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Lot 370
Two boxes of china to include: Royal Worcester miniature vases, Aynsley 'Celeste' vase, various Art pottery and other vases, Wedgwood Jasperware pin tray, Royal Copenhagen candle holder, terracotta painted moon flask, ladles, miniature teapot, animal figures, Poole pottery preserve jar, fairings 'Three O'clock in the morning', hardstone carved goldfish roundel, Royal Crown Derby 'Derby Posies' teapot, cruet set, Mason's Ironstone 'Swansea' design ramekin, Wedgwood black Jasperware chamberstick, pin trays, preserve jars etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 520
Five Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' teacups and six saucers, dated 1921-31Painted to the interiors with autumn fruits against mossy grounds, the cups with solid gilt exteriors and handles, the saucers with gilt centres and gilt line rims, signed 'R Austin', 'W H Austin', 'H Everett', 'L Flexman', 'H H Price' and 'E Townsend', saucers 14.5cm diam, puce marks (11)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 531
Four Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' plates by Peter Platt, circa 1970Fully painted with ripe fruits including peaches, apples and pears against a leafy, mossy ground, the gadrooned rims richly gilt, signed 'P Platt', 20.3cm diam, black printed marks (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 479
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester part dessert service by William Billingsley, circa 1808-10Painted in Billingsley's distinctive style with various floral specimens including cowslips, poppies and roses, with narrow gilded borders, comprising an oval centrepiece with twin shell-moulded handles, four oval dishes, two shell-shaped dishes and six plates, 33.8cm wide, impressed crowned BFB marks (13)Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 2 November 2011, lot 213Charles Dawson CollectionThree dishes from this service are illustrated by Charles Dawson, Worcester Flight & Barr Porcelain (2023), p.199, fig.18.16. A pair of dishes from the same service is in the Museum of Royal Worcester.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 533
Two Royal Worcester ewers by Charley Baldwyn, dated 1907Of ovoid shape, the high scroll handles with a mask head at the lower terminals, painted with four swans in flight before tall grass and raised gilt foliage, a swallow in flight to the reverse against the sky blue ground, one signed 'C Baldwyn' and the other 'C H C Baldwyn', 24cm high, puce marks, shape number 1944 (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 529
A Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' teapot and cover by Peter Platt, circa 1970Of generous size, fully painted with autumn fruits on a mossy ground, between a gilt gadrooned rim and foot, the handle and spout similarly gilt, the cover with a stylised acanthus flower finial, signed 'P Platt', 16cm high, black printed marks (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 534
A Royal Worcester model of HRH Princess Elizabeth riding 'Tommy', circa 1950 Modelled by Doris Lindner, the Princess wearing the uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards, mounted side-saddle, her reins and baton gathered in one hand, on an ebonised wooden plinth, 31.5cm high excluding plinth, printed marks in gold, modeller's name and title, edition number partially erased (2) Footnotes: Produced as a Limited Edition of just 100 models, numbers 1 and 2 were presented to the then Princess Elizabeth and her mother, Queen Elizabeth. The young Princess had captured the nation's heart when she stood in for her father at the Trooping of the Colour in honour of the King's birthday on 12 June 1947. This became the most sought after of the equestrian figures produced by Royal Worcester, particularly so as post-war restrictions at the time meant rich ornamental pieces could only be sold for export and most were shipped to Commonwealth countries. The complete process of manufacturing was recorded in a film made in 1950. 'The Doctor Ordered Clay' showed Doris Linder creating the original model, Bob Bradley cutting the sculpture into pieces for mould-making, and Harry Davis painting the Princess's face and uniform. Harry recalled his anxiety when he visited Buckingham Palace to study the colouring of her hair and uniform, and how the young princess chatted with him and put him at ease. The following year, when the Princess visited Royal Worcester to open the new museum, she particularly asked to meet Harry Davis again and asked him to conduct her around the factory. She watched Bob Bradley assemble one of the figures from multiple moulded parts and hoped that he would be able to put her back together again in the right order. Not long afterwards, in 1952, Harry Davis was awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to China Painting. A similar model was sold by Bonhams on 10 June 2003, lot 269, together with an original plaster maquette for the model, lot 276. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 527
