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Lot 173
RED WINE; five bottles, comprising 1986 Chateau Léoville Baron, 1982 Chateau Lassus Médoc, 1971 Chateau Flaujagues, 1981 Chateau Le Piquat-Montroc, and 1983 Cahors (5). Additional InformationThese five bottles have come from a cellar in Torquay where they have been kept correctly, and infrequently turned.
Lot 2159
A 18ct white gold tourmaline and diamond cluster ring, the oval greenish blue four claw set tourmaline weighing approx 12.5ct and previously assessed as a Paraiba tourmaline within a border of diamonds, ring size M 1/2, approx 9.94g, accompanied with a gemmological certification services document and card and an insurance valuation from 2007. Additional InformationThe ring is hallmarked Birmingham 2006, the diamond total weight is estimated at 0.33ct, clarity SI-I1, colour G/H. The tourmaline has been detailed previously as presumed to be of African origin.
Lot 1251
A SEVRES STYLE CUP AND COVER (3)Late 19th centuryEnamelled with pink roses, the cover with gilt fruit finial, blue painted marks, 10cm high; also a Sevres style blue ground and `jewelled' coffee cup, painted with a titled portrait, `M elle de Sombreuil', painted marks, 7cm highCup and cover- small shallow chip to underside rim of the cover. Minor wear to the gilding.Coffee cup- some wear to the gilding. Minor losses to the `jewelling'
Lot 1763
A 9CT GOLD AND SHELL CAMEO RING AND THREE FURTHER RINGS (4)The shell cameo ring carved as the portrait of a lady, ring size M and a half, a 9ct gold ring, star set with a circular cut garnet, ring size N, a 9ct gold and oval black onyx signet style ring, with floral decoration to the shoulders, ring size Q and a gold and black onyx rectangular ring, detailed 9 CT, applied with an initial, ring size T, gross combined weight 11.6 gms
Lot 1787
A WHITE GOLD AND PLATINUM, DIAMOND SINGLE STONE RINGClaw set with a cushion shaped diamond, detailed 18 CT & PLAT, ring size M, gross weight 3.4 gmsCondition Report;Diamond diameter 7.2mm, approx depth 4.5mm. There is a central pique inclusion beneath the table facet, ring would clean up well. Fairly white stone,
Lot 1799
A SEED PEARL BROOCH AND EIGHT FURTHER ITEMS (9)The curved rectangular brooch with a central glazed hair locket compartment, with a seed pearl surround, a seed pearl and garnet bar brooch, a stick pin, three gold pendant crosses and crucifixes, a 22ct gold wedding ring, ring size M, weight 1.3 gms, a silver charm designed as the standing figure of a lady, (the suspension loop lacking) and a faceted yellow glass miniature scent bottle
Lot 315
MENASHE KADISHMAN (ISRAELI, 1932-2015) (5)Homage to Barnett Newman (Yellow); Homage to Barnett Newman (Blue); Homage to Barnett Newman (Gold)each signed and inscribed 'M Kadishman A/P' set of three screenprintseach 61 x 91cmtogether with Mountain and Yellow Quarry, screenprints by the same hand(5)(unframed)Condition reportPrint with white background has some foxing and surface dirt and some creasing to one corner.Prints lifting/curling at ends where previously rolled up.Others appear in generally fair condition.
Lot 1005A
BMW M6 Coupe RL55NKN 4.9 litter M Sport Miles 83,833. PetrolBMW M6 coupe with full BMW service history, heated seats, navigation, hands free phone, full ivory leather interior, push button start, automatic electric memory seats, full on board computer To satisfy your knowledge of the vehicles condition please come down to our viewing days as followed:Saturday 18th June: 10am-2pmMonday 20th June: 9pm-5pm Tuesday 21st June from 9am- Our buyers premium on all cars, motorbikes and scooters is 10% + VAT. - We encourage any interested parties to inspect the vehicle on our viewing days and prior to sale on Tuesday 21nd to satisfy themselves on the car's condition, please check our buying terms and conditions for cars and bikes available online or via email. - Transportation options may be available, please contact us for a quote.
