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Lot 1230
A PAIR OF DERBY FIGURES OF A PIPING SHEPHERD AND COMPANION (2)Circa 1765-70 Each standing before a flowering bocage, he playing the recorder with a dog at his feet, the young girl holding a posy of flowers with a recumbent lamb at her feet, 23cm highMale- restoration to the tip of the recorder and his left thumb. Minor losses to ends of his left hand fingers.Typical losses to the bocageFemale- Loss to one of the scrolls on the reverse of the base. Some restoration and some typical losses to the bocage
Lot 1226
THREE STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURES OF MUSICIANS (3)Early 19th century Comprising; a young man playing the french horn and a woman with a tambourine, each raised on a square base and figure of a bagpiper standing on a mound base, sizes 22cm to 26cm high. Provenance: The first two with Elias Clark Antiques, SurreyHorn player- some restoration to hat and plume and to the horn. Possibly some repainting to the black enamel. Minor flaking of enamels. Small chip to underside of footrimTambourine player- some chips to hat and left sleeve. Minor wear to enamels. Some chips around the baseBagpiper- mouhpiece of bagpipe lacking
Lot 1325
A French boxed doll’s Toilette set, the burgundy paper-covered wooden box with label of children playing ‘Les Quilles’, opening to reveal pink lining with mirror, porcelain jug and basin, two brushes and two bottles —10in. (25.5cm.) wide (nine empty compartments); a UFDC New Orleans 1998 Lisette by Cathy Hansen all-bisque dolls’ house doll in Sac du Voyage with certificate and clothes pattern, in original box; a recent card of doll’s toilette, a wooden violin and recent pedlar’s tray
Lot 304
A set of Benbros hollow-cast lead Richard Greene’s Robin Hood and his Merry Men 1950s, hand-painted comprising Robin Hood firing arrow —3in. (8cm.) high, Much the Miller’s son, Will Scarlet (missing top of staff), Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marion, two men at arms, Sheriff of Nottingham, Bishop of Hereford and a deer (good); a Pepys playing cards and Barratt & Co cards
Lot 417
Games and Card Games, Jaques & Son - The World Parliament or Vote by Ballot, Candid Confessions and The National Gallery, in original boxes; a H N Myers & Co Ups & Downs, a Chad Valley Fleet Street and Parker Brothers The Game of Great Artists, in original boxes; Hunt & Sons playing cards; Halma board and wooden box; a Jacques red and black leather rolled Portable B.C.D. Board with draft pieces, in case; empty The Auction House box, cribbage board and unboxed Who Buys?
Lot 245
Enid Blyton’s Famous Five and Secret Seven, Famous Five - Five Go Down to the Sea, Five Get into Trouble and The Famous Five Big Book, with dust jackets and two sets of playing cards; Secret Seven - The Secret Seven, The Secret Seven Adventure, Good Work Secret Seven, Secret Seven Win Through, Puzzle for Secret Seven, Fun for Secret Seven and Three Cheers for Secret Seven, all with dust jackets and a pack of playing cards; and The Adventurous Four and The Adventurous Four Again with dust jackets (some slight wear); and two recent Enid Blyton Story and Famous Five Survival Guide
Lot 1474
A Leopold Lambert Marquis smoker automaton, with Tete Jumeau bisque head, fixed brown glass eyes, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig, bisque forearms, carton body, figured-velvet base with Lambert key and tune-sheet, the going-barrel movement with bellows playing one air and causing him to raise a bone cheroot holder to his lips, look from side to side and raise his head to exhale smoke, in original printed satin waistcoat, bottle green satin tailcoat with red lining, lace jabot and red breeches with fob —23 1/2in. (60cm.) high (restored two fingers, some fraying to clothes and front of breeches and one corner of base patched) - see Christian Bailly, (1993), Automates (exhibition catalogue), page 99
Lot 4
Hollow-cast lead nursery rhyme and children book characters, comprising Pixyland-Kew Old Mother Hubbard and her cat playing a violin (fair, repainting to shawl), a small scale Pixyland-Kew Robinson Crusoe, a Segel Dick Whittington and his cat, an unknown shoe house, two Raco Little Red Riding Hoods; and a repainted Pixyland-Kew Old Mother Hubbard and her dog
Lot 100
A very rare Dutch stipple-engraved light baluster goblet by J Wolff, circa 1760The round funnel bowl with a slightly flared rim, finely decorated with a man seated at one end of a bench playing a lute, an elegantly dressed lady seated at the other with an open book on her lap, between them a jug and two glass flutes before a vase of flowers, a dog seated on a chequered floor at their feet looking up towards her, the slender stem with a central knop between opposing solid balusters, over a domed foot, 22.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceLempertz, Cologne, 12 June 1958, lot 827Walter F Smith Collection, Sotheby's, 18 March 1968, lot 416Anthony Waugh Collection, Sotheby's, 28 April 1980, lot 210Sotheby's, 24 November 1986, lot 56Sotheby's, 30 November 1999, lot 201Chris Crabtree CollectionLiteratureF G A M Smit, 'Punktierbilder auf Glas: Holländische Meister des Gestippten Glases im 18. Jahrhundert', Weltkunst 52(19) (1982), pp.2620-4F G A M Smit, Uniquely Dutch Eighteenth-Century Stipple-Engravings on Glass (1993), p.147, no.Eb.26Exhibited300 Years of British Glass 1675-1975, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Museum, 14 June 1975, no.210The present glass is one of just twenty glasses by this unknown engraver recorded by Smit. Two more can be added to this oeuvre, including a goblet sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 132 and lot 101 in this sale. For an overview of J Wolff's identity and technique, see the footnotes to these lots.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 154
