A very rare Merrythought Teddy Doofings teddy bear circa 1937, with brown and white artificial silk plush, large inset orange and black glass eyes, pronounce muzzle with open red velvet mouth and felt tongue, inset face mask, four digit hands with brushed cotton pads, internal wire armature for posing, black and white woven label on foot and Patented label in back seam —17in. (43cm.) high (bald spot on forehead, face thinning, other slight general wear, armature movement mainly not working) - this bear could do a lot of things and was advertised with the following rhyme - ‘He can laugh, he can cry. He can sing, he can sigh. He can sweep, he can sleep. He can box and darn socks. He can play any way!’ - being sold from Grandma’s Teddies Teddy Bear Museum
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A rare Merrythought Military Mick the Monkey 1934, with felt face and ear lining, black glass inset eyes, red painted nostrils, brown artificial silk plush head and hands, swivel head, red and blue articial silk plush integral uniform with jointed arms, card-lined feet, squeaker and white and black woven Merrythought and Patent No. 390891 on foot --18in. (45.5cm.) high (gold braid and jacket buttons replaced, some wear and thinning, the odd bald spot and small hole in sole)
A rare Kestner 112 all bisque googly eyed doll, with blue sleeping side glancing eyes, close smiling mouth, original blonde mohair wig, socket head, jointed at shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, painted and moulded brown shoes and socks with blue rim --5in. (12.5cm.) high (factory chip to top of head rim with tiny pink tinted line)
A rare Steiff small sized Jackie teddy bear 1953, with pale golden mohair, clear and black glass eyes with brown painted backs, inset short mohair muzzle, brown stitched nose, mouth and claws, remains of pink stitched nostril, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, inoperative squeaker and script button --6in. (15cm.) high (general wear and thinning)
A rare Alt Beck & Gottschalck bisque shoulder-head glass eyed lady doll, with fixed blue glass striated eyes, painted feather brow, closed mouth, ears pierced into the head, moulded and painted blonde hair in elaborate hairstyle swept back and large plait around and held at the top of the head in a blue bow, six tie-holes, cloth body with bisque arms, brown/orange two piece dress with blue stripe and trim --22in. (56cm.) high (one top of bisque arm repaired)
A very rare Rudolf Haas Nickle-Nackle teddy bear circa 1928, with blonde mohair, clear and black glass eyes with remains of pale brown backs, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose with nostrils and mouth, head movement mechanism, the left arm moving to make him nod and the right arm moving to make his head go from side to side, jointed legs and slight round hump --18in. (45cm.) high (a little balding to arm, general wear and thinning, pads re-covered)
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.
A rare German pâpier-maché shoulder-head doll with moulded elaborate hair circa 1840, with blue painted eyes, slightly smiling mouth, black painted and moulded elaborate hair with knotted bun and ringletted plumes covered the ears, rigid kid body with carved and painted wooden limbs with blue painted slippers, printed cotton dress and underclothes --23½in. (60cm.) high (glued cracks to shoulders and dress too small at back)
A rare German pâpier-maché shoulder-head doll with moulded elaborate hair 1830s, with blue painted eyes, black painted and moulded elaborate hair with curles pilled up either side of temple and knot of hair held in place with a comb, rigid kid body with carved and painted wooden limbs with pink painted shoes, pink and white printed dress with lower neck line and underclothes --25½in. (65cm.) high (flesh of head re-varnished, possibly due to restoration of shoulders which seem a bit uneven, hair, eyes and eyebrows seem to be original)
A rare mid 19th century china shouder-head lady doll, possibly Kister with pink flesh tone, blue painted eyes with white dot highlight, red eyelid line, unusual black painted and moulded hair with v-shaped double parting starting at centre front, falling to curls either side of the head covering the tops of the ears and ending in a plaited curled bun, kid body, china forearms, pale green floral printed dress and underclothes --29in. (74cm.) high (one arm replaced and the pink flesh tone arm repaired)
A rare large Haas of Schlaggenwald Morning Glory china shoulder head doll, with blue painted eyes, a red dot to inside corner of eye, red painted eyelid line, slender nose, red painted mouth with slight unpainted gap, the moulded and brown painted hair scraped back behind ears and held at the back of head in a coiled plait with a few strands falling down her neck, moulded Morning Glory flowers tucked into the hair behind the ears, the left side with a large orange and small pink flower with three leaves and the right side with pink and blue flower with smaller orange and three leaves, slender neck on shoulders with slight moulded breasts, stuffed body with with brown leather gloves and laced boots, blue and white integral stocking, orange silk two part dress with low neck line, net insertions and lace trim and underclothes --27in. (68.5cm.) high (some damage to dress); wih a blue ribbon First Prize from The Doll Collectors of America, Inc. Annual Meeting 2005