Lot 1109
1500 GT engine built by c m e s of Wokingham. Overboard x 90. With updated pistons and conrods, fast road cam, gas flow and ported head, updated head bolts, updated clutch and pressure plate, new crank oil pump, twin rebuilt 40s on burton manifolds, full 2" exhaust new, electronic distributer cap and lead, comes with running oil and torque settings and sheet it will give 110 -110 horse power. New timing gear and chain, comes with facet fuel pome and regulator, throttle and cable kit, updated coil pack, new water pump and pulley spare sump and gadget set
Lot 707
By William Welstead, English jewellery designer, an 18 carat hallmarked white gold ring set with large flat asymmetrical diamond with multi faceted top and bottom surfaces with narrow pave diamond border, approximately 19 x 21mm overall, 8.7gm gross, size L / M, diamond with natural cloudy inclusion size L/M
Lot 535
Four Important Polish Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp 1945 Liberation Red Cross cloth dolls, a cloth faced doll with painted features, blonde wool hair, hinged cloth body, traditional costume, red head scarf and yellow felt 'Jude' star armband, written in ink on petticoat 'Dolls name is J. Wessoloski STG17 Bergen Belsan' and a piece of brown paper sewn onto petticoat 'This doll is one of 6 dolls to come out of Belsen signed M. Thompson, Mrs.; F.Smith, Miss; and P. Johnson, Miss' --18½in. (47cm.) high; a stockinette headed and armed cloth doll with large blue painted googly eyes and features, yellow wool hair in two plaits, hinged body in traditional costume, yellow star drawn and painted on right arm, written in ink on petticoat 'P. Micolichic's puppen Bergen Belsen Camp doll' and 'British Red Cross - Caring for people in crisis' paper label sewn to front of petticoat --17in. (43cm.) high; a cloth doll with stitched features, brown wool hair, rigid body in traditional costume, written in ink on inside of dress 'Marie Kitowski' and down leg 'Marie Kitowsk Polish Bergen Belsen', a stitched on remains of paper label to inside of dress 'British Red Cross - Polish Dolls. ....(Made?) by a Polish family interned .......an Prisoncamp, during the ...... World War. The family was....... a British Red Cross and... signed M. Thompson and F. Smith' and hung around her neck a rare 1943 5 Mark Ghetto coin (drilled) --18½in. (47cm.) high; and a cloth doll with painted face with pin pricked features, hinged cloth body in traditional costume and written in ink on right arm '/ de Winter BL29. Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp doll, given to Miss Johnson of the British Red Cross' --19in. (48cm.) high - History - Bergen-Belsen was liberated on the 15th April 1945, a simple internet search will provide you with all the horrific facts, but there was a party of British Red Cross nurses and doctors who stayed and nursed those they could, back to health, so they could leave the camp. They were slowly reintroduced to food and as they gained their strength, the women were given scraps of cloth and made this type of doll. Provenance - these dolls were made by Polish women/girls and six of these dolls were gifted to Mrs Thompson, Miss Johnson and Miss Smith (later Mrs Bailey), Red Cross nurses; one of these women took them to Jackie Wyartt's grandmother in 1953, who ran Birmingham's Dolls' Hospital, Jackie inherited her grandmother's doll collection. Rarely have these dolls been seen in public, for a short while they were toured around England by the Women's Institute (approx 1956-1960) and Jackie also showed them to Anne Frank's father, Otto, in the late 1970s.
