known as 'Newcastle' balusters, glasses of this distinctive form are now known to have been manufactured in Holland as well as England. It is possible that the Beilbys imported undecorated light baluster glasses from Holland, as most surviving examples of this shape with Beilby decoration have identical stems. The Beilbys will have been aware that the best glass engravers working in Holland, such as Jacob Sang, favoured the light baluster shape for their most prestigious commissions.Fifteen Beilby decorated wine glasses or goblets of similar shape are recorded, including the present lot. Three others are recorded with vine decoration, including one in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.513-1961), one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.c.625/1936) and one in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag (inv. no.1005203), the former two illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), pp.52 and 57, nos.28 and 33b. The remaining eleven all bear armorials or crests, of which eight have Dutch connections. An important polychrome armorial light baluster wine glass of identical size and form to the present lot was sold by Bonhams on 1 December 2021, lot 142 where a summary of the known armorial examples is detailed in the footnote.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 127
A Dutch engraved light baluster wine glass, circa 1760The round funnel bowl depicting Liberty seated on a grassy bank, holding a liberty pole surmounted by a cap in her right hand, her left arm resting on a square plinth bearing the Leo Belgicus, a putto releasing a bird from a cage beside her, the rim inscribed 'VREDE EN VRYHEIT GEEFT ONS BLYHEIT' (Peace and Freedom Give Us Happiness), on a stem with an angular knop above a beaded inverted baluster and basal knop, over a conical foot, 18.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 128
A fine Dutch engraved armorial light baluster wine glass attributed to Jacob Sang, circa 1760The round funnel bowl finely decorated with the crowned arms of the Admiraliteit van het Noorderkwartier (Admiralty of West Friesland), the shaped shield containing crossed anchors and the letters 'A N', flanked by martial trophies including flags, drums and neat piles of cannonballs, the stem with an angular knop above a beaded inverted baluster and basal knop, over a conical foot, 18.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDwight P Lanmon CollectionThis fine glass has much in common with the small number of other recorded Admiraliteit glasses, some of which are attributed to the celebrated Dutch engraver Jacob Sang. Indeed, the style of the engraving is remarkably similar to that on a glass signed by Sang and dated 1759, formerly in the Guépin Collection sold by Christie's on 5 July 1989, lot 127, which bears the arms of Leiden. This features polished crossed keys on a matt ground beneath a crown all executed in the same manner as the armorial on the present glass.A similar glass bearing the initials 'A A' for the Admiralty at Amsterdam, also attributed to Sang, is illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck and Henrica M Zijlstra-Zweens, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Vol.2 (2002), p.209, no.220. Another for this Admiralty bearing the arms of the Seven United Provinces is illustrated by Hubert Vreeken, Glas in Het Amsterdams Historisch Museum (1998), p.200, no.196. A glass in the Museum Rotterdam bearing the initials 'P P P' for the Admiralty at Rotterdam is illustrated by N I Schadee, Met Rad en Diamant (1989), pp.55-6, no.58 and another, again attributed to Sang, was sold by Bonhams on 17 December 2008, lot 442. Compare also to the impressive goblet for this Admiralty illustrated by Christopher Sheppard and John Smith, Glass from the Restoration to the Regency (1990), p.59, no.84, which also carries a Sang attribution. The present glass would appear to be the only recorded Admiraliteit glass bearing the initials 'A N'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 129
A fine Dutch engraved light baluster 'Friendship' wine glass or goblet, circa 1760The generous round funnel bowl finely decorated with the biblical kings David and Jonathan in embrace, David wearing a crown with a harp at his feet, Jonathan wearing armour and wielding a bow, an arrow at his feet, flanked by flowers and a tree, beneath the Latin inscription 'IDEM VELLE / IDEM NOLLE.' (Same Desires, Same Dislikes), the reverse with a sunburst, the tall multi-knopped stem with a solid cushion knop and teared angular knop above a teared inverted baluster between ball knops, over a neatly folded conical foot, 21.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionThe Book of Samuel describes David's ascent to power and the covenant he formed with Jonathan. David, depicted here with a harp, was famed for his musical ability and he was summoned to play for King Saul. Jonathan, Saul's son, established a close bond with David and gave clothing and armour, including his bow, to Jonathan to formalise the covenant. The relationship between the two men is considered to have been more than platonic. For the Romans, 'Idem Velle, Idem Nolle' was also the definition of friendship.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 131