A massive pair of Royal Worcester vases and covers by Harry Davis, dated 1921In traditional French style, the ovoid bodies applied with scroll handles with leaf moulded details, the necks and feet with fluted panels, the deep blue ground very richly decorated in raised-paste gilding, the scrollwork ornament including a network of caillouté enclosing urn-shaped patterae on the reverse, the full front panels painted by Harry Davis with extensive landscapes in the manner of Claude, both signed 'H Davis', 68.5cm high, printed puce marks with date codes for 1921, shape number 2454 (4)Footnotes:While an apprentice at the Royal Worcester factory, a young Harry Davis was fascinated by a book in the works library on the paintings of Claude. Davis imagined the true colouring and developed his own palate, giving Claude's landscapes his own unique atmosphere with an outstanding sense of perspective. Because of the high production cost, there were few orders for the largest size version of shape 2454. Davis would have been thrilled by the chance to create a matching pair, with two huge Claude landscapes that complement each other, framed with such splendid raised gilding. For a publicity photograph taken around 1920, Harry Davis posed next to a similar vase, proudly holding his paintbrush even though the vase had already been fired and gilded. This magnificent pair belonged to a private collection of Royal Worcester porcelain offered by Christie's on 8 November 1993. Henry Sandon had advised the collectors and in his forward to the 1993 auction catalogue, he described these vases as 'the most superb painting you can imagine by the greatest ceramic artist of this century'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 481
A fine Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester coffee beaker or zarf, circa 1835Thinly potted and on a turned foot, the oval panels with coloured portraits of Fatteh Ali Shah, King of Persia and Abbas Mirza, Prince Royal of Persia, alternating with panels of colourful flower vases, the white ground between gilded with stars and with bright gold dentil borders, 6.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Charles Dawson CollectionA similar example from the Lord and Lady Flight Collection was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 444. Two more are illustrated by Charles Dawson, Worcester Flight & Barr Porcelain (2023), p.85, fig.8.16. Worcester's portraits of the late Shah and Crown Prince of Persia derive from Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylon &c. &c. during the years 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820 by Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), engraved by William Thomas Fry (1789-1843) and published in 1821. Flight, Barr and Barr issued medallions, cabinet cups and a number of these distinctive zarfs as memorial items for the Iranian market.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 482
A magnificent pair of Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester Warwick vases by Thomas Baxter, circa 1814-16The campana shaped vases with gadrooned rims and two gilt twisted vine branch handles, applied with bands of white pearls and finely gilt acanthus leaf borders below, the bases and square pedestal feet with rose-pink grounds, painted by Thomas Baxter with theatrical subjects all around, each side showing a different scene, the subjects identified with titles and quotations in Baxter's distinctive black script, 24.8cm and 25.2cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 1 May 2013, lot 128Charles Dawson CollectionIllustrated by Charles Dawson, Worcester Flight & Barr Porcelain (2023), p.115, fig.10.29.The scenes and characters are identified by the artist:DOUGLAS Act IVNorval: Art thou my mother? Ever let me kneel.TWO GENTLEMEN of VERONA Act V Sc.IVVal: Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch.AS YOU LIKE IT Act IV. Sc.IIIOliver. Many will swoon when they do look on blood.DOUGLAS Act VLord R.. The mother and her son. how curst I am!The scene from Two Gentlemen of Verona is based on a print after Thomas Stothard RA that appears in Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. First published in 1805, Boydell's Gallery was a source used by Baxter and other artists at both Flight's and Chamberlain's factories. The scenes from John Home's Douglas have not yet been identified from any published print source and it is possible that Thomas Baxter has created these images himself. The character of Young Norval in Home's play became synonymous with William Henry West Betty (1791-1874), who was the greatest child actor of the age. Also known as 'Master Betty' or as 'The Young Roscius', Betty first performed the role of Norval in Ireland, and again at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, but it was his debut at Covent Garden Theatre on 1 December 1804 that caused the greatest sensation. Huge crowds queued for hours to get a glimpse of the child star, the Young Roscius. Guards and constables had to beat back the crowds, as hoards flooded inside to find seats. The boxes were invaded and people were trampled. We know that Thomas Baxter was there to record the event, and luckily in the mayhem he managed to hang on to his pencils and paper. A sketch made from life appeared in an album of Baxter's theatrical drawings kept at The Garrick Club. Although the album is presently missing, a photocopy records one small sketch which bears a long inscription in Thomas Baxter's hand. The artist identifies his drawing as'Douglas, 1804 Master Betty aged 13 (originally called the Young Roscius) as young Norval. He was engaged.... to play 20 nights at 100£ each night & to have a benefit which the house was to make 1200£'.As he painted the two scenes from Douglas on this impressive pair of Flight, Barr and Barr vases, Baxter was probably thinking about the memorable performance he had witnessed at Covent Garden ten years previously. The figure of Norval, here, may possibly be a depiction of The Young Roscius, Master Betty.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 519