Lot 100
A rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The slender round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with a neoclassical temple or folly, four columns supporting a domed roof adorned by a statue of a man holding a staff, in a landscape of trees and shrubs, the rim with faint traces of gilding, the double-series stem with a pair of eight-ply spiral bands around a pair of gauze corkscrews, over a conical foot, 15.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDarell Thompson-Schwab CollectionPavilions in neoclassical style are very rare on Beilby glasses but relate to a series of glasses painted in a similar style with classical ruins, see for example the previous lot in this sale. A handful of examples painted with Chinese pavilions incorporate similar statues holding staffs, see the example illustrated by James Rush, A Beilby Odyssey (1987), p.66, no.25 which was sold by Bonhams as part of the A C Hubbard Jr Collection on 30 November 2011, lot 144 and that illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1987), p.337, no.1100 which was sold in the same sale, lot 139.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 101
A rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist ale glass or mead flute, circa 1765-70The tall round funnel bowl painted in white with a bee-skep or hive resting on a leaf scroll bracket, surrounded by bees in flight, a single flower on a stem with long slender leaves to the reverse, traces of gilding to the rim, the double-series stem with a pair of opaque white corkscrew threads encircled by a seventeen-ply spiral band, on a conical foot, 17.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceW H P Leslie CollectionHenry Brown Collection, Sotheby's, 25 February 1947, lot 63Sir Hugh and Lady Dawson Collection, Christie's, 14 June 1983, lot 99With Maureen ThompsonPeter Meyer Collection, Bonhams, 1 May 2013, lot 66Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionLiteratureLeslie Collection, private catalogue, p.37, no.229W A Thorpe, History of English and Irish Glass (1929), pl.CXXXII, fig.1G Bernard Hughes, English, Scottish and Irish Table Glass (1956), pl.130L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), no.1108ExhibitedDelomosne and Son, Gilding the Lily, 1978, no.64A virtually identical glass, perhaps from the same original set, see the example in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.168-1925) illustrated by James Rush (1973), p.89, no.48a. A small number of other similar glasses enamelled with bee skeps are known, including one from the James Hall Collection with an elongated ogee bowl sold by Bonhams on 17 December 2008, lot 131 and now in Corning Museum of Glass (inv. no.2009.2.4), and another from the Kaplan Collection sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 28 and illustrated by Martine Newby, Eighteenth Century English Glass from the Collection of Julius and Ann Kaplan (1998), p.16, no.11. See also the example from the Robert Lymbery Collection sold by Sotheby's on 11 May 1999, lot 19.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 103
A rare Beilby enamelled wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with a bosky landscape with two ruined arches, both with prominent keystones, a tall classical column to the right, with a gilt rim, on a double-series stem containing a multi-ply corkscrew encircled by a pair of opaque white spiral tapes, over a conical foot, 15cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 26 July 1965, lot 76With Delomosne and SonThomas Arthur Lewis Collection, Christie's, 18 November 1980, lot 133With Maureen ThompsonSotheby's, 21 November 2006, lot 69Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionLiteratureE M Elville, 'The Influence of Newcastle Glass', Country Life Annual (1955), fig.5A wine glass enamelled with two very similar arches was sold by Bonhams on 16 December 2009, lot 61. An example with a single arch is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.337, no.1097. The addition of a single column is an unusual feature.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 104
A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The ogee bowl painted in opaque white with a long-tailed 'fancy bird', perhaps a pheasant or a peahen, its foot resting on a ball, a tree to the left and a small insect in flight to the reverse, on a double-series stem with a multi-ply corkscrew within a pair of heavy spiral tapes, over a conical foot, 14.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 1 November 1982, lot 41Ron and Mary Thomas Collection, Bonhams, 4 June 2008, lot 171Chris Crabtree Collection, Bonhams, 16 December 2009, lot 68Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionAn almost identical example from the Robert Lymbery Collection, sold by Sotheby's on 11 May 1999, lot 11, is illustrated by both James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.84, pl.44b and L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.338, no.1104. For a glass with similar decoration on a round funnel bowl, see that sold by Bonhams on 19 May 2010, lot 26.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 105