An exceptional Dutch engraved light baluster goblet, circa 1760The generous round funnel bowl finely engraved with continuous landscape depicting a palatial two-storey buitenplaats (country house), the grand entrance surmounted by a fanlight, the roof with an elaborate balustrade, the reverse with a moated hexagonal theekoepeltje (pavilion or summer house) flanked by rows of trees, cattle in the foreground, the multi-knopped stem with an angular knop above a beaded inverted baluster and basal knop, over a conical foot, 23.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionExhibitedFanfare for Europe: British Art Market Exhibition, Christie's, 1973, no.208Goblets engraved with grand country houses such as this would have been amongst the most prestigious commissions for 18th century Dutch engravers, particularly masters such as Jacob Sang. The panoramas created by the continuous gardens place then amongst the highlights of all Dutch engraved light balusters. A goblet of similar size engraved by Sang with a related view of a Eemlust House with a pavilion, now in Museum Flehite (inv. no.1990-031), is illustrated by Christopher Sheppard and John Smith, Engraved Glass: Masterpieces from Holland (1990), pp.48-9, no.22. A facet-stem goblet with a view of Ionica House, also by Sang, is illustrated by Hubert Vreeken, Glas in het Amsterdams Historisch Museum (1998), p.230, no.241. A moulded-stem goblet engraved with a view of Boschbeek House in a comparable manner to the house on the present glass, notably the matt façade and similar treatment of the rooftiles together with animals including a cow in the grounds, was exhibited at the Nationaal Glasmuseum in Leerdam between October 2012 and February 2013. The identity of the imposing property depicted on the present glass is unclear.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 157
Hope: a stipple engraved goblet by Simon Whistler, executed in 2000The straight-sided bucket bowl engraved with a view of the interior of the Anglo-Saxon Rood set against the interior of Romsey Abbey, the crucifixion with Christ radiating light on the cross, flanked by silhouettes of St. Mary and St. John, flanked by columns beneath a vaulted ceiling, on a plain stem and circular foot, 15.9cm highFootnotes:This goblet was a special commission for Philip Lloyd and intended to portray the notion of 'Hope' springing eternal in the human breast, conveyed through a view of a religious building. The Saxon 'Rood' or Crucifix in Romsey Abbey is a great treasure carved on a stone tablet once encrusted with jewels. Set into the Norman stonework of St. Anne's Chapel, it occupies a central position in the apse immediately behind the altar in the south aisle. The goblet is not recorded in Simon Whistler's catalogue, On a Glass Lightly (2004).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
Lot 202
A collection of fifty-four jasperware medallions, early 19th centuryDepicting the Kings and Queens of England, circular in light blue jasper sprigged in white with the monarchs in profile and mostly crowned, each with an impressed number on the reverse, the set ranging from nos.1-36 (with only no.12 missing) along with many duplicates, each approximately 4cm diam (54)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 203
A rare Liverpool-printed creamware Bidston Hill jug, circa 1789Of ovoid shape with a plain strap handle, printed in black with 'An East View of Liverpool Light House & Signals, on Bidston Hill, 1789', the tower surrounded by 47 numbered flags, above a list with the names of the corresponding ship owners, the reverse with a three-masted ship in full sail, 19cm highFootnotes:The lighthouse at Bidston Hill, one of the highest points on the Wirral, guided ships into the Mersey and the signals alerted those at the docks to which particular merchant's ship was approaching. Slight variations of this print dated 1788 and 1789 were exhibited by the Northern Ceramics Society, Made in Liverpool (1993), pp.120-1, nos.181 and 183. The 1788 example lists 44 flag combinations and the 1789 example 51 combinations. The present example which lists 47, presumably dates from the months in between. A mug in the Harris Museum and Art Gallery is also dated 1789 and signed in the print 'Printed by Joseph Johnson Liverpool'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 222
