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Lot 818
Swansea and South Wallet British Legion - 1920's to 1950 Historically important photographic album regarding the history of the early days of the British Legion in South Wales, Founded by William Francis MBE BEM with ephemera relating to his award of the MBE in 1949. Early photographs outstanding 8" x 6" including Royal visits, VC holders, Montgomery, War Peninsular board, Remembrance festivals and parades in the early years of the Legion. Miners, King George VI, Welsh area delegates 1925, a rare Western Mail Poster "Swansea Legion Members Dissatisfied", this in delicate condition.
Lot 118
A rare and interesting Derbyshire porcelain teapot, c.1760-70, perhaps Wirksworth, finely painted with puce lotus-shaped panels in the manner of the Queen's pattern, containing green monochrome flower sprays, the cover lacking, 17.2cm across. Paper label for the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection, noting its acquisition from Mercury Antiques. Cf. Gaye Blake Roberts, Wirksworth - The Elusive Factory in The Journal of the Derby Porcelain International Society, No. 6 (2009), fig. 5 for a similarly decorated teabowl and saucer.
Lot 122
A rare Bow moulded sauceboat, c.1750, the silver shape moulded with garlands of flowers and decorated with gilt peony sprays, raised on a circular foot moulded with further flowers, the handle formed as a scaly dragon with ears pricked and mouth agape to reveal his tongue and fangs, his narrow wings gripping the rim of the sauceboat, a chip to the end of his tail, a little restoration to the rim, 20cm across. Cf. Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, Bow Porcelain, p.41 for a plain example, which references a gilded example illustrated in Frank Hurlbutt, Bow Porcelain, pl.5. In her article for the Smithsonian Museum catalogue of 2008, Sarah D Coffin illustrated an identical sauceboat alongside a silver sauceboat with dragon handle dated 1742 and designed by Charles Freidrich Kändler who, it has been suggested, could be the brother of the Meissen modeller, Johann Joachim Kändler.
Lot 123
A large and rare Worcester blue and white sauceboat, c.1755, painted with the Fisherman on a Towering Rock pattern, the angler with rod furled and heading inland on his tall promontory, the reverse with a figure in a small boat before another crossing a bridge, raised on a tall foot, workman's mark beneath the handle, 23.2cm. Illustrated: Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century, fig.205.
Lot 126
A very rare Samuel Gilbody (Liverpool) sauceboat, c.1758-60, the unusually rounded body decorated in underglaze blue with a two-storeyed pagoda beside a small bridge linking rocky islands, with later gilt decoration of scrolled borders, and inscribed 'E + N Norwich 1766', 18cm. Illustrated: Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century, figs.303 and 304, also in Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804, fig.7.58. Exhibited: English Ceramics Circle Exhibition, 2006, no.120. Paper labels for the Watney Collection and the Nicholas Panes Collection.
Lot 134
A rare Vauxhall blue and white sauceboat, c.1760, of strap-fluted form, the crabstock handle entwined with a snake, the exterior painted with a stylized floral design on a rich blue ground, some good restoration, 19cm. Cf. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Accession No. 2000-236, for a similar example acquired from the collection of Dr Bernard Watney.
Lot 173
A rare Philip Christian (Liverpool) blue and white punch bowl, c.1770-75, printed with a rare version of the Rural Lovers within an octagonal panel, repeated to the interior, the other side with a scene of a figure before Classical ruins, between floral swags, 20.7cm. Of the three version of the Rural Lovers print seen at Liverpool, this is the most rare and also follows most closely the Vivares engraving. See lot 181 for examples of the other two versions. Provenance: from a private collection in Surrey.
Lot 178
A rare John Pennington (Liverpool) blue and white mug, c.1779, printed with an elaborate scrolling cartouche, the top corners with birds perched atop, the bottom left corner with a ship mast behind boxes, the right with ducks swimming before a tower, the centre left blank, cracks, 12.6cm. Cf. Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804, fig.13.19 for a jug dated 1779 with the same cartouche. Provenance: from a private collection in Surrey.
Lot 181
A John and Jane Pennington (Liverpool) blue and white teapot stand, c.1780, and a Seth Pennington beaker, each printed with the Rural Lovers scene, and a coffee cup printed with a similar scene of a courting couple beside a flock of recumbent sheep, 14.8cm max. (3) The Rural Lovers print derives from an engraving by François Vivares after a Gainsborough painting, but was adapted with several differences by each factory, as evidenced here. See lot 173 for the rare version adopted by Philip Christian.
Lot 182
A small and rare Richard Chaffers (Liverpool) blue and white teapot and cover, c.1756-60, the globular body painted to each side with two figures in a Chinese landscape, with finely turned rim, the cover restored, 14.5cm across. (2) Cf. Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804, p.187 for a discussion of these rare and early bullet-shaped teapots which were made in different sizes. Provenance: from a private collection in Surrey.
Lot 184
A rare and interesting blue and white Liverpool teabowl and saucer, c.1755-58, probably Samuel Gilbody, painted with a tall flowering peony branch issuing from holey rockwork, 12.6cm. (2) Paper label for the Leonard B Knouff Collection. A similar teabowl and saucer was illustrated in Bernard Watney's Liverpool Porcelain, fig.175 and attributed to Philip Christian, however Gilbody is also known to have used this pattern. Provenance: from a private collection in Surrey.