A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with a landscape containing pyramidal obelisk on a square pedestal, flanked by trees and shrubs, a flock of birds in flight to the left, the reverse with a winged insect, very faint traces of gilding to the rim edge, set on a double-series stem with two pairs of spiral threads encircled by a fifteen-ply spiral band, over a conical foot, 14.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDarell Thompson-Schwab CollectionA glass with similar decoration is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.337, no.1099.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 107
A fine and rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with a pyramid in a bosky landscape, a row of four poplar trees to the left, faint traces of gilding to the rim, the double-series stem with a pair of spiral tapes encircled by an eighteen-ply spiral band, over a conical foot, 15.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceHorridge Collection, Jackson-Stops and Staff, 30 November 1959, lot 165Sir Hugh and Lady Dawson Collection, Christie's, 14 June 1983, lot 104With Delomosne and Son, 12 June 2010Basil Jefferies Collection, Bonhams, 12 November 2014, lot 62Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionLiterature:L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.335, no.1092A handful of other Beilby glasses decorated with pyramids are known, see for example lots 96 and 114 in this sale. The incorporation of poplar trees, which are also found on several other Beilby glasses painted with landscapes, enhances the rural idyll which was so popular at the time.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 110
A rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl finely painted in opaque white with a landscape vignette depicting a shepherd standing before a tree, leaning upon his staff with his legs slightly crossed, gazing towards two sheep in front of him, one standing and the other recumbent, on a double-series stem with a pair of spiral threads encircled by a pair of eight-ply spiral bands, over a conical foot, 15.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceFrances L Dickson CollectionSir Hugh and Lady Dawson Collection, Christie's, 14 June 1983, lot 110 (part)Peter Meyer Collection, Bonhams, 1 May 2013, lot 67Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionLiteratureW A Thorpe, History of English and Irish Glass (1929), pl.CXXXII, fig.2L M Bickerton, 18th Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.333, no.1084ExhibitedDelomosne and Son, Gilding the Lily, 1978, no.74 (part)This charming glass is one of a set, each decorated with pastoral scenes. All have identical stems and lack gilding to the rims. Three of these are shown together by Delomosne and Son in their 1978 catalogue, one of which is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.333, no.1088 and constitutes lot 111 in this sale. The third was sold by Bonhams as part of the Peter Meyer Collection on 1 May 2013, lot 68. A fourth example is illustrated on p.333, no.1887. A glass with a slightly different stem which is painted with a virtually identical scene to that on the present lot is illustrated by Derek C Davis and Keith Middlemas, Coloured Glass (1968), p.59. A 1774 ink and wash drawing signed by William Beilby in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.E.114-1961) featuring a very a shepherd in a very similar pose is illustrated by Simon Cottle, 'William Beilby and the Art of Glass', The Glass Circle Journal, Vol.9 (2001), p.38, pl.9. For a glass with a related scene of a shepherd playing a flute, see lot 108 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 111
A rare Beilby enamelled wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with a landscape featuring a sheep and two goats with amusingly long horns, one standing and the other recumbent, a tree before a fence to the right, on a double-series stem with a pair of opaque white spiral threads within a pair of eight-ply spiral bands, over a conical foot, 15cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceFrances L Dickson CollectionSir Hugh and Lady Dawson Collection, Christie's, 14 June 1983, lot 112Sotheby's, 7 May 2002, lot 156Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.334, no.1088ExhibitedDelomosne and Son, Gilding the Lily, 1978, no.74 (part)This attractive glass is one of a set of glasses each decorated with different pastoral scenes, see the footnote to the previous lot in this sale. A virtually identical glass from this set is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.333, no.1087.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 113