An English delftware Popish Plot tile, circa 1680-1700Painted in manganese with 'The body of Sir E.B.G carry'd to Prim rose hill on a Horse', the supposed murderers Robert Green, Lawrence Hill and Henry Berry taking the slumped body of magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey to the foot of Primrose Hill, his corpse depicted a second time lying run through with his own sword, 12.8cm squareFootnotes:ProvenanceFelton House, North SomersetThe Five of Spades playing card is the source for this tile.On 28 September 1678 Titus Oates and Israel Tonge, a fanatic protestant minister implicit in the fabrication of the Popish Plot, presented their testimony to magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. The disappearance of Godfrey on 12 October and the subsequent discovery of his dead body at Primrose Hill five days later caused uproar and those seeking to benefit from the exposure of a Catholic Plot stoked the fire. It was assumed that Godfrey was murdered by the Jesuits in connection with his taking Oates' and Tonge's deposition.Other playing cards from the same series depict Godfrey's supposed murder by Green, Berry and Hill. The perjured evidence given by Oates, William Bedloe and Miles Prance was enough to condemn the three men. Lord Chief Justice, Sir William Scroggs presided over the trial and did very little to supress his anti-Catholic bias. The three of spades depicts the 'murderers' hanging from the gallows. The true circumstances of Godfrey's death remain unsolved, but suicide has been presented as more than likely.The Felton House Tiles: Important English delftware tiles depicting the Popish Plot, circa 1680-1700The 'discovery' of the Popish Plot in the autumn of 1678 and the subsequent trials, political upheaval and mass hysteria that erupted in England, reads like a modern-day soap opera. The supposed Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, replace him with his papist brother James, Duke of York, and overthrow the Protestant establishment turned out to be the invention of a disreputable priest named Titus Oates, whose many lies and inventions appealed to the anti-Catholic sentiment of the time. Oates was eventually convicted of perjury, but not before over a dozen innocent men were executed and others imprisoned, as the flames of anti-Catholic hatred and suspicion were fanned throughout the country.A set of playing cards depicting various scenes from the plot, printed from engravings by Francis Barlow, was first advertised in the newspaper True Domestick Intelligence in December 1679. A complete set of these Popish Plot playing cards is in the British Museum (inv. no.1896,0501.915.1-52). These designs were subsequently copied onto some of the earliest delftware tiles produced in England. The timing of the plot coincides with a warrant granted to the Dutch potter, Jan Ariens van Hamme, who had come to London'to exercise his trade and calling of making Tiles...after the way practised in Holland...whichhath not been practised in this our kingdome'.Several distinct versions of Popish Plot tiles were produced. One of these is painted in blue and the scenes are reserved in circular panels. These blue and white tiles have corner motifs and include inscriptions copied directly from the playing cards. See Frank Britton, London Delftware (1987), p.176 where three such tiles are illustrated. Anthony Ray suggests that these blue painted tiles were probably made at Vauxhall by van Hamme, who died in 1680, see English Delftware Tiles (1973), p.35. When found in manganese, each scene fills the available space save for a rectangular reserve at the bottom of each tile. An extremely rare set of twenty-one manganese Popish Plot tiles, matching the Felton House Tiles, was sold by Sotheby's on 15 March 1971, lot 21. A single tile depicting 'The Consult at Somerset House' was sold by Bonhams on 21 May 2014, lot 21. It has been suggested that the manganese examples were made a few years after their blue counterparts. However, the discovery of the Felton House Tiles adds weight to the argument that these were produced much closer to 1680, whilst the satirical playing cards were still topical. Indeed, close examination of the tiles show that they were copied from a deck of the Popish Plot playing cards and not from the blue and white versions.Felton House in North Somerset is a late 17th century house, confirmed by a date stone for 1684. Recent restoration of the building involved the removal of a mid-18th century fireplace which revealed an earlier fireplace behind, retaining the remains of other Popish Plot tiles from this set. The seven tiles included in this sale were removed from the fireplace in the 1950s and were recently discovered tucked away in a box. Presumably they were installed around 1684 - the date inscribed on the datestone - when the furore of the plot was still fresh in the country's consciousness. King Charles II died just a year later and the fear upon which the fictitious plot was based came to be realised; Charles II was succeeded by his brother who became king James II of England and James VI of Scotland, a Catholic monarch.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 158
An English delftware Popish Plot tile, circa 1680-1700Painted in manganese with an interior scene, 'Capt Berry and Alderman Brookes are offer'd 500l to cast the Plot on the Protestants', two papists, possibly Netterville and Russell, approaching Bury and Brooks, and holding a money bag, 12.8cm squareFootnotes:ProvenanceFelton House, North SomersetThe Six of Clubs playing card is the source for this tile.In early 1679, the Secretary of State, Sir Joseph Williamson heard two depositions later published as 'A True narrative of the late design of the papists to charge their horrid plot upon the protestants by endeavouring to corrupt Captain Bury and Alderman Brooks of Dublin, and to take off the evidence of Mr Oats and Mr Bedlow'.Captain John Bury spoke of a Mr Netterville and an Irishman, Mr Russell, who encouraged him to take a bribe of £500 to assassinate the King and turn the focus of the plot away from the Catholics. Alderman William Brooks told Williamson that when speaking to the same