Four Toby Jugs in traditional style, probably 19th centuryComprising a curious example inspired by the glazes of the Wood Family, his grin accentuated by separate applied teeth, 27cm high, a creamware example with a striped coat, holding a square bottle and a cornucopia-shaped drinking horn, 27cm high, a further traditional model in light coloured glazes, 28cm high, and a smaller Toby Jug of a gentleman seated on a low chair, his separately applied legs of disproportionately small size, 18.5cm high (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 224
Two Staffordshire 'Martha Gunn' Toby Jugs, circa 1810-20Modelled seated and holding a foaming jug and a cup, their black hats worn over white mob caps, one wearing a purple dress trimmed with a light blue collar, the other with a sprigged dress, purple collar and yellow apron, 22.8cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoMartha Gunn was the most famous of the Brighton 'dippers', responsible for assisting the bathers on Brighton beach. Her notoriety was due to her reported friendship with the Prince of Wales who first visited the town in 1783.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 227
A Staffordshire pearlware 'Double Base' Toby Jug, circa 1790Of traditional form and seated on a rare 'Double Base' washed in green, holding a thinly potted jug in both hands, a pipe leaning against his right leg, his eyebrows unusually represented with fine incised lines, his coat picked out in speckled light brown, his shoes and hat in dark brown, the handle and part of the chair picked out in bright yellow, 26.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 273
A South Staffordshire enamel writing box, circa 1765Of rectangular shape, the interior with compartments and containing two glass bottles with enamel tops, decorated with a light sky-blue ground heightened with white diaper pattern and reserving rococo panels, the top finely painted with two 'fancy birds', ducks, a kingfisher and a 'bird on an overturned basket', the side panels with further ducks, pigeons and a finch, 15.5cm wideFootnotes:As with many pieces of early Staffordshire enamel, the painted subjects follow printed designs in use at Birmingham and in Staffordshire at the same period. Some of these birds mirror Robert Hancock prints while the 'fancy birds' may be based on the subject used on a plaque sold by Bonhams on 23 June 2021, lot 111.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 401
A Worcester teapot and cover, circa 1754-56Of globular form with fine strap-fluting and embossed rococo cartouche panels, painted in blue with the 'Indian Fisherman' pattern, the front with a Chinese angler beneath a willow tree, the reverse with a figure in a sampan, flower spays around the border, 13.8cm high, workman's mark of a tiny cross (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceRonald McKnight Melvin CollectionBeechwood Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2016, no.44Robyn Robb CollectionThis is a fine example of a 'panelled' teapot, as listed in Worcester's London Showroom price list circa 1755. The detailed moulding is exceptional and clearly Worcester's decorators appreciated this, for by leaving the moulding in the white without any blue outlines they created a most attractive and light composition. A similar teapot was in the R David Butti Collection sold by Bonhams on 10 May 2006, lot 101.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 454
A rare Bow figure of a Woodcutter, circa 1760Modelled after a Meissen original by J J Kändler as a man splitting wood with an axe, his breeches painted with flowers, his waistcoat in light green with gilded buttons, the rectangular base applied with flowers and leaves, 14.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBrenda Dunning CollectionAnother example is illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures (1992), p.144, fig.141. A Meissen example was sold by Bonhams on 14 May 2008, lot 109.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 479
A pair of Bow models of finches, circa 1753Modelled perched on rocky bases moulded and delicately hand-finished with flowers and leaves, their legs of incredible thinness, one bird in singing attitude with beak open and tail feathers raised, the other in relaxed pose, left in the white, 11cm and 11.8cm high (2)Footnotes:For a similar pair see Rosalie Wise Sharpe, China to Light Up a House, Vol.2 (2015), p.34, no.136.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 578
A Royal Worcester reticulated vase by George Owen, dated 1910The ovoid body intricately pierced with bands of honeycomb and geometric design, further piercing to the slender neck just below the flared rim and to the handles, 16.2cm high, incised signature 'G Owen', printed factory mark and shape number 850 in goldFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 14 March 1991, lot 2644The intricacy of George Owen's piercing on porcelain is frankly astonishing and the aesthetic appeal is matched by the joy in handling something so feather-light.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 68