A rare Beilby enamelled Port decanter, circa 1765-70Of shouldered form, painted in opaque white with a foliate scrollwork cartouche inscribed 'PORT' and suspended from a chain around the neck simulating a wine label, pendant fruiting vine below, a butterfly beneath a band of leaf scrolls on the neck, the reverse with a spray of three flowers amongst slender leaves, 24.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceHartshorne CollectionWyatt CollectionBonhams, 15 December 2010, lot 53Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionLiteratureDerek C Davis and Keith Middlemas, Coloured Glass (1968), p.65L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.348, no.1136ExhibitedThe Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761 to 1778, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1980 no.5A related pair of armorial decanters labelled 'PORT' and 'MADEIRA' in a very similar manner are in Philadelphia Museum of Art (inv. nos.1953-29-34 and 1953-29-35), illustrated by E M Elville, English Table Glass (1951), p.120, pl.67. For Beilby enamelled port decanters of 'sugarloaf' form see W A Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass (1929), pl.CXXXI, fig.2 and Andy McConnell, The Decanter (2004), p.135, pl.192(3), the latter sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2010, lot 151.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 119
A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The flared trumpet bowl painted in opaque white with a band of fruiting vine below a gilded rim, on a single-series multi-spiral stem and conical foot, 17.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDarell Thompson-Schwab CollectionAn almost identical glass in the Philadelphia Museum of Art is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.47, no.27. Two further examples are illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.344, nos.1121 and 1122. See also that from the Ron and Mary Thomas Collection sold by Bonhams on 4 June 2008, lot 169.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 121
A rare enamelled Masonic tumbler attributed to Beilby, dated 1779The tapering bucket form with a solid base, one side inscribed 'I*M 1779' in opaque white, within an elaborate scrollwork and floral cartouche, the other side with the Square and Compasses enclosing the letter 'G' in yellow, red and white, the sides with foliate sprigs, 9.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDarell Thompson-Schwab CollectionA tumbler of similar size and form inscribed and dated 'M*BELL 1778' in Corning Museum of Glass (inv. no.79.2.71) may be one of the latest datable pieces of glass from the Beilby workshop, see Simon Cottle, 'William Beilby and the Art of Glass', The Glass Circle Journal, Vol.9 (2001), p.34. William Beilby is known to have still been living in Newcastle in 1778 and we know for certain that he had moved to London by 1779, together with his sister Mary, see James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), pp.119 and 122 and Cottle (2001), p.35. No further glass appears to have been decorated by the family after this. The present tumbler bears similarities to several Masonic tumblers decorated in the Beilby workshop in a similar style and palette a decade or so earlier, see the previous lot in this sale, raising the possibility that it may be by a Beilby hand. If William Beilby made the move to London early in 1779, when he is first recorded in Battersea, this may therefore represent the latest dated piece of glass attributable Beilby workshop.For 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 148
A Venetian 'Inghistera' vase by Salviati and Co, circa 1880In smelze glass, of bottle form, splashed and streaked with a profusion of colours including red, yellow, white, green, blue and aventurine on a jet-black ground, the compressed baluster form with a tall tapering neck and spreading trumpet foot folded at the rim, 17.6cm highFootnotes:This shape of vase is known as an Inghistera in Italian. A Salviati smelze example of similar size in Stanford University is illustrated by Carol M Osborne, Venetian Glass in the 1890s (2009), p.89, no.66. Two larger examples were sold by Bonhams in New York as part of the Martin Cohen Collection, 6-7 October 2021, lots 234 and 235. For other pieces in the smelze technique see A Bova et al., I colori di Murano nell'800 (1999), p.156, nos.131-4.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 200
A Wedgwood black basalt potpourri vase and cover, circa 1805-10Of squat campana form with two high loop handles, encaustic-painted in terracotta and white enamels with a formal palmette and stiff leaf borders, the pierced cover further picked out in subdued enamels, 23.6cm diam including handles, impressed WEDGWOOD (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceMr and Mrs Samuel Victor Collection, Sotheby's New York, 10 March 1978, lot 143Zorensky Collection, Bonhams, 23 October 2013, lot 52An illustration of the probable source of this vase shape is in William Hamilton's 1766 work Antiquités Etrusques, Grecques, et Romaines Tirées du Cabinet du M. William Hamilton, Vol.2, pl.39. An example with similar decoration is in the Winterthur Museum (inv. no.2000.60).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 241