Mr Netterville on 16 January that year'...he told me, if I would but joyn and assist to villify the Evidence of Oats and Bedlow, those two Rogues',then he too would be rewarded. Bury and Brooks were presented as upstanding royalists, defending the Protestant faith by coming forward with this information. Their implication that the £500 offered to kill the King ultimately came from 'the Lords', namely the Catholic peer William Howard, Lord Stafford, contributed to the trial and eventual execution of Stafford on 29 December 1680. Titus Oates corroborated this 'evidence', stating he had seen a letter from the Pope naming Stafford as a conspirator to kill the King. Lord Stafford was beatified as a Catholic martyr in 1929.The Felton House Tiles: Important English delftware tiles depicting the Popish Plot, circa 1680-1700The 'discovery' of the Popish Plot in the autumn of 1678 and the subsequent trials, political upheaval and mass hysteria that erupted in England, reads like a modern-day soap opera. The supposed Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, replace him with his papist brother James, Duke of York, and overthrow the Protestant establishment turned out to be the invention of a disreputable priest named Titus Oates, whose many lies and inventions appealed to the anti-Catholic sentiment of the time. Oates was eventually convicted of perjury, but not before over a dozen innocent men were executed and others imprisoned, as the flames of anti-Catholic hatred and suspicion were fanned throughout the country.A set of playing cards depicting various scenes from the plot, printed from engravings by Francis Barlow, was first advertised in the newspaper True Domestick Intelligence in December 1679. A complete set of these Popish Plot playing cards is in the British Museum (inv. no.1896,0501.915.1-52). These designs were subsequently copied onto some of the earliest delftware tiles produced in England. The timing of the plot coincides with a warrant granted to the Dutch potter, Jan Ariens van Hamme, who had come to London'to exercise his trade and calling of making Tiles...after the way practised in Holland...whichhath not been practised in this our kingdome'.Several distinct versions of Popish Plot tiles were produced. One of these is painted in blue and the scenes are reserved in circular panels. These blue and white tiles have corner motifs and include inscriptions copied directly from the playing cards. See Frank Britton, London Delftware (1987), p.176 where three such tiles are illustrated. Anthony Ray suggests that these blue painted tiles were probably made at Vauxhall by van Hamme, who died in 1680, see English Delftware Tiles (1973), p.35. When found in manganese, each scene fills the available space save for a rectangular reserve at the bottom of each tile. An extremely rare set of twenty-one manganese Popish Plot tiles, matching the Felton House Tiles, was sold by Sotheby's on 15 March 1971, lot 21. A single tile depicting 'The Consult at Somerset House' was sold by Bonhams on 21 May 2014, lot 21. It has been suggested that the manganese examples were made a few years after their blue counterparts. However, the discovery of the Felton House Tiles adds weight to the argument that these were produced much closer to 1680, whilst the satirical playing cards were still topical. Indeed, close examination of the tiles show that they were copied from a deck of the Popish Plot playing cards and not from the blue and white versions.Felton House in North Somerset is a late 17th century house, confirmed by a date stone for 1684. Recent restoration of the building involved the removal of a mid-18th century fireplace which revealed an earlier fireplace behind, retaining the remains of other Popish Plot tiles from this set. The seven tiles included in this sale were removed from the fireplace in the 1950s and were recently discovered tucked away in a box. Presumably they were installed around 1684 - the date inscribed on the datestone - when the furore of the plot was still fresh in the country's consciousness. King Charles II died just a year later and the fear upon which the fictitious plot was based came to be realised; Charles II was succeeded by his brother who became king James II of England and James VI of Scotland, a Catholic monarch.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 338
A pair of Bow figures of Harlequin and Columbine, circa 1765-70 After Meissen models, Harlequin playing the pipes and Columbine the hurdy-gurdy, their costumes picked out in bright colours, the same playing card design adorning his breeches and her skirt, their shoes also matching, seated on scrolled bases picked out in puce and blue, 15cm and 14.2cm high (2) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 160
An English delftware Popish Plot tile, circa 1680-1700Painted in manganese with a courtroom scene at the Old Bailey, 'The Tryall of Sir G Wakeman & 3 Benedictine Monks', Justice Scroggs flanked by two other judges, possibly North and Jeffreys, in full regalia, the accused standing in the dock and a rather abstract jury just visible above, 12.8cm squareFootnotes:ProvenanceFelton House, North SomersetThe Four of Clubs playing card is the source for this tile.The trial of Wakeman and three Benedictine monks on 18 July 1679 marked a turning point in the narrative of the plot. Only four days earlier the last of the five Jesuits, Richard Langhorn, had been executed. Sir George Wakeman was royal physician to Queen Catherine of Braganza. Oates said he had witnessed him at a Jesuit meeting accepting a bribe to poison the King. The Queen herself was subsequently implicated. At this time, persons on trial for treason were not entitled to counsel and it was with admirable vigour and gall that Wakeman and his co-accused, William Marshal, William Rumley and James Corker, defended themselves. It became apparent that Oates could not identify Wakeman's handwriting, even though he swore to have seen incriminating letters written by him. Weak evidence was also