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Lot 734
An English lead planter in Neoclassical taste, probably 18th century, the square section body cast with Bacchanalian putti and hounds in relief and rams' masks to the corners, raised on bun feet, 15.5cm high, 59cm squareProvenance: Property of a Private Family CollectionCondition Report: This planter bears the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age and use, including some weathering to the underside. The bottom of the planter has curved downwards, and the feet are slightly bent. The sides are also quite bent and have some irregularities to the interior surface, commensurate with age and the softness of the material. The masks and feet appear to have been attached with a solder of some form, though this is likely contemporaneous with manufacture.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 438
Y A Regency mahogany, rosewood and gilt metal mounted jardiniere or planter, circa 1815, 84cm high, the top 59cm diameter overallCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use, The liner has deteriorated and corroded, Dreweatts cannot guarantee how well it will retain water or moisture. the handles have perished. It is removable and could probably be replaced but the sourcing would be up to the purchaser. the liner is approx. 8cm deep overallScuffs and wear to the reeded edges, Some splits and cracksPolish deposits to the deeper areas of the gilt metal, some discolouration alsoSome water marks and stainingCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 65
Decorative ceramics - a Crown Staffordshire miniature loving cup; various trinket dishes including Royal Crown Derby 2451, Olde Avesbury, Derby Posies patterns, Wedgwood, Royal Worcester etc. Wedgwood jasperware planter, metal mounted jug; a Wedgwood embossed Queens ware jug; a pair of Japanese satsuma vases;
Lot 96
* Machell (Thomas, 1824-1862). Two autograph letters signed, 1850 & 1851, both written to Mrs John Ditmas, from Rooderpore Factory, Bongong: the first dated November 12th 1850, apologising for tardiness in writing, reminiscing that it was 2 years to the day since the writer was staying with Mrs Ditmas on his birthday, mentioning the enduring of trials, disappointments, and being "neglected and almost insulted by those at whose hands I had a right to expect at least courtesy", before detailing a change of fortune whereby "I am again an Indigo planter and have just been given the charge of six factories", going on to paint a picture in words of the remote terrain of plains, swamps, howling jackals, native huts, rice and indigo crops, with details such as a grim looking old alligator eyeing up the local children, and describing in detail the lonely life of the "much abused Planter" and his numerous responsibilities and yearnings for home, first page with border of vignettes in brown ink, depicting various sights pertaining to the writer's travels, including a tiger, a whale, elephants, a view of Tenerife, a large sailing ship in the Bay of Bengal, stormy seas at The Cape of Good Hope, etc., mostly captioned beneath, e.g. '"Adieu my native Land"', 'Land ho! Maderia', 'Round the Cape', etc., written in black ink to all 4 sides of a bifolium, several folds, with address 'Minster Yard, York, England' on final page, accompanied by various indistinct ink postal stamps, first leaf splitting slightly at one fold, second leaf with several small holes, and subsequent loss of a number of letters, leaf size 24.8 x 20cm, the second undated, but with ink postal stamp 'Bongong' dated 1 Decr 1851 in manuscript, and reference made to the letter again being written on 12th November, the writer's birthday, followed by childhood memories of "the young Machells" visiting the "little Miss Ditmases", and their antics in the nursery, e.g. hanging "their playfellows dolls out of the window", going on to write of the onerous duties of supervising a mixed race of "Mohammedans and Hindus" - "exercising an almost patriarchal sway over them I find myself in the position of Father Priest and Physician", and describing the widely varied nature and attitudes of his fellow Planters, first page headed with a pen, ink, & wash sketch of a large 2-storey thatched building with verandahs, beside a tree, written in brown ink to most of the 4 sides of a bifolium, with oval blindstamp 'Rolland Frères Fabr. Bordeaux', several folds, with address on final page as above, and ink postal stamps, including Calcutta and York, some small splits in folds, leaf size 26.6 x 21.2cmQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Mrs Mary Ann Ditmas (born circa 1802), wife of John Ditmas; passed to her daughter Georgiana Townesend née Ditmas, wife of George Fyler Townesend; and thence by descent. These two interesting letters give a fascinating insight into the period explorer Thomas Machell spent as manager of the Rooderpore indigo estate in India in the middle of the 19th century. The British Library holds a collection of letters, many of them illustrated, written by Machell to his father over the course of his eventful lifetime of travel. These "Talking Papers" as Machell called them, totalling almost 3000 pages, describe such exploits as: witnessing the first Opium War in Hong Kong; a narrow escape from the wrath of a Polynesian cannibal whose daughter he had seduced on the Marquesas Islands; presiding over coffee plantations; travels with Muslim merchants; and managing bullock trains transporting goods across Central India. In these two letters to an old family friend, as well as describing details of the surrounding terrain and his occupation, the explorer writes sensitively about the indigenous people amongst whom he works, and wistfully of the people back home. Mrs Ditmas had two daughters who never married, Mary Henrietta and Fanny, both of whom lived with her all their lives as did her servant Mrs Radcliffe. All three are mentioned by Machell in his letters, and he seems to make especial mention of Fanny in particular. Thomas Machell would no doubt be delighted that these two letters have come to light; he had aspirations to be a travel writer, and had planned to write a book on indigo as well an autobiographical novel. Presciently, in 1851 he wrote: "…mayhap the words carelessly written at Rooderpore factory will be lighted upon in some musty library in the twentieth century". (Jenny Balfour-Paul, Deeper Than Indigo: Tracing Thomas Machell, Forgotten Explorer , 2015)
Lot 315
A Moorcroft Pottery planter decorated in the 'Hibiscus' pattern on a yellow ground, impressed marks and green signature for Walter Moorcroft, height 13cm, a small Moorcroft vase of baluster form, painted with berries on branches, impressed marks and painted initial JPB, a pin dish in the 'Hibiscus' pattern on green ground, paper label to base and a pin dish in 'Magnolia' pattern on a cream ground with modern impressed marks (4).
Lot 455
A group of ceramics, including a Hummel figure boy with toothache, crested china model of a British tank, Arms of Nottingham., model of a Super Zeppelin., Watchman's lantern, and a pepperette, a pair of Burmese glass vases decorated with Fuchsia, Empire ware water jug and a Poole pottery curved planter traditionally painted with flowers. (9)
Lot 529
DOULTON SILICON WARE PLANTER, of large proportions, decorative with continuous bands of roundels, fan shapes and other symbols in shades of blue on a beige ground, dated 1884, impressed marks, 25.5cm high, 32cm diameter, along with a Doulton three handled planter, of ovoid shape, with incised spiral designs and on three feet, impressed mark to interior, 14cm high
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