A rare large late 18th century English carved and painted wooden doll's head and torso, with inset dark enamel eyes, single dots eyelash line around both top and bottom of the eye, a double row of dots eyebrows, red painted mouth, slightly defined chin, rosy cheeks, original brown hair wig nailed to head, long slender neck, flat back and rounded breast area, white painted below waist, remains of cloth arms nailed to sides with early remains of nails underneath these, a pair of recently made white painted legs, well made or possibly original white cotton underclothes including stays, shift, wool petticoat and underdress with rick-rack trim and a red and white brocade bodice with gilt metal trim numbered in ink on the inside 63-79R --15¼in. (39cm.) without new legs and --29in. (74cm.) with legs (wear to head, but original paint and four worm holes)
A rare Montana Assibiboin Chief Good Eagle buckskin Native American Indian doll, with painted features, bead eyes, black wool hair, feather and bead headress, beaded buckskin fringed clothes and moccasins, beaded bag and knife sheath and bead necklace --14in. (35.5cm.) high; sold with a copy of the Theriault's catalogue Buckskin and Beads in which this doll was lot 18
A rare special order large size Native American Indian squaw, with mustard yellow painted leather face with two red painted stripes, bead eyes, mouth and edge of face, stiffened hair wig, stuffed body, yellow painted top-third brown buckskin dress with orange painted bands and tassels and brown leather boots with white bead trim --24in. (61cm.) high
A rare 1920s Bing long curly white mohair teddy bear, with clear and black glass eyes with brown backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, pink stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with seam down back of leg and felt pads, hump and inoperative growler --17in. (43cm.) high (some thinning and wear, slight holes to pads)
A rare large Kestner round-faced closed mouth child doll, with brown sleeping wax lidded eyes, open/closed mouth with pink lips, the upper lip with shading along bottom edge and two accent lines to curved top, an unpainted gap and shaded small lower lips, light brown long curved brows, unpierced ears, back of head impressed 18, plaster pate with blonde hair wig, jointed composition body with fixed wrists, navy blue two piece sailor's suit with matching hat, underclothes and white kid shoes --30in. (76cm.) high (slight wear to body)
A rare Alpha Farnell peach wool plush teddy bear 1930s, with replaced plastic eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose, mouth and claws going slightly onto pads, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, soft stuffed and inoperative squeaker --22in. (56cm.) high (fading and a little dusty, ears need resetting and slight general wear)
A rare German bisque shoulder head glass eyed child doll, probably by Alt, Beck & Gottschalck, head turned slightly to the right, blue striated eyes, blonde painted feathered brow, closed down turned mouth, ears pierced into the head, blonde painted and moulded hair, centre-parted curls, a fat plait around the top of head, curling down the back and a groove for attaching a cloth ribbon —6in. (15cm.) high (head only, a firing crack in the crease of the neck)
A rare and large Alt Beck & Gottschalck bisque shoulder head doll with swivel head, almond shaped blue striated glass eyes, red dot to inner corner, brown feathered brows, pink closed mouth with darker line in between, half exposed ears, blonde painted and moulded centre-parted hair falling in loose ringlets around the head, swivel neck and bisque shoulders —7in. (18cm.) high (head only)
A rare Alt Beck & Gottschalck spill curl china shoulder head doll, with blue painted eyes, white dot highlight, red eyelid line, exposed ears, black painted and moulded hair spilling in curls onto the forehead, some light paint strokes painted to forehead too, held by a black painted hair band, falling in four rows of ringlets down the back of the head falling onto the shoulders, stuffed body with kid arms, pink cotton dress printed with white leaves, lace trim and burgundy rick-rack, underclothes and red and brown kid boots —26½in. (67.5cm.) high (boot seams open)
A rare group of Westacre Chinoiserie black lacquered dolls’ house furniture, wood and papier-mâché comprising a desk —2½in. (6.5cm.) high, a bureau bookcase with seventeen books (missing fold down desk), a desk top book stand with five books, a circular occasional table, a wall mirror, a wire standard lamp with paper shade (shade torn), a blotter, a bundle of envelopes and inkwell with quill - Westacre Village furniture was made in Castleacre near Kings Lynn in Norfolk after the World War One; it was started by Ysabel Birkbeck who lived at Westacre High House in Castleacre; simple materials were used: card, wire, beads, string, paper, fine Liberty fabrics, wool and paint.