given by Dugdale, Prance and Bedloe. Justice Scroggs, whose anti-Catholic rhetoric was well-recorded, was unimpressed. The jury pronounced all four men not guilty. There was widespread outrage at the verdict and the next day Scroggs had a dead dog thrown into his carriage. However, the credibility of the plot was irreparably damaged. Wakeman left London but returned to give evidence against Titus Oates in May 1685, when Oates himself was on trial for perjury.The Felton House Tiles: Important English delftware tiles depicting the Popish Plot, circa 1680-1700The 'discovery' of the Popish Plot in the autumn of 1678 and the subsequent trials, political upheaval and mass hysteria that erupted in England, reads like a modern-day soap opera. The supposed Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, replace him with his papist brother James, Duke of York, and overthrow the Protestant establishment turned out to be the invention of a disreputable priest named Titus Oates, whose many lies and inventions appealed to the anti-Catholic sentiment of the time. Oates was eventually convicted of perjury, but not before over a dozen innocent men were executed and others imprisoned, as the flames of anti-Catholic hatred and suspicion were fanned throughout the country.A set of playing cards depicting various scenes from the plot, printed from engravings by Francis Barlow, was first advertised in the newspaper True Domestick Intelligence in December 1679. A complete set of these Popish Plot playing cards is in the British Museum (inv. no.1896,0501.915.1-52). These designs were subsequently copied onto some of the earliest delftware tiles produced in England. The timing of the plot coincides with a warrant granted to the Dutch potter, Jan Ariens van Hamme, who had come to London'to exercise his trade and calling of making Tiles...after the way practised in Holland...whichhath not been practised in this our kingdome'.Several distinct versions of Popish Plot tiles were produced. One of these is painted in blue and the scenes are reserved in circular panels. These blue and white tiles have corner motifs and include inscriptions copied directly from the playing cards. See Frank Britton, London Delftware (1987), p.176 where three such tiles are illustrated. Anthony Ray suggests that these blue painted tiles were probably made at Vauxhall by van Hamme, who died in 1680, see English Delftware Tiles (1973), p.35. When found in manganese, each scene fills the available space save for a rectangular reserve at the bottom of each tile. An extremely rare set of twenty-one manganese Popish Plot tiles, matching the Felton House Tiles, was sold by Sotheby's on 15 March 1971, lot 21. A single tile depicting 'The Consult at Somerset House' was sold by Bonhams on 21 May 2014, lot 21. It has been suggested that the manganese examples were made a few years after their blue counterparts. However, the discovery of the Felton House Tiles adds weight to the argument that these were produced much closer to 1680, whilst the satirical playing cards were still topical. Indeed, close examination of the tiles show that they were copied from a deck of the Popish Plot playing cards and not from the blue and white versions.Felton House in North Somerset is a late 17th century house, confirmed by a date stone for 1684. Recent restoration of the building involved the removal of a mid-18th century fireplace which revealed an earlier fireplace behind, retaining the remains of other Popish Plot tiles from this set. The seven tiles included in this sale were removed from the fireplace in the 1950s and were recently discovered tucked away in a box. Presumably they were installed around 1684 - the date inscribed on the datestone - when the furore of the plot was still fresh in the country's consciousness. King Charles II died just a year later and the fear upon which the fictitious plot was based came to be realised; Charles II was succeeded by his brother who became king James II of England and James VI of Scotland, a Catholic monarch.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 159
An English delftware Popish Plot tile, circa 1680-1700Painted in manganese with 'Capt Bedlow examind by ye Secret Comitee of the House of Commons', William Bedloe standing before the Secret Committee, all seated around a table, 12.8cm squareFootnotes:ProvenanceFelton House, North SomersetThe King of Clubs playing card is the source for this tile.Both the Commons and the Lords had their secret committees investigating every aspect of the plot, not always in good faith. Bedloe went to the Commons 'Secret Committee' in early 1679 to accuse the lawyer Nathaniel Reading of attempting to bribe him. Reading had come to Bedloe's lodgings at Whitehall to persuade him not to incriminate his clients, some high-profile Catholic peers. Bedloe had witnesses in hiding in his chambers and on 16 April 1679 Reading was tried for 'a trespass and misdemeanour' by attempting to 'lessen and stifle' evidence. Reading was found guilty and the Knave of Clubs shows him in the pillory. The Queen of Clubs depicts 'Reddin endeavouring to Corrupt Capt Bedloe'. Bedloe did not come out of the trial untarnished; proceedings had hinted at his debauched lifestyle and even Justice Scroggs is reputed to have said 'at this rate that Mr Bedloe accuses men, none are safe, for he runs at the whole herd'. Doubts were being cast on the worthiness of evidence given by such a man.The Felton House Tiles: Important English delftware tiles depicting the Popish Plot, circa 1680-1700The 'discovery' of the Popish Plot in the autumn of 1678 and the subsequent trials, political upheaval and mass hysteria that erupted in England, reads like a modern-day soap opera. The supposed Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, replace him with his papist brother James, Duke of York, and overthrow the Protestant establishment turned out to be the invention of a disreputable priest named Titus Oates, whose many lies and inventions appealed to the anti-Catholic