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Click here to subscribeA rare Liverpool helmet shaped cream jug, the 'C' scroll handle with serpent head upper terminal, painted in famille rose palette with figures in gardens, alternating with iron red diaper bands, panelled with black and iron red flowers and leaves, beneath a gadrooned rim, on round foot, 3 3/4" high (9.5cm) Philip Christian & Company, circa 1770 See Bernard Watney, Liverpool Porcelain, figure 137, for a blue printed Christian's jug of this form
A rare creamware jelly comb, of tapering canted rectangular form, finely painted in coloured enamels with an English three masted vessel in full sail, the other three sides with military trophies, the pierced canted rectangular base with green line rim, 10 1/4" long (26cm), incised 3, circa 1785, possibly Neale (footrim crack)
A rare New Hall oval sauce tureen, cover, fixed stand and ladle, with two 'S' scroll handles and scroll knop, bat printed in black with a country house, on a flowerhead moulded ground, within gilt line borders, 7 1/4" wide overall (18.5cm) circa 1820 See David Holgate, New Hall, colour plate S for another tureen and cover of this form, but with polychrome decoration
A very rare New Hall facetted flared round sucrier and domed cover, decorated in gilt with stiff leaf and 'C' scroll bands, the top of the cover with a gilt leaf, 4" high (10cm) circa 1785-87 This is New Hall pattern number 81 See D. Holgate, New Hall, figure 53, for a plain round sucrier and cover of this, although no facetted example appears to be recorded there
A rare Caughley round salad bowl, with shaped rim, moulded with radiating scallop shells and printed in underglaze blue to the interior and exterior with the Fisherman or Pleasure Boat pattern, beneath a blue line border, 10" diameter (25.5cm) impressed Salopian mark, circa 1780 It is most uncommon to find this pattern and its subsidiary prints on a bowl of this form
A LARGE ARTIFICIAL STONE FOUNTAIN BY AUSTIN & SEELEY, CIRCA 1835 Modelled with a merman blowing a conch, seated above the shell basin, supported to the underside by three adorsed dolphins, signed in relief on the rocky outcrop below the Merman AUSTIN & SEELEY, with further indistinct inscription and date 183* 104in. (264cm.) high, 60in. (152.3cm.) wide An article by J.C.Loudon on Austin & Seeley's fountains illustrates this model, this appears to confirm the indistinct dating of the present piece to the mid 1830's. The remains of a fountain by the firm with similar dolphin base stands in the Swiss Garden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire (see Davis, page 204). The fountain also appears on the cover of the SPECIMEN BOOK OF AUSTIN & SEELEY'S ARTIFICIAL STONE MANUFACTORY, a catalogue of 1844. A line drawing on page 18 of the catalogue lists it: Entwined Dolphin Fountain with Shell and Triton. The fountain was also available with a plain tazza above the dolphins. It is rare to find a signed piece by the company.
A Rare & Fine Charles II Oak Chest of Drawers having a good colour and patination. The top measuring 35 1/2 ins x 20 ins (90 cms x 51 cms) with applied ovolu moulding to the edge above three long cushion-front drawers: The moulded drawer fronts having fret-carved panels of stylized tulips displayed against red paint-work backgrounds with pairs of facet cut appliqués running down the sides and horizontal moulding strips to the divides. Standing on stile feet 33 ins (84 cms) in height. Possibly of East Anglian Origin.
A rare Sunderland or Newcastle Death of Nelson commemorative cream ware frog mug, early 19th century, printed in black with a titled portrait of Adl Lord Nelson, flanked by the figures of Jack Tar and Britannia, surrounded by the Union Jack and naval trophies above the dates of Lord Nelson's birth and death, the interior applied with a brown frog with red eyes, 5.5" high.
A RARE REGENCY MAHOGANY AND BRASS COLZA-OIL LAMP, the brass neo-classical urn-shaped cistern having scroll handles with female mask lower terminals, cylindrical stem with horizontal bracket supporting the lamp, on tapering reeded mahogany stem and turned stepped circular base, 63cm (24.6in) high, (later wired for electricity)
A RARE MID TO LATE 17TH-CENTURY ENGLISH NEEDLEWORK-COVERED BOX, the pine carcase covered with polychrome silk panels depicting garden landscapes with coral beadwork and bullion work embellishments, the hinged top and front panels centred by fountains flanked by birds, moths and trees, the sides also with birds, moths and trees, the interior covered in plain salmon-pink fabric, the whole raised on four turned bun feet having remnants of gesso and formerly probably gilt or silvered, 23cm x 15.5cm x 13cm, (9in x 6in x 5.25in) (in somewhat distressed condition)
A RARE MID-VICTORIAN WOOL CROSSLEY MOSAIC PICTURE OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN FISHING by a water mill, 40.5cm x 35.5cm, (16in x 14in), in gilt slip and stained wooden frame under glass *** The firm of Crossley's produced carpets during the 19th century but also produced these pictures (composed of individual worsted wool threads, stuck onto linen), during the period 1860-1879.