A rare and large Eduard Cramer teddy bear 1920s, with brown tipped mohair, clear and black glass eyes with brown backs, pronounced clipped muzzle, brown stitched nose, mouth and claws, large cupped ears, swivel head, jointed elongated limbs with felt pads, hump and inoperative growler --29in. (24cm.) high (fading and discoloured, slight general wear and thinning, a little dusty)
A Chad Valley Magna teddy bear with rare card tag 1930s, with golden mohair, orange and black glass eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched horizontal nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with brown cloth pads, squeaker, red and white woven label on foot and orange card label 'Genuine Chad Valley Hygenic Teddy British Made' --19¾in. (50cm.) high (moth issues, dusty, bald spots and general wear, tear to left wrist on pad, tag torn and top missing)
A rare Einco Fifi the cat circa 1912, with white mohair, replaced large orange and black glass eyes, pink stitched nose with two back stitched nostrils and zig-zag mouth, crossed facial seams, swivel head, jointed legs with pink stitched claws, tail and inoperative squeaker --12½in. (32cm.) long (some wear and thinning, discoloured) - Eisenmann & Co, a major toy distributor, registered Fifi and Tubby the dog under the trademark 'Kiddieland' in 1911
A rare Tri-ang Spot-On Doll's House Furniture shop display, brightly coloured printed card house shaped stepped display with a bathroom set, dining room set and Lounge Suite, with card display boxes, two with packing parts, two boxed Wing Settees and Chest of Drawers; and parts from the kitchen and bedroom sets, 1960s --22in. (56cm.) wide x 17¾in. (45cm.) high x 15in. (38cm.) deep
A rare Einco Tubby the dog circa 1912, seated with blonde mohair, clear and black glass eyes with remains of brown painted backs, rare inset black mohair diamond shaped eye patch, black stitched nose and zig-zag mouth with pink sitched nostrils, swivel head, tail, original leather collar and red and white stripped cotton conical party hat --10in. (25.5cm.) high (some wear and thinning) - Eisenmann & Co, a major toy distributor, registered Tubby and Fifi the cat under the trademark 'Kiddieland' in 1911
A rare German clockwork felt tumbling elephant with provenance circa 1910, of grey felt with black boot button eyes, one felt tusk, pin-jointed legs and arm operated clockwork mechanism causing the elephant to tumble --8in. (20.5cm.) high (some discolouration and small hole to tip of one arm); the childhood bear of Edward G (Ted) Simmons born in Southwark London on 9th September 1909 and died in 2003; he comes with three copies of photographs of Edward in 1911/1912 and a copy of his birth certificate
A rare Roullet & Decamps 19th Century breed Bulldog, suede covered papier-mâché body with inset clear and black glass eyes with brown backs, black painted flat nose, heavy jowls and forward pricked ears, studded leather collar, metal toothed wheels and key-wind mechanism causing the dog to walk --14in. (35.5cm.) long (body and legs re-covered, head mechanism not moving)
A rare J W Spears & Son 'The Motor Car Race London to Brighton An Exciting Game', invented and designed by ‘Jap’, Ent’d at Stationers’ Hall, a chromolithographic four-fold card board featuring a road map from London to Brighton including towns Crawley, Cuckfield and Lewes, three early vehicle ‘flat’ gaming pieces and two die, in original box, circa 1905 —11in. (28cm.) wide
A rare early 19th century printed cotton handkerchief or banner Golden Maxims - Robert Raikes - The Founder of Sunday Schools, printed in pink featuring Robert Raikes portrait, a school boy and girl in each top corner, Rules of Behaviour down left side and Hymn for Sabbath Schools down the right, in the middle a long procession of children, with a teacher, snaking up a hill to a church, embroidered bottom right Ann x Pollards —24in. (61cm.) x 17¼in.(44cm.) (faded and 10in repaired tear along top left with loss of girl's face)
A rare 1820s painted carton primitive rabbit toy with provenance, running or hopping with head turned to the right, painted black and white with brown and black eyes with fur ears —10in. (25.5cm.) long (some damage and wear); with a handwritten card ‘This toy belonged to Great Grandmother Anne Hurt of Alderswasle Hall near Wirksworth Derbyshire, who was born in 1819. It was made by one of the gardeners on the estate, the skin hare’; it is believed that this toy is professionally made by a toy man and not the work of a gardener, the ears of skin, compared to the rest of carton - perhaps this is the contribution from the gardener? - this rabbit and the following six lots are from the same family as Katherine Jeffray’s dolls’ house, Lot 784
A rare mid 19th century toy conjuring set, with turned and yellow painted cup and disappearing ball —2¼in. (5.5cm.) high; two black and gold ‘lacquered' paper card box tricks decorated with mystical symbols and two varnished wood tricks, in original ‘tortoise shell’ paper-covered box with colour printed label showing a boy conjuring to three children, ink catalogue number 15; and a later disappearing penny trick with instructions —7in. (18cm.) width of box
A very rare Ward & Lock Punch & Judy and their Little Dog Toby moveable book, eight hand coloured pages with tab movable figures, red and black printed on yellow hard card covers with cloth spine —11½in. (29cm.) x 8¾in. (22cm.) (pages loose in one section from spine and worn edges, slight tears to a few pages, but all present)