sentiment of the time. Oates was eventually convicted of perjury, but not before over a dozen innocent men were executed and others imprisoned, as the flames of anti-Catholic hatred and suspicion were fanned throughout the country.A set of playing cards depicting various scenes from the plot, printed from engravings by Francis Barlow, was first advertised in the newspaper True Domestick Intelligence in December 1679. A complete set of these Popish Plot playing cards is in the British Museum (inv. no.1896,0501.915.1-52). These designs were subsequently copied onto some of the earliest delftware tiles produced in England. The timing of the plot coincides with a warrant granted to the Dutch potter, Jan Ariens van Hamme, who had come to London'to exercise his trade and calling of making Tiles...after the way practised in Holland...whichhath not been practised in this our kingdome'.Several distinct versions of Popish Plot tiles were produced. One of these is painted in blue and the scenes are reserved in circular panels. These blue and white tiles have corner motifs and include inscriptions copied directly from the playing cards. See Frank Britton, London Delftware (1987), p.176 where three such tiles are illustrated. Anthony Ray suggests that these blue painted tiles were probably made at Vauxhall by van Hamme, who died in 1680, see English Delftware Tiles (1973), p.35. When found in manganese, each scene fills the available space save for a rectangular reserve at the bottom of each tile. An extremely rare set of twenty-one manganese Popish Plot tiles, matching the Felton House Tiles, was sold by Sotheby's on 15 March 1971, lot 21. A single tile depicting 'The Consult at Somerset House' was sold by Bonhams on 21 May 2014, lot 21. It has been suggested that the manganese examples were made a few years after their blue counterparts. However, the discovery of the Felton House Tiles adds weight to the argument that these were produced much closer to 1680, whilst the satirical playing cards were still topical. Indeed, close examination of the tiles show that they were copied from a deck of the Popish Plot playing cards and not from the blue and white versions.Felton House in North Somerset is a late 17th century house, confirmed by a date stone for 1684. Recent restoration of the building involved the removal of a mid-18th century fireplace which revealed an earlier fireplace behind, retaining the remains of other Popish Plot tiles from this set. The seven tiles included in this sale were removed from the fireplace in the 1950s and were recently discovered tucked away in a box. Presumably they were installed around 1684 - the date inscribed on the datestone - when the furore of the plot was still fresh in the country's consciousness. King Charles II died just a year later and the fear upon which the fictitious plot was based came to be realised; Charles II was succeeded by his brother who became king James II of England and James VI of Scotland, a Catholic monarch.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 322
A Chelsea figure of Pierrot, circa 1755Modelled by Joseph Willems, seated on a rocky perch applied with colourful flowers, playing a pipe held in his left hand and a drum with his right, his costume delicately coloured in palest mauve with gilt buttons and yellow shoes with pink laces, 15.2cm high, red anchor markFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Armin B AllenWith Errol MannersPatricia Hart Collection, Christie's, 10 April 2019, lot 182See Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea Porcelain (2001), p.123, figs.9.4 and 9.5 for a similar figure of Pierrot alongside a figure of Columbine. The colouring is particularly good on the present lot, complementing Willem's fine modelling.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 156
An English delftware Popish Plot tile, circa 1680-1700Painted in manganese with 'The Consult at Wild House', two monks wearing habits standing at a table in discussion with two seated men, one in Jesuit robes, the other probably Edward Coleman, 12.8cm squareFootnotes:ProvenanceFelton House, North SomersetThe Eight of Diamonds playing card is the source for this tile. During the trial of Edward Coleman on 27 November 1678, Titus Oates spoke of a number of Jesuit meetings or 'consults' having occurred in April and May of that year where the plot was discussed. According to Oates, he witnessed Coleman at one such meeting at Wild House near the Strand and here he gave his approval to the regicidal plot.Wild (or Weld) House was a significant mansion and gardens owned by the recusant lawyer and MP Humfrey Weld. Oates reported that he had attended mass with him at Wild House and that Weld had then received a dispensation from the general of the Jesuits to 'take the oaths and the Test', so that he might defend Catholic interests in Parliament. Weld vehemently denied these accusations. The fact that a portion of Wild House was sublet to the Spanish ambassador did not help dispel rumours of it being a hotbed for popish treachery.The scene has been simplified slightly in its translation from playing card to tile. On the card, two further figures, probably another monk and a second Jesuit gather around the table.The Felton House Tiles: Important English delftware tiles depicting the Popish Plot, circa 1680-1700The 'discovery' of the Popish Plot in the autumn of 1678 and the subsequent trials, political upheaval and mass hysteria that erupted in England, reads like a modern-day soap opera. The supposed Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, replace him with his papist brother James, Duke of York, and overthrow the Protestant establishment turned out to be the invention of a disreputable priest named Titus Oates, whose many lies and inventions appealed to the anti-Catholic sentiment of the time. Oates was eventually convicted of perjury, but not before over a dozen innocent men were executed and others imprisoned, as the flames of anti-Catholic hatred and suspicion were fanned