A set of six Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' coffee cups and saucers by William Roberts, circa 1970Painted with autumn fruits amongst leaves on mossy grounds, the cups with solid gilt interiors and gilt handles, the saucers with gilt centres and rims, signed 'Roberts', saucers 11cm diam, black printed marks, pattern number W9535 in red (12)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 460
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester teacup and saucer, circa 1805The cup with a delicate ring handle, painted with a thatched cottage, the saucer with a river scene, a horse and rider and a standing figure in the foreground, probably by Samuel Smith, the salmon pink grounds richly gilded in neoclassical style, saucer 14cm diam, cup with incised B mark, saucer with printed mark referring to Coventry St address (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 8 June 2005, lot 304Charles Dawson CollectionFor a discussion of the attribution of this distinctive style of landscape painting see Charles Dawson, Worcester Flight & Barr Porcelain (2023), pp.211-3. A beaker in the Museum of Royal Worcester with provenance from the family of Samuel Smith, painted by the same hand and signed 'S Smith J fecit 1806', is illustrated on p.212, fig.18.3.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 523
Six Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' small plates, dated 1924-29Fully painted with ripe fruits including apples and berries amongst leaves on mossy grounds, with gold rims, signed 'E Townsend', 'H Everett', 'H Ayrton', 'R Austin' and 'Moseley', 15.5cm diam, puce marks (6)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 530
Four Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' teacups and saucers by Peter Platt, circa 1970Painted with autumn fruits against a mossy ground, the cups with solid gilt interiors, handles and gadrooned rims and feet, the saucers also with gold centres and lobed gadrooned rims, signed 'P Platt', saucers 15.3cm diam, black printed marks (8)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 471
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester Royal armorial breakfast cup from The George III Service, circa 1805Of generous size, richly painted and gilded with the full arms of King George III within the Garter circlet, flanked by lion and unicorn supporters, above the motto 'DIEU ET MON DROIT', the deep blue border reserved with the Royal cipher 'GR' beneath a crown and within a chaplet of fruiting oak, flanked by leafy fronds tied with ribbons, with a solid gilt interior and gilt scroll handle, 6.7cm high, incised B markFootnotes:ProvenanceCharles Dawson CollectionExhibited in the ECC Armorial Exhibition, 2008. King George III originally commissioned this service in 1805 and continued to add additional pieces throughout the Flight, Barr and Barr period of the Worcester factory. An oval dish from the service is illustrated and discussed by Charles Dawson, Worcester Flight & Barr Porcelain (2023), p.171, fig.17.4. A plate is illustrated by Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), p.19 (middle row, centre) but the majority of pieces remain in the Royal Collection (inv. no.RCIN 5000035).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 524
A Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' dish by Edward Townsend and a pair of coffee cans and saucers, dated 1933-38Painted with a variety of autumnal fruits including peaches, gooseberries, apples and blackberries amongst leaves, on mossy grounds, the dish of shaped rectangular form with pierced gilt handles, signed 'E Townsend', 27.3cm wide, the cans with solid gilt interiors and gilt handles, the saucers with gilt centres, signed 'H Ayrton', 'Moseley', 'A Shuck' and 'E Townsend', saucers 10.9cm diam, puce and blue marks (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 517
A fine Royal Worcester reticulated vase by George Owen, dated 1918Of Persian shape, the tapering body intricately pierced with bands of honeycomb and geometric design, picked out with raised gilt dots, the slender neck with pierced panels above a band of white 'pearls' and delicate gilding, the rim, 'wishbone' handles and circular foot also elaborately pierced and gilded, 15cm high, printed mark in gold, incised signature 'G Owen', gilder's number 61Footnotes:The intricacy of George Owen's piercing on porcelain is frankly astonishing and the aesthetic appeal is matched by the joy in handling something so feather-light. Owen had a special arrangement with the Royal Worcester factory in which his pieces were sold to them individually, before they were gilded and then sold on often many years later, see John Sandon, Investigating George Owen: The Lydia Starr Collection, Ars Ceramica, No.24 (2008), pp.14-5. A vase of identical shape by Owen dated 1919 from the Starr Collection was sold by Sotheby's in New York, 23 October 2019, lot 200 (part).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 495