A very rare pair of façon de Venise ewers, French (Nevers) or possibly Spanish, second half 17th centuryIn rich amethyst glass and of attractive small size and globular bottle shape, the tall necks with everted rims, applied in opaque white glass with flattened pincered scroll handles issuing from trailed vermicular collars, the swan-like spouts also in opaque white, 13.2cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Dutch CollectionA very similar pair of this rare class of ewers, also in amethyst glass but splashed with opaque white, is illustrated and discussed by Anna-Elisabeth Theuerkauff-Liederwald, Venezianisches Glas der Veste Coburg (1994), pp.392 and 401, nos.433-4, alongside another in opaque white on pp.401-2, no.435. These are shown together with a Dutch still life dated 1661 in the Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp, which features a ewer of very similar form in clear glass, suggesting a 17th century date. Another in amethyst flecked with white in the Decorative Arts Museum in Prague is illustrated by Benátské Sklo, Venetian Glass (1973), fig.44, no.174. Their attribution is problematic, but an amethyst-blue glass example from the J Geyssant Collection has been attributed to Nevers by Jacqueline Bellanger, Verre d'usage et de prestige, France 1500-1800 (1988), p.286.These distinctive ewers are closely related to a rare class of flasks in amethyst glass flecked with white, including one from the Riaño Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.248-1873) for which Theuerkauff-Liederwald suggests a Spanish origin based on the circumstantial provenance.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
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
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
A very rare Beilby enamelled light baluster wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl finely painted in white enamel with a meandering border of fruiting vine below the rim, traces of gilding to the rim edge, on a tall multi-knopped stem with an angular knop over an annular knop, beaded inverted baluster and small basal knop, over a conical foot, 18.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDarell Thompson-Schwab CollectionOnce known as 'Newcastle' balusters, glasses of this distinctive form are now known to have been manufactured in Holland as well as England. It is possible that the Beilbys imported undecorated light baluster glasses from Holland, as most surviving examples of this shape with Beilby decoration have identical stems. The Beilbys will have been aware that the best glass engravers working in Holland, such as Jacob Sang, favoured the light baluster shape for their most prestigious commissions.Fifteen Beilby decorated wine glasses or goblets of similar shape are recorded, including the present lot. Three others are recorded with vine decoration, including one in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.513-1961), one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.c.625/1936) and one in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag (inv. no.1005203), the former two illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), pp.52 and 57, nos.28 and 33b. The remaining eleven all bear armorials or crests, of which eight have Dutch connections. An important polychrome armorial light baluster wine glass of identical size and form to the present lot was sold by Bonhams on 1 December 2021, lot 142 where a summary of the known armorial examples is detailed in the footnote.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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
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
A fine and rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The generous round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with a charming pastoral scene depicting a shepherd playing a pipe, seated beside the stump of a tree before his dog and two sheep, a low fence to the right, faint traces of gilding to the rim edge, on a double-series stem containing a pair of heavy opaque white spiral tapes encircled by an eighteen-ply spiral band, over a conical foot, 15.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Delomosne and SonHenry Fox Collection, Bonhams, 8 December 2004, lot 95Chris Crabtree Collection, Bonhams, 16 December 2009, lot 67Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionThis delightful glass is paralleled by a similar example from the Kaplan Collection was sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 34 and is illustrated by Martine Newby, Eighteenth Century English Glass from the Collection of Julius and Ann Kaplan (1998), fig.7. A watercolour signed by William Beilby which depicts a comparable scene is illustrated by Robert Charleston, 'William and Thomas Beilby as Drawing Masters', Glass Circle Journal, Vol.6 (1989), pp.20-31, fig.15 and was sold by Bonhams as part of the Kaplan Collection on 15 November 2017, lot 41.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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
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