throughout the country.A set of playing cards depicting various scenes from the plot, printed from engravings by Francis Barlow, was first advertised in the newspaper True Domestick Intelligence in December 1679. A complete set of these Popish Plot playing cards is in the British Museum (inv. no.1896,0501.915.1-52). These designs were subsequently copied onto some of the earliest delftware tiles produced in England. The timing of the plot coincides with a warrant granted to the Dutch potter, Jan Ariens van Hamme, who had come to London'to exercise his trade and calling of making Tiles...after the way practised in Holland...whichhath not been practised in this our kingdome'.Several distinct versions of Popish Plot tiles were produced. One of these is painted in blue and the scenes are reserved in circular panels. These blue and white tiles have corner motifs and include inscriptions copied directly from the playing cards. See Frank Britton, London Delftware (1987), p.176 where three such tiles are illustrated. Anthony Ray suggests that these blue painted tiles were probably made at Vauxhall by van Hamme, who died in 1680, see English Delftware Tiles (1973), p.35. When found in manganese, each scene fills the available space save for a rectangular reserve at the bottom of each tile. An extremely rare set of twenty-one manganese Popish Plot tiles, matching the Felton House Tiles, was sold by Sotheby's on 15 March 1971, lot 21. A single tile depicting 'The Consult at Somerset House' was sold by Bonhams on 21 May 2014, lot 21. It has been suggested that the manganese examples were made a few years after their blue counterparts. However, the discovery of the Felton House Tiles adds weight to the argument that these were produced much closer to 1680, whilst the satirical playing cards were still topical. Indeed, close examination of the tiles show that they were copied from a deck of the Popish Plot playing cards and not from the blue and white versions.Felton House in North Somerset is a late 17th century house, confirmed by a date stone for 1684. Recent restoration of the building involved the removal of a mid-18th century fireplace which revealed an earlier fireplace behind, retaining the remains of other Popish Plot tiles from this set. The seven tiles included in this sale were removed from the fireplace in the 1950s and were recently discovered tucked away in a box. Presumably they were installed around 1684 - the date inscribed on the datestone - when the furore of the plot was still fresh in the country's consciousness. King Charles II died just a year later and the fear upon which the fictitious plot was based came to be realised; Charles II was succeeded by his brother who became king James II of England and James VI of Scotland, a Catholic monarch.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 157
An English delftware Popish Plot tile, circa 1680-1700Painted in manganese with 'Capt Bedlow carrying letters to Forraigne Parts', William Bedloe on horseback, approaching the coast where a ship waits at anchor, 12.8cm squareFootnotes:ProvenanceFelton House, North SomersetThe Ten of Clubs playing card is the source for this tile.When the informer William Bedloe enters the narrative of the Popish Plot, he already had a reputation as a confidence trickster and a criminal, having recently spent time in prison for fraud. When Bedloe first appeared before the bar in the House of Commons he embraced his criminal reputation, proclaiming 'Mr Speaker, I have been a great rogue, but had I not been so I could not have known these things I am about to tell you'. That his inconsistent and often 'newly recollected evidence' was taken seriously is testament to the severity of anti-Catholic bias and public hysteria that allowed men like Bedloe to be temporarily presented as heroes. He offered some corroboration of Oates' testimony and it was necessary to have two witnesses when prosecuting for treason. Bedloe saw an opportunity to use his knowledge of both the Jesuits and the criminal underworld to weave together his story with that of Oates. Bedloe implicated various Jesuits and officials in the plot to kill the King and also the murder of Sir Godfrey. In addition, he had been granted a share of the £500 reward for bringing Godfrey's 'murderers' to justice. Like Oates, Bedloe had been a messenger for the Jesuits and a personal servant to Fr Harcourt. Harcourt admitted under cross-examination that Bedloe had carried letters for him between England and the Continent in 1675, but denied any involvement in a plot to kill the King.The Felton House Tiles: Important English delftware tiles depicting the Popish Plot, circa 1680-1700The 'discovery' of the Popish Plot in the autumn of 1678 and the subsequent trials, political upheaval and mass hysteria that erupted in England, reads like a modern-day soap opera. The supposed Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, replace him with his papist brother James, Duke of York, and overthrow the Protestant establishment turned out to be the invention of a disreputable priest named Titus Oates, whose many lies and inventions appealed to the anti-Catholic sentiment of the time. Oates was eventually convicted of perjury, but not before over a dozen innocent men were executed and others imprisoned, as the flames of anti-Catholic hatred and suspicion were fanned throughout the country.A set of playing cards depicting various scenes from the plot, printed from engravings by Francis Barlow, was first advertised in the newspaper True Domestick Intelligence in December 1679. A complete set of these Popish Plot playing cards is in the British Museum (inv. no.1896,0501.915.1-52). These designs were subsequently copied onto some of the earliest delftware tiles produced in England. The timing of the plot coincides with a warrant granted to the Dutch potter, Jan Ariens van Hamme, who had come to London'to exercise his trade and calling of making Tiles...after the way practised in Holland...whichhath not been practised in this our