The Bacchus Goblet: an exceptional engraved ceremonial goblet, circa 1730-40The massive round funnel bowl with a teared base, finely decorated with Bacchus seated astride a barrel, a bunch of grapes raised in his right hand, before a large basket of fruit and flanked by two nude putti, one filling a glass from the cask, the other filling a glass from a decanter bottle held above his head, a branch of fruiting vine to the reverse, within formal stiff-leaf borders, set on a solid cushion knop above a six-sided moulded pedestal stem enclosing an elongated tear, over a heavy domed foot, 28.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceW H P Leslie CollectionHamilton Clements Collection, Sotheby's, 6 November 1930, lot 31William Randolph Hearst Collection, St. Donat's Castle, Sotheby's, 6 March 1953, lot 25W A Evill CollectionSotheby's, 22 June 1964, lot 111Sotheby's, 16 May 1966, lot 171With Arthur ChurchillChristie's, 17 November 1992, lot 146With Delomosne and Son, 28 June 1989Patrick and Mavis Walker CollectionLiteratureLeslie Collection, private catalogue, p.71Francis Buckley, Old English Glass (1925), pl.20L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), nos.981-2ExhibitedCircle of Glass Collectors Commemorative Exhibition 1937-1962, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1962, no.196Worthing Museum, 1968, no.432Strange and Rare, The Glass Circle 50th Anniversary Exhibition 1937-1987, Broadfield House and Pilkington Glass Museums, 1987, p.33, no.115The scene on this remarkable goblet is paralleled by similar depictions of Bacchus astride a barrel found on several glasses and goblets thought to have been engraved by a Continental hand. A related but earlier heavy baluster goblet of similar ceremonial size engraved with a comparable scene of Bacchus bestriding a barrel is in Manchester Art Gallery (inv. no.1920.803), illustrated and discussed by W A Thorpe, 'English Glass at the Manchester City Art Gallery', The Collector, Vol.11 (1930), pp.90-1, fig.2 where the decoration is attributed to a German engraver perhaps working in Berlin. Thorpe also discusses the similarities of the engraving on the present lot to Potsdam engraved glass, particularly the unusual formal borders. A Potsdam goblet engraved with a comparable scene of Bacchus is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Die Glasammlung des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München, Vol.2 (1982), p.252, pl.XXVII, no.813.The decoration on several other surviving glasses suggests that this style of engraving, influenced by earlier German work, is likely to have made its way to the Netherlands before reaching England. Two Dutch engraved light baluster goblets with similar scenes of Bacchus from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection were sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lots 267 and 268 and are illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), pp.97-8, pl.144. Whilst clearly by different hands, the way in which polishing has been used to accentuate certain aspects of the engraving is paralleled on the present goblet, suggesting that a Dutch engraver may have been responsible.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 123
Captain Sir Robert Beaufin Irving, OBE, RNR (Rtd) (1877-1954). A brass map rule inscribed 'Capt R B Irving':, 91.5 x 2.5 x 0.5cm*Notes- Sir Robert joined Cunard in 1904 and during WWI he was mentioned in dispatches for his service at the battle of Jutland on the light cruiser HMS Yarmouth. In 1932 he was marine adie de camp to King George V and took command of RMS Queen Mary in 1937. In 1938 he won renown by docking the Queen Mary without the aid of tug boats by his own judgement and skill and two helpers in a rowboat. In the same year he became Commodore of the Cunard fleet.
Lot 18
A cased model of the canoe yawl 'Crayfish' 1898-1901: fully rigged over detailed deck and cockpit, the hull painted brown to water line and light blue beneath, raised on a wooden plinth with white metal and enamel plaque "BCA (British Canoe Association) Lough Erne. Challenge Cup Winner 1898. 'Crayfish'. Henry Clayton", model dimensions 61 x 60cm, in a glazed case, 73 x 75 x 19cm, together with a framed photograph of 'Crayfish' on Loch Lomond inscribed, framed and glazed, image size 22.5 x 28cm.
Lot 208
HMS Calcutta (D82). A Watch and Quarter Bills book: with manuscript details of watch personnel , guns crews etc, also with some later related ephemera.*Notes- HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser commissioned in 1917. In 1939 she was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser and sunk off the coast of Alexandria by the Luftwaffe in 1941.
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