A fine and rare Beilby enamelled Lisbon decanter and a stopper, circa 1765-70Of so-called 'sugarloaf' form, painted to the neck and shoulder in opaque white with a pair of fruiting vine tendrils interwoven with bell-shaped flowers forming a cartouche, inscribed 'LISBON.', the disc stopper cut with facets, 26.2cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 12 May 1998, lot 62Bonhams, 15 June 2011, lot 94Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionLiteratureChristopher Sheppard and John Smith, Glass from the Restoration to the Regency (1990), p.67, p.75, no.107Andy McConnell, The Decanter (2004), p.135, pl.192(2)ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, 1994-1998Lisbon was a white wine from the historical province of Estremadura in Portugal, which included the capital. Only one other decanter with this label, painted in white and turquoise-blue, would appear to be recorded, sold by Christie's in 1937 as part of the Francis Berry Collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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
A rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765-70The tall waisted bell bowl painted in white with a towering pyramid or obelisk embellished with scrollwork and surmounted by an urn, in a landscape of shrubs and trees, faint traces of gilding to the rim, the double-series stem with a central gauze column encircled by an air thread and within two opaque white spiral threads, over a conical foot, 17.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 10 February 1969, lot 170Christie's, 23 May 1989, lot 223Darell Thompson-Schwab CollectionA virtually identical glass from the Peter Lazarus Collection, now in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (inv. no.Na875), is illustrated by Geoffrey Wills, Glass (1972), p.28, pl.33 and was exhibited at the Laing Art Gallery, The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761 to 1778 (1980), no.26.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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
A very rare Dutch stipple-engraved goblet by J Wolff, circa 1760The ovoid bowl delicately engraved with a tavern scene with features partially outlined in diamond-point, the scene depicting four figures around a wooden table, a man standing at one end lifting a jug of beer, his dog seated on the floor beside him looking up towards its master, a lady and a gentleman seated at the other end, he with a beaker raised in his hand, a man standing behind them smoking a pipe, all before a doorway and sparsely stippled foliage, set on a tapering multi-spiral airtwist stem set into a high domed foot, 18cm highFootnotes:J Wolff stippled in a very characteristic style in which the background is sparsely dotted and darker objects are left almost totally blank, meaning that they are typically delineated by an outline. The way in which the engraving on the present goblet has been executed is therefore highly characteristic of this engraver. Wolff specialised in depictions of country folk and rural life, including tavern scenes such as this. A total of just twenty goblets with a variety of bowl and stem formations by this engraver are recorded by Frans Smit in his catalogue, Uniquely Dutch Eighteenth-Century Dutch Stipple-Engravings on Glass (1993). This includes five glasses engraved with similar tavern scenes and two other glasses bearing the signature 'J Wolff', one of which is dated 1780. The present goblet is unrecorded and therefore represents an important addition to this artist's oeuvre. The identity of J Wolff is unknown, but if he was a relative of the renowned master engraver David Wolff it can only be his brother Jacob, born in 1742, see Smit (1993), p.17.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
A rare engraved crested 'Liberty' wine glass, circa 1745The waisted bucket bowl with a bridled horse passant upon a dual coronet, the reverse inscribed 'GEORGE AND LIBERTY' below the rim, on a plain stem and folded conical foot, 15cm highFootnotes:The motto on this glass is associated with anti-Jacobite sentiment expressing loyalty to the Hanoverian monarch. An ale goblet engraved with a virtually identical crest of a horse over a coronet identified as the White Horse of Hannover is illustrated by Sydney Crompton, English Glass (1967), p.128, pl.69. A set of six opaque twist goblets also bearing the same crest was sold by Sotheby's on 5 October 1993, lot 55.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare pair of early glass candlesticks, probably French, late 17th centuryPerhaps Bernard Perrot, Orléans, with cylindrical nozzles folded at the rims, resting on collars above solid quatrefoil knops containing small tears, the broad drip pans set between knops and moulded with twelve radiating ribs to the undersides, set on a wide collars above tall spreading feet moulded with fourteen gadroons to the upper parts, the rims of the drip pans and feet folded over, 18.5cm and 18.7cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 23 June 1944, lot 65No other similar candlesticks would appear to be recorded in the literature. The solid quatrefoil knops have very close similarities to a series of ewers or jugs attributed to Bernard Perrot (1640-1709), a glassmaker of Italian origin who was active in Orléans from 1662, see the exhibition catalogue, Bernard Perrot 1640-1709 (2010), p.141, nos.77 and 78 and pp.148-9, no.101.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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