kingdome'.Several distinct versions of Popish Plot tiles were produced. One of these is painted in blue and the scenes are reserved in circular panels. These blue and white tiles have corner motifs and include inscriptions copied directly from the playing cards. See Frank Britton, London Delftware (1987), p.176 where three such tiles are illustrated. Anthony Ray suggests that these blue painted tiles were probably made at Vauxhall by van Hamme, who died in 1680, see English Delftware Tiles (1973), p.35. When found in manganese, each scene fills the available space save for a rectangular reserve at the bottom of each tile. An extremely rare set of twenty-one manganese Popish Plot tiles, matching the Felton House Tiles, was sold by Sotheby's on 15 March 1971, lot 21. A single tile depicting 'The Consult at Somerset House' was sold by Bonhams on 21 May 2014, lot 21. It has been suggested that the manganese examples were made a few years after their blue counterparts. However, the discovery of the Felton House Tiles adds weight to the argument that these were produced much closer to 1680, whilst the satirical playing cards were still topical. Indeed, close examination of the tiles show that they were copied from a deck of the Popish Plot playing cards and not from the blue and white versions.Felton House in North Somerset is a late 17th century house, confirmed by a date stone for 1684. Recent restoration of the building involved the removal of a mid-18th century fireplace which revealed an earlier fireplace behind, retaining the remains of other Popish Plot tiles from this set. The seven tiles included in this sale were removed from the fireplace in the 1950s and were recently discovered tucked away in a box. Presumably they were installed around 1684 - the date inscribed on the datestone - when the furore of the plot was still fresh in the country's consciousness. King Charles II died just a year later and the fear upon which the fictitious plot was based came to be realised; Charles II was succeeded by his brother who became king James II of England and James VI of Scotland, a Catholic monarch.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 155
An English delftware Popish Plot tile, circa 1680-1700Painted in manganese with 'Coleman writeing a declaration and letters to la Chess', Edward Coleman seated at his desk, composing a letter to Francois de la Chaise, a man on horseback, possibly Titus Oates, hurrying off to deliver the message to France, 12.8cm squareFootnotes:ProvenanceFelton House, North SomersetThe Eight of Hearts playing card is the source for this tile.Edward Coleman (or Colman) was a Catholic courtier and secretary to Mary of Modena, the wife of James, Duke of York, while Francois de la Chaise was Louis XIV's confessor. Titus Oates claimed that he had delivered a letter from Coleman to La Chaise in November 1677. Oates also claimed to have seen the reply in which La Chaise offered £10,000 to finance King Charles' assassination. By an extraordinary stroke of good luck on Oates' part (and bad luck on the part of the accused) Coleman's papers were ordered to be searched. No evidence of a plot of rebellion or regicide was found, but Coleman had advocated for the dissolution of Parliament in his letters. This was enough for the jury, who found Coleman guilty of treason. He was hung, drawn and quartered on 3 December 1678 and his journey to Tyburn is illustrated on another of Barlow's playing cards, the Six of Hearts.A tile almost identical to the present lot was sold by Bonhams on 3 March 2004, lot 17. Care has been taken to follow the composition of the playing card exactly, including the arrangement of items on Coleman's desk.The Felton House Tiles: Important English delftware tiles depicting the Popish Plot, circa 1680-1700The 'discovery' of the Popish Plot in the autumn of 1678 and the subsequent trials, political upheaval and mass hysteria that erupted in England, reads like a modern-day soap opera. The supposed Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, replace him with his papist brother James, Duke of York, and overthrow the Protestant establishment turned out to be the invention of a disreputable priest named Titus Oates, whose many lies and inventions appealed to the anti-Catholic sentiment of the time. Oates was eventually convicted of perjury, but not before over a dozen innocent men were executed and others imprisoned, as the flames of anti-Catholic hatred and suspicion were fanned throughout the country.A set of playing cards depicting various scenes from the plot, printed from engravings by Francis Barlow, was first advertised in the newspaper True Domestick Intelligence in December 1679. A complete set of these Popish Plot playing cards is in the British Museum (inv. no.1896,0501.915.1-52). These designs were subsequently copied onto some of the earliest delftware tiles produced in England. The timing of the plot coincides with a warrant granted to the Dutch potter, Jan Ariens van Hamme, who had come to London'to exercise his trade and calling of making Tiles...after the way practised in Holland...whichhath not been practised in this our kingdome'.Several distinct versions of Popish Plot tiles were produced. One of these is painted in blue and the scenes are reserved in circular panels. These blue and white tiles have corner motifs and include inscriptions copied directly from the playing cards. See Frank Britton, London Delftware (1987), p.176 where three such tiles are illustrated. Anthony Ray suggests that these blue painted tiles were probably made at Vauxhall by van Hamme, who died in 1680, see English Delftware Tiles (1973), p.35. When found in manganese, each scene fills the available space save for a rectangular reserve at the bottom of each tile. An extremely rare set of twenty-one manganese Popish Plot tiles, matching the Felton House Tiles, was sold by Sotheby's on 15 March 1971, lot 21. A single tile depicting 'The Consult at Somerset House' was sold by Bonhams on 21 May 2014, lot 21. It has