A fine pair of Liverpool enamel plaques, circa 1758-60By John Sadler, of upright oval form, printed in black with half-length portraits of 'Frederick III. King of Prussia, Done from an Original painted at Berlin in 1756' and 'The Right Honble Wm Pitt Esq, One of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State and One of His most Honble Privy Councillors', both signed 'J.Sadler Liverpl Enaml', in turned wood frames with gilt slips, 15.3cm high excluding frames (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceBunny and Paul Davies CollectionThe portrait of the King of Prussia actually depicts Frederick II, the engraver having erroneously described him as Frederick III. A very similar plaque is illustrated by Joseph M Handley, English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels (1991), p.289. Another example of the portrait of William Pitt from the Norman Stretton Collection was sold by Phillips on 21 February 2001, lot 316.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 25
A very rare octagonal sealed wine bottle, dated 1738Of 'Rectangular Octagonal Cylinder' form in olive-green glass, the long tapering neck trailed with a string rim, with a finely moulded seal inscribed 'J M/ Reeve/ 1738' in script neatly applied to the narrow side, a shallow 'kick-up' to the smooth underside, 26.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 22 February 1988David Burton CollectionLiteratureDavid Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.664-5A number of these extremely rare sealed rectangular octagonal bottles have been discovered in America or feature in American collections, suggesting that they may be associated with US families. Indeed, Reeve was a common surname in Virginia and other colonial outposts in the 1730s, although the identity of J M Reeve is unclear. One other bottle of identical octagonal form bearing this seal is recorded, from a US collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 384
A good Worcester coffee cup, circa 1753-54Of quatrelobed shape, the crisply moulded double-scrolled handle with raised thumbrest, the front panel delicately painted with a gesturing Chinese figure holding a parasol, the side panels with flowering plants growing from rockwork, a crested bird perched on one of the branches, 6.7cm high, incised numeral 5Footnotes:ProvenanceA J Smith CollectionGwen and Ronald McKnight Melvin Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2007, no.14M Warburton CollectionRobyn Robb CollectionThe elegant handle speaks of influences from contemporary rococo silver. An example with a less elaborate handle is illustrated and discussed by Sandon and Spero, The Zorensky Collection (1996), p.83, no.28. The incised '5' to the underside of the present lot is a most unusual feature on early Worcester.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 390
A Bow botanical plate, circa 1756-58Of octagonal shape with gently indented corners, painted with a large botanical specimen of a Jacobean lily, the rim with two winged insects, a caterpillar and floral sprigs, with a brown line rim, 23cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceM Dudley Westropp Collection, Bonhams, 5 March 2003, lot 66Private Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2012, no.15Judy and Phelps Bell Collection, Bonhams, 20 November 2019, lot 184Robyn Robb CollectionThe flower is after an engraving by Vallet. The treatment of the insects on this plate is reminiscent of the work of the Bow painter James Welsh. A comparable pair of slightly earlier plates is illustrated by Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain (1982), p.90, no.130.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 40
A rare baluster mead or champagne glass, early 18th centuryThe distinctive 'U' shaped bowl moulded with a ring of fourteen evenly spaced basal flutes or gadroons, on a teared stem with a cushion knop above an inverted baluster and basal knop, over a conical folded foot, 14.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams Edinburgh, 6 December 2007, lot 1303With Delomosne and Son, 14 June 2008Patrick and Mavis Walker CollectionThese are popularly known as mead glasses, but mead was rarely drunk in Britain and it is more likely they were inspired by Continental roemers used for Rhenish wine, see Dwight Lanmon, The Golden Age of English Glass (2011), p.93. The more open form of the bowl on this glass makes it rarer than the more usual ovoid examples. Related glasses are illustrated by Delomosne and Son, The Baluster Family (1985), p.55, no.26c and by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.59, no.37.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 41