A RARE REGENCY BLACK BASALT COMMEMORATIVE COFFEE POT of rounded oblong form, the domed reed-moulded cover having a finial modelled with flowers and fruit, the spreading neck with basal laurel frieze, the rounded oblong body modelled to one side with a bust of Wellington, on a pedestal impressed "VIRESQUE ACQUIRIT EUNDO", being crowned with a laurel wreath by Britannia whilst Fame sounds her horn, the banner beneath impressed "WELLINGTON", flanked by anthemion, the other side modelled with an oval laurel wreath impressed in cursive script with Wellington's military triumphs, "India/Portugal & Spain" above upper case commemoration "VITTORIA 21ST JUNE/1813" also flanked by anthemion, the handle formed as a mythical sea-serpent with bird's head, the spout formed as a lion's head and neck, impressed asterisk and 'S' or '8' beneath, 19.5cm, (7.7in) high *** Literature:/ For a matching teapot of squat form, see Berthoud, Michael, An Anthology of British Teapots, Micawber Publications, 1985, plates 1387 and 1388 (p. 232)
A RARE EARLY TO MID 19TH-CENTURY RELIEF-MOULDED POTTERY POLITICAL JUG, a protest on the impostion of Tithes, depicting to each side a frontal portrait representing "HIS GREAZE [sic] THE REVEREND SHEPHERD OF HIS FLOCK THE LORD BISHOP OF SHEAREMCLEAN [Shear them clean] etc, under a tithe pig and between sheaves of corn impressed "PEACE" and "PLENTY", his bishops mitre overlaid on the instruments of enforcement, sword and bayoneted-musket, with the motto "GENTLE PERSUASIVES OF GOVERNMENT RELIGION", painted in polychrome on a cream ground with green painted edge, 23.5cm, (9.3in)
TWO RARE BESWICK ANIMALS (TO RESTORE), comprising A SWISH TAIL HORSE IN CHESTNUT COLOURWAY, model no 1182, first version, designed by Arthur Gredington, 22.2cm, (8.75in) high and A WESSEX SADDLEBACK BOAR, "FARACRE VISCOUNT 3RD" model 1512, designed by Colin Melbourne, issued 1957-1969, 7.0cm, (2.75in) high
A RARE LALIQUE "AMBRE ANTIQUE" (FOR COTY) MOULDED AND FROSTED GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE OR FLACON, introduced in 1910, having a floriform stopper, the broadening cylindrical body having a disc rim above moulded classical-style maidens carrying floral sprays, with traces of russet patination, 15.5cm, (6.1in) high
A RARE LALIQUE OPALESCENT GLASS SQUIRREL-FORM SEAL (OR "ECUREUIL CACHET"), the seated animals with straight tail and clasped hands, on a circular base, the edge with incised signature "R. Lalique" in cursive script, 11cm, (4.3in) high overall (chips to ears and tail) *** * For a similar model, see Marcilhac, Lalique-L'oeuvre de verre de Rene Lalique, 1860-1945, p.255
A RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY SHEPHERD'S GUIDE or a delineation of the wool and Ear marks on the different stocks of sheep on the East Fells extending from Clover Hill. in Knaresdale to Lune Dale, in Yorkshire, on the East side, and from Croglin to Stainmore, on the West side, printed and published by J. Chapelhow, Appleby, 1819 (Price Five shillings and Six-pence), in original printed card covers, inscribed inside in sepia ink in a contemporary hand "James Nicholson's Book/Blencarn"
A RARE 16TH-CENTURY OAK COFFER having a rectangular lid with incised long edges and notch-carved short edges, plus remnants of an iron hasp, the front naively carved with twin arcades flanking a crude iron lockplate, the plain sides extending as legs, 115cm x 43cm x 52cm high, (45.3in x 17in x 20.5in)
Bles, Joseph, Rare English Glasses of the XVII & XVIII Centuries, London, Geoffrey Bles, [n.d.], large 4to (320mm x 250mm.), half title, frontispiece, tipped in plates, intials, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, torn, armorial bookplate. Francis, Grant R., Old English Drinking Glasses Their Chronology and Sequence, London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926, large 4to (320mm x 250mm.), half title, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, a few short tears, armorial bookplate. With a number of other glass reference related works and auction catalogues, including Albert Hartshorne's 'Old English Glasses An Account of Glass Drinking Vessels in England from Early Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century' (London & New York, 1897), Edward Dillon's 'Glass' (London, 1907), L. M. Angus-Butterworth's 'British Table and Ornamental Glass' (London, 1956), and W. A. Thorpe's 'English & Irish Glass' (London & Boston, 1927).
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