been suggested that the manganese examples were made a few years after their blue counterparts. However, the discovery of the Felton House Tiles adds weight to the argument that these were produced much closer to 1680, whilst the satirical playing cards were still topical. Indeed, close examination of the tiles show that they were copied from a deck of the Popish Plot playing cards and not from the blue and white versions.Felton House in North Somerset is a late 17th century house, confirmed by a date stone for 1684. Recent restoration of the building involved the removal of a mid-18th century fireplace which revealed an earlier fireplace behind, retaining the remains of other Popish Plot tiles from this set. The seven tiles included in this sale were removed from the fireplace in the 1950s and were recently discovered tucked away in a box. Presumably they were installed around 1684 - the date inscribed on the datestone - when the furore of the plot was still fresh in the country's consciousness. King Charles II died just a year later and the fear upon which the fictitious plot was based came to be realised; Charles II was succeeded by his brother who became king James II of England and James VI of Scotland, a Catholic monarch.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 4288
Harry Potter & Lord Of The Rings mixed group of items. To include Mattel Harry Potter figures 2x.1 Harry Potter, No.2 Fluffy - Touffu - Fuffi, Grigotts savings book with coins, playing cards in magic box, Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King DVD Gift Set, Trading card game, qty of trading cards, A Tolkien Bestiary hardback book plus other items. Conditions: Excellent to Mint with Fair to Excellent boxes & packaging. (qty)
Lot 11
Space Master The Science Fiction Role Playing Game (stock 9000, 9200,9100) IMCOPLETE. Written by Kevin Barrett and Terry K. Author published by Iron Crown Enterprises. Space master includes 2 Tech Law and Future Law. Includes original uncut Starship counters. Good Condition. Box slightly damaged. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 82
Travel Scrabble by Spears Games Box, Board and Playing Tiles are complete and in good order, plenty of fun to be had! Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 77
Vintage Dad's Army Board Game by Denys Fisher Toys Ltd 1974 instructions for playing the game are inside top of box, Appears to be complete with outer box in good order slight signs of ageing, good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 12
2300AD Man`s Battle for the stars 1988 Science fiction role playing game by Marc W Miller, Timothy B Brown, Lester W Smith, Frank Chadwick. Includes star map, 3 dice, Directors Guide, Instructions, Adventurers guide, Game designers workshop. Good Condition. Box Slightly damaged. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 280
3 x Collectors Dolls, a group of three dolls Figures, mother and baby with eyes that close when laid down, man playing Steel drum, and small figure, good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 81
Vintage Diplomacy Board Game 1976 by The Avalon Hill Game Company A game of skill and Cunning Negotiations Appears to be complete with signs of ageing to outer box (two corners separated two are worn) game board and playing pieces are in good order, good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 107
Trivial Pursuit Master Game Genius Edition 1983 by Parker Games Thorn Abbot International for 2 to 36 players aged 15 to Adult, Appears to be complete with instructions for playing the game, good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 79
Vintage Admirals Strategy Board Game by Parker 1972 Appears to be complete with signs of ageing to outer box (three corners are separated one is worn) playing pieces and game board are in good order, good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Lot 500
A pair of Continental porcelain figure groups of dancing couples, height 15cm (restorations), and a Continental spill vase decorated with children playing, height 22cm.Condition Report: Both of the figures appear to have restorations/replaced arms, and other losses including chip to cap. The spill vase has several losses in various areas, especially to the foliage.
Lot 75
Four 20th century Nao porcelain figures, a Beswick model of a robin, an Allerton's pottery toby jug and other items, the woodsman modelled holding a basket of logs forming a vase on his back, enriched in gilding, the four Nao figures of children, one playing with a metal hoop, 42cm high (7)PLEASE NOTE THE BISQUE FIGUER OF A WOODSMAN IS NOW LOT 75ACondition ReportThe toby jug has some typical crazing. Minor wear overall, otherwise in good order. The bisque figure is not in this lot.
Lot 90
A Chinese wood carving,20th century, of Buddhist lions playing a brocade ball with a pup, 29.5cm long, anda soapstone carving of Buddhist lions chasing a ball,27.5cm long (2)Condition ReportWood carving - cracks and nicks. Signs of filler to the front and tail of large lion, and to the back of pup.Soapstone - chips and cracks to ears in various locations, paint losses, and surface scratches.
Lot 137
A pair of Chinese soapstone seals,Republic period (1912-1949), of rectangular form, each mounted by a Buddhist lion with a pup playing with a ball, each side engraves with a poem,18cm high, anda vase and cover, of compressed baluster form, carved with chilong and ring handles, 28cm high (4)Condition ReportSoap stone seals - both with losses to tails. Small chips and surface scratches.Vase - chips.
Lot 275
A selection of gilt decorated tea and coffee cups, including: Shelley late Foley miniature tea cup and saucer, with swallow decoration; Royal Worcester blue and gilt coffee cup; Royal Vienna blue and gilt coffee cup, with colourfully hand painted border of children playing, on a gilt ground, signed R. Rericha (?); two Aynsley coffee cans and saucers, with silver holders; and others, makers including Coalport.
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