A good heavy baluster goblet, circa 1710The conical bowl solid at the base, on a stem with a wide angular knop with a small central tear extending into a basal ball knop, over a folded conical foot, 20.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Delomosne and Son, 10 November 2008Patrick and Mavis Walker CollectionA similar goblet is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.69, no.73.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 43
A heavy baluster wine glass, circa 1710-20The slightly waisted bell bowl with a solid base, over a long solid true baluster or drop knop stem, above a short plain section and domed folded foot, 16.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Delomosne and Son, 12 June 2010Patrick and Mavis Walker CollectionA similar glass from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), pp.33-4, pl.23(b) and was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 36. See also the example illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.74, no.91.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 442
A rare Bow botanical plate, circa 1760Of octagonal shape and small size, painted in so-called 'Hans Sloane' style with a fruiting branch of damsons or sloes, surrounded by a smaller fruit sprig, a loose fruit, a moth and another winged insect, the rim edged in chocolate brown, 19.6cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 21 March 1979, lot 130Brenda Dunning CollectionA related pair of plates is illustrated by Anton Gabszewicz, Made at New Canton (2000), p.74, pl.61. Other Bow octagonal plates painted with flowers and insects but not fruit were in the M Dudley Westropp Collection sold by Bonhams on 5 March 2003, lots 66-9.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 47
A good baluster wine or cordial glass, circa 1720The flared trumpet bowl with a deep solid base enclosing a tear, supported by a collar above a double-annulated knop, the stem with a true baluster containing two tears, between shoulder and basal knops, over a conical folded foot, 16.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMichael Parkington Collection, Christie's, 16 October 1997, lot 7With Delomosne and Son, 18 October 1997Patrick and Mavis Walker CollectionA similar glass from the collection of Harvey's Wine Museum is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.86, no.135 and was sold by Bonhams on 1 October 2003, lot 113.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 49
A fine heavy baluster dram glass, circa 1715The round funnel bowl with a solid base enclosing a tear, above a large triple-annulated knop and teared short plain section with a solid basal knop, over a domed foot, 13.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJohn Towse CollectionWith Delomosne and Son, 11 June 2014Patrick and Mavis Walker CollectionA virtually identical glass is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.72, no.83.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 51
A rare baluster wine glass, circa 1710The unusual cup-shaped double ogee bowl with a solid base, on a teared inverted baluster stem and conical folded foot, 13.8cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 15 December 1998, lot 167James Hall Collection, Bonhams, 17 December 2008, lot 57With Jeanette Hayhurst, 26 September 2009Patrick and Mavis Walker CollectionA very similar glass is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.65, no.57. A glass with a bowl of similar form on a drop knopped stem in the A C Hubbard Jr Collection is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), pp.33-4, pl.24(b) and was sold by Bonhams on 20 November 2011, lot 29.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 55
A rare baluster wine glass, circa 1725The flared bell bowl with a solid base, on a well-formed seven-ringed annulated stem composed of a large central knop flanked by knops in graduating sizes, above a short plain section and basal knop, over a conical folded foot, 15.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith A Henning, 21 October 1979Patrick and Mavis Walker CollectionA very similar glass was sold by Bonhams on 8 December 2004, lot 11 and another from the Graham Vivian Collection on 1 December 2021, lot 116. Compare also to the examples illustrated by W A Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass (1929), pl.LXXXVIII, fig.3 and by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.70, no.77.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 569
A Minton Art Pottery charger, dated 1871Decorated in various coloured clays tooled in shallow relief underglaze, with Venus standing naked on an egg and beating a drum while four Cupids emerge from further newly hatched eggs, one Cupid holding a heart, surrounded by a slender jewelled chain and doves in flight, 34.5cm diam, impressed marks with date cipherFootnotes:The subject and treatment of coloured clay is reminiscent of the work of the brothers Frederick Rhead and George W Rhead. Both had arrived at Minton around 1870 and were pupils of W S Coleman and M L Solon.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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