A Flight Worcester plate from the first Duke of Clarence service, circa 1789The scalloped edge painted with an elaborate border of entwined bands in blue and green ribbon enclosing Orders of the Garter, St Andrew and the Thistle, together with sprigs of roses and thistles, the central royal arms of the Duke of Clarence hung with the Order of St Andrew flanked by laurel and oak leaves, 24.3cm diam, marked 'Flight' with a crown and crescent in underglaze blueFootnotes:ProvenanceAlexandre Imbert Collection, RomeThis was the first Royal armorial service made at Worcester. George III had visited Flights the previous year and possibly the King encouraged his son, Prince William Henry, to order a set to commemorate his having been awarded the Order of the Thistle along with the title 'Duke of Clarence and St Andrews'. In 1789 the Duke also retired from active service as a Rear Admiral and this perhaps inspired the choice of a central victory wreath featuring oak leaves, a reference to the British Navy. Another plate from the service was sold by Bonhams on 23 June 2021, lot 243. See also an example from the Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester porcelain at Cheekwood, illustrated and discussed in John Sandon's catalogue (2008), p.98, no.60. This service predates the 'Hope' service, also ordered by William, Duke of Clarence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 469
A very rare Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester jug from the Prince Regent Service, circa 1815Of large size, the shouldered ovoid form with a scrolled gilt handle, finely painted and gilded with the Prince of Wales feathers surmounted by a crown and inscribed 'hony soyt quy mal y pense' [sic], the rich blue borders with anthemion bands in raised gold, 15.5cm high, script mark referring to Coventry St addressFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 2 May 2018, lot 423 (part)Charles Dawson CollectionIllustrated by Charles Dawson, Worcester Flight & Barr Porcelain (2023), p.172, fig.17.6 (right). This jug is from a breakfast service made for the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, in 1815. Several pieces from the service are in the Royal Collection, including oval plates, slop bowls, sucriers, coffee cups, cans and breakfast cups and saucers (inv. nos.RCIN 35543-6), together with a butter tub, cover and stand (inv. no.RCIN 35541). A coffee cup and saucer is in the Royal Worcester Museum (inv. no.5315) and a breakfast cup and saucer comprises lot 470 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 525
Six pieces of Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' porcelain, dated 1925-57 and circa 1970Painted with autumn fruits set against mossy grounds, comprising a sugar bowl with a solid gilt interior, signed 'H H price', 9.5cm diam, puce mark, a small plate with a gilt gadrooned rim, signed 'H H Price', 15.3cm diam, a teacup and saucer, the cup with a gilt interior and the saucer a gilt centre, signed 'Freeman', saucer 14.5cm diam, and two small pin dishes with gilt scroll rims, signed 'Roberts', 11cm diam, all with black printed marks (6)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 521
A pair of Royal Worcester Empress ewers by Walter Sedgley, dated 1918Of ovoid shape, with elaborate high scrolling handles picked out in gold, decorated with proud pairs of peacocks perched on the branches of gnarled pine trees in misty wooded landscapes, signed 'Sedgley', 22.5cm high, puce marks, shape number 1587 (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 522
A Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' milk jug and sugar bowl by Peter Platt, circa 1970Painted with autumn fruits and berries on a mossy ground, the gadrooned rims and handle fully gilt, with solid gilt interiors, signed 'P Platt', bowl 11.5cm diam, black printed marks (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 78
Royal Worcester figure, Bather Surprised, modelled by Sir Thomas Brock, the parian body body with powder blue robes, heightened with gilt, model 486, 1920, 26.5cm.Condition report:A shallow chip to the end of the tree branch under her left hand. Otherwise no chips, hairlines or evident restoration or crazing.
Lot 255
A Collection of Various Ceramics to Comprise Hammersley Gilt and White Coffee Can and Saucer, Belleek Wrythen Coffee Pot, Two Cups and a Saucer, New Chelsea Coffee Cans and Saucers, Royal Worcester Gold Chantilly Cup and Saucer, an Early 20th Century George Jones & Sons Coffee Set Decorated with Green Garland Trim to Comprise Six Cans, Six Saucers, Milk Jug and a Sugar Bowl etc, various condition
Lot 1427
A pair of Continental painted biscuit and glazed porcelain figures of a black boy and girl, c1880, 14cm l and eleven other English and Continental pottery and porcelain figures and groups, including Royal Worcester, all late 19th c (13) Mostly in good condition or with only small faults or repair
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