Lot 192
A large and rare Bow white-glazed model of a lion, c.1750-52, with head turned and resting his right forepaw on a tree stump, the tip of his tail curled over his right rear leg, his face finely modelled with an anthropomorphic frown, a small chip to one toe, 23cm long. Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures, pl.55 for a similar example which featured in the Brian Haughton Gallery's exhibition, Nature's Triumph; Botanical Themes on Porcelain, item 1.
Lot 22
A rare Rouen faïence two-handled dish, 1st half 18th century, boldly decorated in the famille verte palette with two Chinese children clambering up the branches of a large peony spray, with birds and moths in flight above, the octagonal form with two rope-twist handles, raised on three stilt feet, HV mark, 34.5cm.
Lot 221
Two rare Meissen figures from the Four Monarchies series, c.1750, modelled by J J Kändler, one of Julius Caesar emblematic of Rome, standing beside a horned mythical beast, one hand on his hip, wearing a flowing blue robe with pink lining, the other emblematic of Persia with a winged lion by his side, blue crossed swords marks, some damages and restoration, 21.5cm. (2) Cf. E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th century Volume I, p.157 for a discussion of this series. The Four Monarchies is a reference from the biblical Book of Daniel to the temporal Four Kingdoms as they appeared in King Nebuchadnezzar's dreams, represented by Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome.
Lot 234
A rare pair of Doccia oval double portrait plaques, mid 18th century, each applied with two profile busts of Ancient Greeks, one with the poets Epimenides and Hesiod, the other with the astronomers Archimedes and Aristillus, reserved on a blue ground within a raised beaded border, incised to the reverse, 7.2cm. (2) Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. C128-1924 for a larger polychrome plaque featuring similar portrait cameos. Cameo portraits of this type are first referenced at Doccia in 1747 with a payment to the sculptor Antonio Francesco Selvi for providing cameo models in wax, and then again in 1749 when Anton Filippo Maria Weber supplied 57 wax cameos for use on snuff boxes, etc. Oval plaques similar to these are mentioned in the inventory of porcelain at Doccia following Carlo Ginori's death in 1757.
Lot 236
Three rare Doccia plates, c.1765, decorated in the Chinese manner with a central design of Oriental flowers issuing from vases and censers above holey rockwork, the rim with further flower sprays on a blue ground of cloud scrolls, one small chip, 23.3cm. (3) Cf. Bonhams, 9th December 2009, lot 51 for an identical pair.
Lot 288
An extremely rare and interesting Vincennes flared cup (gobelet la Reine) and saucer, c.1751, with unusual gilt decoration of Turkish figures, to the cup one on horseback following a dog and another on foot with a long spear, to the saucer two having a swordfight while a dog looks on, reserved on a bleu lapis ground with gilt veining, interlaced LL marks, the cup cracked, 15cm. (2) The figural decoration shown here appears to be otherwise unrecorded on Vincennes of this date, with similar bleu lapis wares being more typically decorated with birds or flowers. Provenance: from a private collection.
Lot 33
A rare Wedgwood pearlware pastille burner, c.1805, the shallow round bowl painted in red and black with a continuous scrolling floral band, raised on three dolphin supports on a triangular base decorated in a pink lustre glaze, marked 'Josiah Wedgwood Feb 2. 1805' in black script, impressed WEDGWOOD, some damages, the cover lacking, 11cm high. Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. C.183&A-1931. Also, 'An explanation for the Wedgwood "2nd February 1805" mark' by David Pendergast in Ars Ceramica, no. 21, 2005, pp 6-11, which relates the mark to the death of the sculptor Thomas Banks.
Lot 72
An English porcelain commemorative beaker, probably early 19th century, the flared form gilded with 'Nelson 2nd August Baltic' around a fouled anchor, the reverse with 'The Glorious 1st August' and '14th February', all beneath a wide green and gilt oak and acorn border, a section broken out and restuck, 10cm. The 'Baltic' Service was produced in creamware by David Wilson of Hanley, after the French porcelain originals made for Nelson himself. These rare bone china copies may have been bought by Nelson's captains or admirers.
Lot 86
A rare Worcester basket, c.1770, the well of the interior painted with the Pavilion pattern, the interior pierced sides with Imari floral panels alternating with pink sinuous dragons and further foliate sprays, the exterior applied with pink flowerheads, 19.5cm across. Exhibited: The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar 1999 Loan Exhibition, no. 77. Cf. Bonhams, The Zorensky Collection of Worcester Porcelain Part II, 23rd February 2005, lot 144 for an identical example. Provenance: from the collection of Anthony Tuke.
Lot 215
FOLK - Collection of 9 x LPs to include Sandy Denny - Sandy (pink rim), Bert Jansch - S/T (purple & white labels), Bert Jansch - It Don't Bother Me (purple & white labels in flipback sleeve), Bert Jansch - A rare Conundrum, John Renbourn - S/T (purple & white labels), John Renbourn - Another Monday (purple & white labels), John Renbourn - Sir John Alot (purple & white labels), John Renbourn - Faro Annie (colour logo label) and Fairport Convention - The History of Fairport Convention (pink rim). Condition is generally EX to EX+.
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